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<p>[QUOTE="cladking, post: 2799534, member: 68"]Their prices for moderns are flat out wrong. Generally they are underreported but then one year out of the blue they'll raise the price through the roof and then drop it most of the way back after a few years. </p><p><br /></p><p>They put stuff in the wrong place, make it hard to find issues and unilaterally change the names of entire countries. It's not just nonsense like calling Burma Myanmar because they got a phone call that the Burmese don't like the English word but dropping the "El" which is an integral part of the word "El Salvador". </p><p><br /></p><p>I have seen coins that they don't list but can't remember any specific examples right now. </p><p><br /></p><p>They used to do a pretty good job. The hard cover 12th edition is extremely well done and one of the three best. Now the work is so sloppy and out of touch with the reality of the markets I care about there's little point in buying it. Leaving out entire countries (like Spain) is just symptomatic of their problems. </p><p><br /></p><p>The work required to fix this thing is really pretty nominal but it goes undone year after year. </p><p><br /></p><p>I haven't seen this year's edition yet (and might not) but last years was still a mess. They did seem to be trying to fix some of the pricing issues last year but instead of concentrating on prices that were off the most they went after prices that were too high![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="cladking, post: 2799534, member: 68"]Their prices for moderns are flat out wrong. Generally they are underreported but then one year out of the blue they'll raise the price through the roof and then drop it most of the way back after a few years. They put stuff in the wrong place, make it hard to find issues and unilaterally change the names of entire countries. It's not just nonsense like calling Burma Myanmar because they got a phone call that the Burmese don't like the English word but dropping the "El" which is an integral part of the word "El Salvador". I have seen coins that they don't list but can't remember any specific examples right now. They used to do a pretty good job. The hard cover 12th edition is extremely well done and one of the three best. Now the work is so sloppy and out of touch with the reality of the markets I care about there's little point in buying it. Leaving out entire countries (like Spain) is just symptomatic of their problems. The work required to fix this thing is really pretty nominal but it goes undone year after year. I haven't seen this year's edition yet (and might not) but last years was still a mess. They did seem to be trying to fix some of the pricing issues last year but instead of concentrating on prices that were off the most they went after prices that were too high![/QUOTE]
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