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STEVE MOULDING

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  1. One of our learned colleagues on this forum wrote to our friends at at m-dv.ru. They confirmed that the archive is presently not directly reachable (but it still exists) and that this is a temporary situation and we can expect a link to it soon. Brilliant.
  2. The problem is that I think now you can *only* see prices for a single type of coin after you've selected it and chosen the year/tsar (yes...that was always true). However, they also *used* to have the 'Archive' where they showed all auction houses - on a single page - sorted by country. You clicked on an auction house - you got all the auctions for that house. You chose a single auction - you got all of the Russian lots for that auction. And they gave a link to their own html and xls files containing the prices realized for that auction. All of that seems to be gone, and that is the problem. However, if it is all still there, please indicate where because I for one don't see it. Thanks.
  3. So they've gone ahead and completely redesigned their website. Yes it looks fancier, but as far as I can tell, a *lot* of information is no longer accessible. In particular, the archive summary of past auctions by Country/Auction House and the archive of Prices Realized files - all gone. Looks a lot more commercial....were they sold? If anybody knows those guys, could you ask them what happened and/or please complain bitterly on my behalf. It really is a loss.
  4. One more added today Adolph Hess - Sale 221 (1934)
  5. For those interested in old Prices Realized, I've added a number at rnumis, transcribed into a standard format (for various reasons). These are freely downloadable and searchable PDFs provided 'as is' for your own research and reference. At this time there are 36 available Aurea - 2 PRLs - Prokop I & II - Converted to USD CNG - 16 PRLs Freeman & Sear - 1 PRL - Sale #8 Gemini - 4 PRLs Adolph Hess - 1 PRL - Sale 178 (1924) Hess-Leu - 2 PRLS - Sale 27 (1964) & Sale 39 (1968) Otto Helbing - - 1 PRL - Sale 55 (1928) Jacques Schulman - 1 PRL - Sale 183 (1933) Munzen & Medaillen (Basel) - 4 PRLS Numismatica Ars Classica - 1 PRL - Sale 13 New York Sale - 1 PRL - Sale IX Renaissance - 1 PRL - Russian Collection (2000) WAG - 1 PRL - Dombrowski Library (2013) (for each link look in the PRL column). I still have quite a few to add, but the transcription process is quite slow and so this will take a while. I'll update this thread from time to time. If anybody has any Prices Realized Lists they'd like to contribute for eventual transcription/posting, please email me scans or pdfs to info@rnumis.com. The older the sale the better Steve
  6. Very nice! I've looked through all the images I have and don't see any others.Some Ms look a little butchered, and possibly recut, but this appears to be a clean W. Great find.
  7. The only problems I have *ever* had shipping - anywhere in the world - over 15 years - has been Russia. Sometimes two months to deliver airmail - and on more than one occasion, just outright lost.
  8. Nice example! Thanks. The Initial release will likely be Catherine II 5Ks. If that goes OK, I'll roll out other Tsars/Denominations. I've saved this image for eventual inclusion.
  9. Thanks everyone! I should also point out that I've added a number of Prices Realized lists that I've transcribed into a standard format. These are downloadable and searchable PDFs provided 'as is' for your own research and reference. See for example: http://www.rnumis.com/rnumis_auctions_0.php?apgtyp=apgtyp_house&house=HESS-LEU&acountry=Switzerland In this format, all lots are shown, including those that didn't sell. The source could be an actual Prices Realized list in my library, or could be handwritten prices in an actual old catalog. The transcription process is actually very time consuming so the number of PDFs available will likely grow quite slowly. At this time there are 26 available including: CNG - Regular Sales 40,64,67,69,70,73,76 - USA CNG - Triton Sales I,II,III,IV,VI,IX,XI - USA Freeman & Sear - #8 (2003) - USA Adolph Hess - 178 (1924) - Germany Hess-Leu - 27 (1964) & 39 (1968) - Switzerland Otto Helbing - 55 (1928) - Germany Munzen & Medaillen (Basel) - 28,31,37,61 (Switzerland) New York Sale - IX (2005) - USA Renaissance - Russian Collection (2000) - USA WAG Dombrowski Library (2013) - Germany Some of these sales are very heavy in Russian material. I still have a number to work on but if anybody has any Prices Realized Lists they'd like to contribute for eventual transcription/posting, please email me scans. The older the sale the better Thanks! Steve
  10. Hi all - I've made available the rnumis database of numismatic auctions. You can find it here: http://www.rnumis.com/rnumis_auctions_0.php There are just over 2,700 different auctions, broken down by Country and Auction House. Also, all of the Heidelberg links (more than 200) are there for the 1930-1945 German auctions. See the Henry Seligman sales for example. I use this interface every day, and find it the most helpful for navigating the pre-1945 Sales. A lot of information is clearly still missing and this is definitely an evolving product. It is also somewhat customized to my needs. That said, I hope that other people may find it a useful reference tool. Steve
  11. Looks good to me! Congratulations Sigi. The overdates interface is coming together at rnumis. When it's ready, I hope you'll add this as the first example of a 1785/3!
