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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kaparthy, post: 479, member: 57463&quot;]<b>Mr. Atoz, the Archivist.</b></p><p><br /></p><p>For me, it is the archives.&nbsp; To read the Rec.Collecting.Coins archives, I use Groups.Google.&nbsp; Click on http://www.groups.google.com and then key in the name of the group: rec.collecting.coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>You will see the most recent posts, about three to eight hours old.&nbsp; At the top of the new posts is the hypertext link for</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Advanced Groups Search </p><p>Click on that.</p><p><br /></p><p>You will see a Form to fill out.&nbsp; You can look for All of the Words, or for Exact Phrase, or for At Least One of the Words, of for Without the Words.</p><p><br /></p><p>You can search by group, message title, or author.&nbsp; You can specify a date range.</p><p><br /></p><p>You can use the Google Archives as a giant Gossip Database.&nbsp; Suppose you see an ad for an 1883-O Morgan Dollar in MS-63.&nbsp; What is a good price?&nbsp; Are there lots of fakes out there?&nbsp; Are there any VAMs to look for?&nbsp; Any sellers to be aware of?&nbsp; Just enter 1883-O Morgan Dollar under Exact Phrase, set the group to rec.collecting.coins and narrow the dates, say, to the last two years for convenience....</p><p><br /></p><p>Sherman, set the Wayback Machine for 1883!</p><p>The place, Mr. Peabody?</p><p>New Orleans.&nbsp; We are going to witness the striking of a silver dollar...</p><p><br /></p><p>The result?&nbsp; 26 Hits.&nbsp; 26 Messages about the 1883-O Morgan Dollar.</p><p><br /></p><p>(The archive software reframes the search into two parts: Exactly Phrase and All of the Words.)</p><p><br /></p><p>The archives of RCC are the closest thing you will find to a living history of numismatics.&nbsp; Even the coin newspapers are only formalized presentation of &quot;spin&quot; and &quot;press releases&quot; compared to RCC.&nbsp; (For the newspapers, see another thread.)&nbsp; The day-to-day postings on RCC are certainly amusing if not amazing, but my heart belongs to the Archives.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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