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  1. R.W.Julian's collection being sold

    in Russian Coin Forums

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    Nice to hear you are still with us, R.W.!

     

    Thank you for your many contributions to not only this forum, but to Numismatics, over the years. I am sure I can speak for all reading here who are grateful for your work in Russian Numismatics in particular... THANK YOU!

     

    Best of success in your upcoming sales, and may you have no regrets!

     

    JCB

     

    Very well said, Josh! I, too, would like to express my gratitude to R.W. Julian -- not just a master numismatist, but a kind and generous person who gives so much of his time in educating all of us who are less knowledgeable about the subject.

     

    THANK YOU! :clapping:

  3. R.W.Julian's collection being sold

    in Russian Coin Forums

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    Now his collection appears in the upcoming mail bid sale of World Wide Coins of California.

     

    I think it is only some of his silver roubles which are being auctioned here. He must have (had?) an immense collection of other Russian coins because he has been specializing in that field for such a long time.

     

    Here is a quote from the catalog:

    "(...) Mr. Julian has also been an assiduous collector of Russian coinage for over 40 years and we have been selling significant segments of his collection through our auctions since 2007 under the name 'Girard Collection.'"

     

    Further along, the catalog states that Mr. Julian's type collection will be offered by WWCC in November, containing "many of the rare type and date rubles not present in the current offering."

     

    So it appears that "Girard" was indeed RW Julian. :)

  9. NGC's best - 50 kopecks (1910) MS-64 in next Heritage auction

    in Russian Coin Forums

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    Hello bobh, if I were the lucky owner of this beauty, my primary concern would be its preservation. It is so easy to cause an irreversible damage just by accidentally dropping the coin, for instance. And somehow I never saw the plastic as impediment for enjoying a beautiful coin, but it may be just me, many people think otherwise.

     

    Slabs do protect against physical damage, but not against humidity. Airtight capsules also protect against that as well as against physical damage. The only real advantage to having the coin in a slab is when you want to sell it.

  11. Siberia 10 kopeks 1771KM - fake??

    in Russian Coin Forums

    Posted

    Steve, is there any chance you may be able to demonstrate this to us? This sounds wonderful, but as they say - a picture worth thousand words... Or at least can you point me in a direction of where I could read about how to build and use internet based data base like you mention? I am interested opening a web-site of my own, and it would be great if I could understand the workings of better web design with mysql incorporation. Thank you. Sigi, sorry, we have used your topic for this discussion, but it is reasonably important, hope you don't mind much...

     

    I find this site to have a wealth of information as well as great tutorials, and it's very easy to navigate: http://www.w3schools.com/

     

    You'll need to use some kind of server-side scripting language such as PHP or ASP -- there are probably other languages, but these are usually already installed in most hosting environments (ASP on Windows servers, and usually the database there is SQL Server and not necessarily MySQL, although PHP and MySQL also both run on Windows). If you have a Unix/Linux based host, MySQL and PHP are usually the way to go.

     

    Basically, it works like this: the client's browser requests a web page which typically has an ending of .php, although not necessarily so. The server interprets the PHP code, connects to the database, runs the queries, and fetches the data which is returned to the client as HTML text. Many times you will use (X)HTML forms to gather user input which can be used to query or update the data. There are lots of tutorials out there. If you keep it simple, it can be very easy. For implementing the GUI design, you'll most likely use CSS ("cascading style sheets") and probably some JavaScript. You can get away without these for a basic "plain vanilla" design, but most users expect to see things styled with CSS these days.

     

    But if your website will be available to the public, be extremely careful about taking steps to prevent hacking, especially guarding against what is called "SQL injection". It might be easier to create a site with some of the many open source website-building frameworks out there (Joomla, Wordpress, Wix, etc.) unless you are doing something special and need to build everything from scratch.