  12. anytime. The taskhelper site looks nice; easy to use! I like the "click a column" to sort. One thing...yesterday when I clicked on a coin in the gallery view it made an enlargement. Today that doesn't seem to work anymore?? (or maybe I was on the single coin page when I did this? ...though now there doesn't look like any way to get to single-coin view??) Steve
  13. Hi Steve - would love to see them! I've sent you a PM with your personal login information for the rnumis fakes uploader. There's also an overdates project under construction at the same site. More news on that later! The fakes php & sql web code, while somewhat specific to rnumis, should be straightforward to any web developer and could easily be adapted to ANA needs. I'd be happy to hand it over as is or otherwise coordinate with the right person, if ANA so desires. Steve
  14. Hi Eugene - I'll start by saying the idea is certainly interesting and I think is different from the online catalogs that currently exist. It's a collective showcase (as you said) of the best coins in personal collections around the world....not for people to go and look up examples and sales prices. That's good because as kuna said, there's plenty of that already. So it might be different enough from existing online resources. For showcasing collections I'd point out that the massive SNG series for Greek coins all started with some guy in England putting together his collection into a book (nothing new...there were already plenty of other examples of printed personal collections...Weber for example) but it took off in a big way and now many institutional collections around the world have their own SNG volume(s). It's a huge and amazing reference and a lot of it is online now. You get that done in Russian numismatics and you'd really have something! In this case, you're appealing to collectors who'd actually pay to get their coins into a collective online volume. I think it really would be a hard sell the first year. My standard test of viability (at least from my perspective) is: if I was approached now would I do it?...would I pay to have my coins put in a new online resource somewhere? Probably not. If the catalog already exists and is well known and I have the chance to get one of my coins in there...that could be different. Until then, from a business perspective, it would be a struggle to overcome arguments from the 'it already exists why do we need it' folks, and the knee-jerk 'it should all be free...everything should be free' people (and I like free stuff as much as the next guy, but there are real world costs and constraints we all have to live with). So...I guess if it's built and there's a real value proposition for collectors, there might be a chance for it to work. But it would not be easy and I wouldn't count on making any money any time soon? My 2 drachmas.
  15. Thanks Eugene! Is it possible to repost this in a new thread...I want to stick to my original intent of keeping this thread minimal & clean. Or we can take it offline in a PM, though seeing peoples constructive comments can very useful. I'll give it some thought in the meantime.
  16. OK! I'd love to see them. Work time. Watch this space!
  17. There are no rules To me the spirit of the database is 'fakes to deceive collectors', but that's just me. I personally wouldn't put Avestas alongside the modern stuff, but folks can (and do) argue they're fake too, so why not? I don't really care and other people can fight over the definition if they want What about an overdates database? Similar to Brekke/Bakken...but online. That might be less depressing and kind of fun to fill up? Any other ideas? Best, Steve
  18. Very well done! Let me know your next project, as this one really prompted me to build a framework for it which I think turned out quite nicely. Not perfect, but still nice.
  19. Yes, I saw that too. It was that stuff on the rim that first convinced me they were different. Good eye Sigi
  20. Unless...of course...these are different photos of the same coin (which I think they're not). So, I think you're right Sigi (and Ex also points out that folks at other forums say they're different) but you do have to look pretty hard to see any differences and convince yourself it's not the same coin.
  21. Could somebody file away the edge rim on a real coin to get some 'free' copper? Unlikely, I guess...doesn't seem worth it. Just trying to make sure we thought about all possibilities The close-up of your 1790KM shows a very uniform edge. Not even a hint of a seam or of two underlying halves. And would those tiny imperfections along the edge persist after a filing? (that, of course, would also be an argument against the "free copper" theory) Did you see a seam trace anywhere else on the coin Sigi? (I know it's already gone back to the seller)
  22. Is there any legitimate explanation for edges like this?
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