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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lettow, post: 320713, member: 6986&quot;]This is not unique to the United States.&nbsp; There are country specific catalogs for most countries of the world which do not use Pick numbers either.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Pick catalogs are intended as a general survey of notes from around the world.&nbsp; It is not a catalog to be used by someone who specializes.&nbsp; Specialized catalogs (and I do not mean Pick Volume I) are typically published in the country that the notes come from.&nbsp; Because a specialized catalog has more detail, the Pick numbering system would not work.&nbsp; More importantly, many of the specialized catalogs came out prior to the first edition of the Pick catalog.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a list off the top of my head of some of the country specific catalogs (by author), all of which use numbering systems other than Pick numbers:</p><p><br /></p><p>Australia - McDonalds, Vort-Ronald, Remnick</p><p>Canada - Charlton </p><p>Germany - Rosenberg, Keller, Kai-Lindmann</p><p>Great Britain - Perkins, MacKay[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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