Does anyone else have an account on this most promising of websites, uCoin? There's a few fixes which need to be made but I've so far found it very impressive and I'm considering using it to catalog my collection. There are some very nice features such as a global ranking which keeps a running score of how complete your collection is compared to others.
There is also a swap engine of some kind which might be interesting although as it seems to be mainly Russians I've not yet had the opportunity to try it out. Has anyone managed to complete a swap? Is there any member from the US or Canada interested in making one?
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I honestly really like the "grid" format they have for displaying their catalogue. In fact I'd like to see that be available as a personal display option for the Numista listings, for the sake of aesthetics if nothing else- Ars gratia artis.
That being said, however their catalogue is sorely lacking- saying it needs a few fixes is putting it mildly. Just looking at the French coins, none of the commemorative 100 Franc coins are listed; and there are apparently no French coins from before 1774 listed at all.
There was a thread about this.
I use uCoin a lot.
In uCoin, it is very convenient for me that I can put a simple circulation coin to my swaplist with just a few mouseclicks. It takes much longer in Numista.
Also very convenient is their system of prices, which allows to balance a swap automatically. (I mean swapping of cheapest contemporary coins where the grades do not matter much. It doesn't work so well for older coins.)
Yes, their catalogue is not complete even for the 20th century, although it contains some coins from 19 and 18 centuries.
I'm not too concerned about the missing coins, they're adding 20,000+ per day so they'll soon catch up. I have some concerns though about the accuracy of the already present entries. For example US wheat cents are incorrectly categorized as copper plated zinc. I've only entered coins which I have so many multiples of that I don't need to worry about meshing two separate swap lists and already I'm noticing errors.
I hope the site grows and prospers, it has a great deal of potential.
Non illegitimis carborundum est. Excellent advice for all coins.
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Quote: "pnightingale"I'm not too concerned about the missing coins, they're adding 20,000+ per day so they'll soon catch up.
I don't think that they will make it soon, just because the number is smaller.
Usually they add one "historical period" to their catalogue each week, such as "Duchy of Nassau (1806-1866)", "Brazil / King John VI (1802-1822)" (this can mean, for example, 30 or 50 coin types). Sometimes it corresponds to a new "issuer" of Numista (such as Nassau), sometimes it is just an expansion of the catalogue for certain existing country (such as Brazil).
As I understand it, 20,000+ is the number of coins that the users add to their online collections each day. If two users add the same 1 German eurocent of 2002 with mintmark A to their collections, then this counter increases by 2.
As for inaccuracies, you can suggest corrections to the site admins. I tried this several times and they responded.
Quote: "CassTaylor"I honestly really like the "grid" format they have for displaying their catalogue. In fact I'd like to see that be available as a personal display option for the Numista listings, for the sake of aesthetics if nothing else- Ars gratia artis.
That being said, however their catalogue is sorely lacking- saying it needs a few fixes is putting it mildly. Just looking at the French coins, none of the commemorative 100 Franc coins are listed; and there are apparently no French coins from before 1774 listed at all.
Agreed. It would be an interesting + for us.
If Xavier can have a look on the idea
Quand l'Histoire et la Géographie se croisent sur nos pièces de monnaie ...
The grid view is very great....
But if Numista would provide us the option of not showing "proof" and "set" coins then the old Numista viewer is super because it shows you also the quality of your coin.
The fact of seeing different denominations in the same raster is good when you new to a certain country. Once you know the country well the lack of precision is a pity and for me a reason not to switch.
Once again Numista needs a filter for proof and set coins...
Quote: "PhilipBe"The grid view is very great....
But if Numista would provide us the option of not showing "proof" and "set" coins then the old Numista viewer is super because it shows you also the quality of your coin.
In uCoin you can fill your collection grid with various colors, e.g. green for UNC coins, blue for XF and so on. (User can select any color for any coin.)
