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Thanks Lostwords.

When digging up info, I run into a conflict between two sources of info:

Regarding Canadian large cents, (KM# 1, KM# 7, KM# 8 KM# 15 and KM# 21), my two Krause catalogs all list them to have a weight of 3.2400 g.

The Numista website however lists them all as 5.67 g,

I do not have access to a scale that can measure these small weights, so if anyone can shed some light as to which source is correct (if any)....

Since my 2004 Krause also lists the smaller cents (KM# 28 and newer) also at 3.2400 g, I assume Krause is off regarding the large sents....

Yeah, could very well be. I have a Dutch "stuiver" (5 cent coin, pre euro) somewhere that I put on rail track long ago, looks kinda similar.

ok

The RCM couldn't care less about history - it's all about today's bottom line. Some of their recent products have not been the most impressive...

Yeah, when looking at the list of quarters I posted, it seems that almost anything allows them to issue a commem, in variations clad, silver, gold, proof, colored, etc....

Thanks CCG, I will. For the time being, I think I can find lots of it, but when I run into a void, I'll let you know.

I didn't see the promotional video until after I posted here.

I think my database software has a slightly different aim than what the OP has in mind. I made (am making) my software for my collection, which is primarily a type set collection, one of each type and variation. For most countries, except The Netherlands, I do not collect by year, so my collection would leave a whole lot of open spots in the software of the OP.

Yes, primarily the "standard" circulating coins, although, since I have quite some Canadian commems too, I wouldn't mind knowing it for those too,

There appears to be quite some info for me on Numista.com though, which I discovered after posting here.

e.g. look at http://en.numista.co...a=&t=&dg=&w=&g= where many 25 cents coins are found, clicking one leads to more info on that particular coin.

This already brings me a whole lot further.

I wonder why RCM doesn't have this info available online.....

Hi all,

I'm trying to find information on the designers of the Canadian coins. I know some designers (like e.g.

• George Kruger-Gray
  
• Emmanuel Hahn
  

and some of the Elizabeth obverse designers.

Is there some lis (online) available that holds the (other) designers of the other Canadian coins?

Thanks

voted. it's getting tough now...

I am developing my own coin data base. I wanted to have something that I could use to store an inventory of my coin collection in. I tried Excel, but that's rather awkward when you want to also want to store images and want to find one or more coins in your collection, based on specific properties, like e.g. denomination, composition, etc. Being a software engineer, it was easily decided to develop my own system, with the intention to make it just for myself, not to provide it to others as well.

For each coin, I store the following properties:

- Country

- Denomination

- Date

- Catalog number

- Mintage

- Minted from ... to ....

- Mint

- Mint mark

- Privy mark

- Composition

- Weight

- Diameter

- Precious metal content

- Grade

- Obverse photograph

- Obverse design

- Obverse legend

- Obverse designer

- Reverse photograph

- Reverse design

- Reverse legend

- Reverse designer

- Edge

- Edge lettering

- Remarks

- Error coin

Most fields I store are simple text fields, two fields are so called blobs (binary large objects, the photographs), some are number fields (like weight, diameter) and the "Error coin" field is a boolean field, (yes/no) with a check box. I added that later when I discovered that I have several error coins and I wanted to be able to find these easily. Remarks is just a text field where I can add any additional info that is worth mentioning, e.g. describing errors or other remarks.

Since almost all fields are simple text fields, I automatically have no limitation on countries, denominations etc. I can enter any country, denomination, year etc. that I like.

I designed a form to enter a new coin, it holds edit boxes for each field. Most edit fields "remember" all values for that particular field, from all other coins, and narrow down the available suggestions when I start typing. This makes entering a number of coins much faster and also reduces the risk of typing e.g. a country name differently. Photographs can be added in any resolution, I prefer the highest resolution photograph I can make of a coin.

In the main window, there is an overview showing all info of the selected coin, as well as some selection tools, to select country, denomination, date, composition. The two photographs are displayed, each in 450 x 450, but if the original is lager, simply clicking the photograph opens a new window with the full size hirez photograph, scrollbars are present if the photograph is larger than your screen. A selected coin or a range of selected coins can be printed, each coin on a new A4 page, with large photographs and the other info neatly arranged around it.

The program is still under development, the interface needs more features and some thins can be made better. I am considering adding one or two more fields, for "obtained from" and "price", but for many of my coins, that info is unknown, so that's why I didn't add it earlier.

One thing I totally underestimated when I started this, is how much time it takes to photograph ALL my coins, edit/crop the photographs to show just the coin and add all that info in my database.

Edited to add "Minted from ... to ..." and "Edge lettering" properties and screenshots

1. Belgium 2012 2 Euro commem "Queen Elizabeth Competition"
   
2. Slovakia 2 Euro (not circulating much here)
   
3. Cyprus 20 Euro cent
   

As the number of polls is decreasing rapidly, I don't mind visiting each poll, it also allows me to see the number of votes and the occasional comments that were posted.

Hmm, I guess I tied them up again....

Roosie comes closest to a traditional design, which are my favorite

I went for the Merc.....

pre euro: 1948, as then we got new coins after the war coinage during WW2.

euro : 1999, then the first euro coins were struck

despite the hole... I like the roses better than the plumes

I went for the roosie

I went for the middle one. Indeed, WOW!

I second Kevin.

indeed. My problem with that Pfennig is the fact that one side is gorgeous and the other side is so plain simple in design. The farthing is gorgeous on both sides.

Dijon does it for me

Constantine I, AE Follis, Earlier 312, Group IV, Class II, Thessalonica, Officina 2

russki

It's a matter of taste. I think the 2 pound coins are too modern.... So I went to Egypt