Searching coins from the Cook Islands [solved]

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This message aims at: reporting a bug

Status: Solved
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Hello all,

When I search up a coin from the Cook Islands such as the Cook Islands 50 cents 1972. It comes up with every other with completely different dates, but not that date or type.

Another issue I had with this was when I searched up the Cook Islands 1 dollar from 1972, it came up with my coin... and every other coin from the Cook Islands!?

Could we try to get this fixed please, I know there is another way to search up coins from the Cook Islands, but this way is quicker for me.

Cheers,
William
When I search 50 cent. 1972 it come with just 1 coin
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces4162.html
With 1 dollar and 1972 it come up with 2 coins.
Strange, but for me it's the complete opposite.
You are using the simple search, correct?

The problem with the simple search is that, no matter what you type in, all fields will be searched. I mean, it is not usually a problem, but in this case, it is. In regards to Cook Island, there is a currency called "Dollar (1972-date)". With that being said, if you type "Dollar", "1972", or... well, both together, you will get every coin under the currency "Dollar (1972-date)". The solution to that is to use the advanced search--it searches specific fields rather than everything. I cannot see why searching the currency field would be intentional, so it may be an unintended error.

In regards to the "50 Cents", the problem is... different. The coin you are looking for is 50 Tene, with "Tene" being equal to "Cents". The value on that coin (as well as other Tene coins) is written as "50 Tene (Cents)". If you type "Cents", the search will not recognize it. You will need to type "(Cents)" or "*Cents*" to get that to work. I guess the search takes parentheses to be actual letters; for example, if you type "Etters", you will not get results that contain the word "Letters"--you must either type the complete word or type "*etters" to exclude the first part. Another solution is to type "0.50".
Cheers
Hello,

Both issues have been fixed:
  • The dates of the currency are not taken into account for the simple search anymore.
  • The parenthesis was not correctly ignored in some cases.

You can give a try now:
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/index.php?r=Cook+Islands+50+cents+1972
Status changed to Solved (Xavier, 10 Jan 2019, 15:34)

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