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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3734075, member: 19463&quot;]Unfortunately coin sellers and collectors have a tendency of forcing ID&#039;s on coins which are as close as they find using the resources available to them.&nbsp; &#039;Cut and paste&#039; causes some sellers to copy information for a good source and use it to describe their coin that may be nothing like what they are selling.&nbsp;&nbsp; Accuracy is not as important as making their listings look professional to potential customers.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>RIC volume V is very old and pretty much worthless to people who have access to more recent works but still better than beginner books that list a dozen coins (old one volume Sear) or ignore mintmarks altogether (Cohen).&nbsp; We need to remember that being in a book does nat make something true.&nbsp; Some of us suffer from several of the better books being written in a language we do not read or costing so much that we can not justify their purchase.&nbsp; I do not own Bastien.&nbsp; It is for specialists in this one mint, is written in French and sells over $100.</p><p><a href="https://www.ma-shops.com/jacquier/item.php?id=1458&amp;lang=en" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ma-shops.com/jacquier/item.php?id=1458&amp;lang=en" rel="nofollow">https://www.ma-shops.com/jacquier/item.php?id=1458&amp;lang=en</a></p><p>Do be careful you select the right book by prolific authors.&nbsp; Bastien wrote a lot of works over his career.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>RIC V was published in two parts bound separately. Those interested in coins in the first half of RIC volume V have a great resource online but it is not matched by one covering the second part.&nbsp; It takes some practice learning to use the search terms but it is worth it (and free).</p><p><a href="http://www.ric.mom.fr/en/search/advanced" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ric.mom.fr/en/search/advanced" rel="nofollow">http://www.ric.mom.fr/en/search/advanced</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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