Finding Out If Coins Are Silver?

IMO (digital) catalogues are the best, the important thing is to make sure they're up to date... It's much faster to search in them than the internet, sometimes the NGC/numista site redirect you to similar but very different coins.

E.g. didn't know that Belgian coins exist in French and Dutch. In the catalogue there are some intro's so you may spend a second identifying the language of the coin. While the site redirected me to the "other language" variant which is technically a different coin. (Maybe just me tho)

I prefer catalogues as I've nevee had any problems with them

@Guybrush

What digital catalogues are you referring to?

Where do you get legal free copies of Krause catalogs?

I bought a 2010 edition of the Krause 20th-Century Catalog (w/ CD) for about $10 US. It doesn't have to be the most current edition because not much changes. I don't know what the situation is there, but, is there really no affordable and legal way to purchase such as I have?

It is, however, very likely that the CD included with the catalog can and will be used to distribute it in digital format without cost. I could do that if I were so inclined but, I'm not.




The reference is sound. The method in obtaining it is not.
On the other hand, with a quick ebay search, the Krause catalogs are being sold in digital format for cheap. That means that the seller is simply transferring the file from the CD to buyers and it is currently allowed on ebay. Maybe that should change.

You don't.