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<p>[QUOTE="Ken Dorney, post: 3170098, member: 76086"]Yes. We do. While I do love the online world where we can instantly communicate with one another (and our ideas) it is not a replacement for books, though many I am sure would disagree. Many websites are either woefully incorrect or just incomplete. Books are a method in which we can glean the most information, and correctly (and in one place too). I am always surprised at the number of people who post questions regarding a type or series, referencing to a certain website, as if that coin or series is uber rare, unknown, etc. Some of these people are considered to be specialists. That is fine, nothing wrong with it I guess, but I am amazed that they simply refuse to buy a book. Many series can be covered in one volume of RIC for example. And such books are actually pretty cheap these days used, if you know where to look.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ken Dorney, post: 3170098, member: 76086"]Yes. We do. While I do love the online world where we can instantly communicate with one another (and our ideas) it is not a replacement for books, though many I am sure would disagree. Many websites are either woefully incorrect or just incomplete. Books are a method in which we can glean the most information, and correctly (and in one place too). I am always surprised at the number of people who post questions regarding a type or series, referencing to a certain website, as if that coin or series is uber rare, unknown, etc. Some of these people are considered to be specialists. That is fine, nothing wrong with it I guess, but I am amazed that they simply refuse to buy a book. Many series can be covered in one volume of RIC for example. And such books are actually pretty cheap these days used, if you know where to look.[/QUOTE]
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