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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 1976363, member: 112"]That's often because they don't have the information. And sometimes because there is too much of it to print even if they do.</p><p><br /></p><p>Krause is a general reference book, but yet it constitutes 5 volumes and many thousands of pages. And that is just the basic books, in addition Krause also has some semi-specialized books dedicated to just one area like their Spain, Portugal & The New World book - 650 pages by itself. And even that only touches on the varieties.</p><p><br /></p><p>To get all of the information that is available for a given series you need to buy specialized books on just that series, assuming you can find one, and assuming that one even exists.</p><p><br /></p><p>To put things into perspective a book that covered only the Netherlands ducats and all of their known varieties would result in a set of volumes that exceeded all 5 of the Krause books combined in size and scope. And even then it would still be a work in progress.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 1976363, member: 112"]That's often because they don't have the information. And sometimes because there is too much of it to print even if they do. Krause is a general reference book, but yet it constitutes 5 volumes and many thousands of pages. And that is just the basic books, in addition Krause also has some semi-specialized books dedicated to just one area like their Spain, Portugal & The New World book - 650 pages by itself. And even that only touches on the varieties. To get all of the information that is available for a given series you need to buy specialized books on just that series, assuming you can find one, and assuming that one even exists. To put things into perspective a book that covered only the Netherlands ducats and all of their known varieties would result in a set of volumes that exceeded all 5 of the Krause books combined in size and scope. And even then it would still be a work in progress.[/QUOTE]
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