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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;coppercoins, post: 1201, member: 152&quot;]I subscribe to the following, and have the following to say about each:</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Numismatic News</b> -&nbsp; A nice magazine overall - it tends to accentuate the business end of the coin market, which is fine.&nbsp; Nothing wrong with reading about the market that essentially drives the hobby.&nbsp; I like their low number of advertisements compared to Coin World, and I like the free classified ads for subscribers.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Coin World</b> - Still yet a nice magazine, but not as nice as Numismatic News - I subscribe to this one more out of habit than anything else - I have been a subscriber to this publication since 1987.&nbsp; What I have seen over the years with this periodical bugs me - many fewer stories of any content, and a LOT more ads.&nbsp; Yes, there are over 100 pages in each issue, but only 30-40 pages worth of useful information.&nbsp; The rest is all ads.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>CoinAge</b> - A nice generalist magazine that once in a while suprises me with some really good information about copper.&nbsp; Of course the other info is good too, but in general they keep their information on the more basic level for the novice to imtermediate collector - Less geared for the seasoned collector.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Coins</b> - Another nice magazine, and very much like CoinAge in most respects.&nbsp; They have some good stories that suprise me once in a while.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Coin Prices</b> - Just a price guide, and it comes out quarterly - but it seems to be pretty &quot;on the level&quot; with retail pricing.&nbsp; I have found that &quot;real&quot; retail pricing is a lot like reading tea leaves - really hard to figure out exactly where the dealers get their prices for stuff.&nbsp; I find that an average between Coin Prices, Coin World Trends, and Numismatic News&#039; price guide is a pretty good &quot;average&quot; retail value.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>ErrorScope</b> - The flagship magazine of CONECA, a good error/variety magazine for those who are into that sort of thing.&nbsp; It has no color and is a bit lacking in information at times, but they try.&nbsp; It comes as a part of membership to the club.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Error World</b> - A nice magazine still in its infancy of publication.&nbsp; still a few rocks to clear on the path to smooth sailing, but overall a higher quality magazine than the competition.&nbsp; One of these days I am sure it will be recognized as the leading magazine in the error/variety industry.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>The Hub</b> - Overall a better magazine for die variety collectors than ErrorScope, but still lacking in color and, at times, content.</p><p><br /></p><p>That&#039;s it...should be enough there to chew on for a while.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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