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<p>[QUOTE="Roerbakmix, post: 4986824, member: 100731"]I was doing exactly this today. Some tips:</p><ul> <li>Sixbid archives is less complete, but includes some auction houses that ACsearch does not</li> <li>Use boolean operators. Differs a bit between ACsearch and SixBid, but usually, a space is an AND. Wildcards, usually denoted with an *, allow for broader searches. In SixBid, I usually have searches like "Rom* (532 || 332) -republic. This translates to 1) all phrases starting with Rom, e.g. Roman, Romans, etc., 2) a phrase that is either 532 or 332 (e.g. catalogue numbers) and 3) NOT republic. In SixBid, there is a help page explaning this a bit further</li> <li>Include weight! Allow a margin of uncertainty (e.g. (0.75 || 0.76 || 0.77) if your coin weighs 0.76 grams. This have helped me a couple of times.</li> </ul><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Roerbakmix, post: 4986824, member: 100731"]I was doing exactly this today. Some tips: [LIST] [*]Sixbid archives is less complete, but includes some auction houses that ACsearch does not [*]Use boolean operators. Differs a bit between ACsearch and SixBid, but usually, a space is an AND. Wildcards, usually denoted with an *, allow for broader searches. In SixBid, I usually have searches like "Rom* (532 || 332) -republic. This translates to 1) all phrases starting with Rom, e.g. Roman, Romans, etc., 2) a phrase that is either 532 or 332 (e.g. catalogue numbers) and 3) NOT republic. In SixBid, there is a help page explaning this a bit further [*]Include weight! Allow a margin of uncertainty (e.g. (0.75 || 0.76 || 0.77) if your coin weighs 0.76 grams. This have helped me a couple of times. [/LIST][/QUOTE]
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