Novice question

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b.abbott
Joined: 24 Jan 2012
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Posted: 30 Jan 2012, 01:35 #
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Question for the masses:  I am new to Numista, what does the KM ## mean. For example, I have a Egypt 5 Qirsh, when I bought it, it was in a flip, and among the writing was KM 294. What does the 294 mean?
Any other suggestions for a beginner?

Thanks!
KennyG
Joined: 25 Apr 2010
Posts: 5285
Posted: 30 Jan 2012, 01:56 #
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Aha, good question.

That's probably the first question any beginner collector would ask. The KM# stands for Krause-Mishler number. All coins are organized by these numbers by type. Slight differences are written KM#__.1 and changes in metal are written KM#__a.

Other catalogue numbers exist too. Y#, C#, and K# from most to least used are used instead of KM# when Krause didn't record the coin.

Use Numismaster to look up coins not on Numista yet. It will give you the KM# plus additional information.

By the way, welcome to Numista.
Kenny

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@josephjk
Joined: 26 Jul 2011
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Posted: 30 Jan 2012, 02:07 #
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Also this from wikipedia...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krause_Publications
james wolfe
Joined: 2 Mar 2011
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Posted: 30 Jan 2012, 19:54 #
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very good replys smartonekg,@josephik well done,an welcome b.abbott seeing you from the usa ,start with the red book
james
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