     

    Good luck! :art:

  13. Siberia 10 kopeks 1771KM - fake??

    in Russian Coin Forums

    Posted

    LOL. Nice touch with the frown icon. At least it wasn't a thumb/finger over nose icon. And this from a big proponent of Wiki approaches.

     

    I meant besides a beta test rather than the final design. A sample of one is not the universe, and your bias toward a cloud database solution, of which there is none, rather than a desktop solution, of which there is one, colors your opinion. Anyway, it's the only SQL relational database game in town. (As far as I know)

     

    Your feedback was very helpful in simplifying the interface DCP database control panel and I did incorporate your suggestion to ask for feedback as to usability and whether the interface and design is overly complex for the average, or even the advanced collector

     

    Ron

     

    I downloaded the databases, but wasn't able to open them - there is a tool on Linux which actually allows access to the tables, but none of the GUI. Without any doumentation as to what the structure is, what primary/foreign keys are in place, what certain code values mean, etc. etc., it was totally unusable for me, so I gave up pretty quickly.

     

    IMHO it is just too much of a challenge to expect ordinary users without any IT background at all to use the database "as is". More than likely, they either don't have MS-Access installed (and don't want to install it just in order to test the databases), or their version is somehow incompatible with the platform on which your application was developed.

     

    Don't be too hard on your potential users here. ;) Just my 2 kopecks worth.

  16. NGC's best - 50 kopecks (1910) MS-64 in next Heritage auction

    in Russian Coin Forums

    Posted

    I think it's my pictures ... should try to take more pictures with multiple light sources. That would give it more cartwheels, which I think is what you are missing in my pictures.

     

    OK, I think you might like these pictures a little better. They are more similar to the Heritage photos as far as lighting goes -- of course, I'm sure that Heritage Auctions has better cameras and lighting (AND photographers!) at their disposal than I do: :rofl:

     

    obv_0205.thumb.jpgrev_0211.thumb.jpg

     

     

    That being said (or shown), I still think that the following pictures are better -- they are much more in focus and have plenty of luster as well:

     

    RUSSIA_50_Kopecks_1910_EB_obv.thumb.jpgRUSSIA_50_Kopecks_1910_EB_rev.thumb.jpg

     

    Take a peek at the reverse -- you can actually SEE the initials "АГ" of the engraver (Apollon Grasgov) beneath the hoof of St. George's horse (at least you can see that on the high resolution pictures on my website). :)

  17. rnumis - a new website for buying/selling literature

    in Russian Coin Forums

    Posted

    Hi all,

     

    With my bookshelves sagging under the weight of about 600 catalogs, russian and ancient, I've decided to start moving some of them. To that end, I've put together a new website www.rnumis.com . The content is quite light at the moment but it will pick up.

     

    Also, if any US-based friends like the format and would like to discuss selling their own catalogs/books on the site, drop me a PM.

     

    Thanks,

     

    Steve

     

    Very nice, Steve! :bthumbsup:

    I like the design -- really easy on the eyes.

  18. Question

    in Russian Coin Forums

    Posted

    The reason why I asked is I wanted to know if someone on the forum is approaching other members to post links for them.

    Normally, I'd remove links from sites like gigapeta, but if you think that this is good legit information, I don't mind.

     

    I downloaded the files and can confirm that they do contain what they say (coin pictures, i.e. not porn or malware.)

  20. Question

    in Russian Coin Forums

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    Download complete! Each file is a compressed archive in .RAR format which contains nothing but the images of each coin, obverse and reverse -- no descriptions, no price info. :( Unless you are really curious, I would wait for the real catalog to appear.

     

    Are you sure that the request came directly from Sincona and not someone who works there?

  22. Question

    in Russian Coin Forums

    Posted

    A strange one, I guess.

     

    i've received a request to place on this site links to the pictures of more than 1500 coins in the upcoming Sincona auction in October.

     

    Similar links have been displayed in the Russian-speaking numismatic forum (Staraya Moneta).

     

    Is anybody interested ? Is it OK if I place the links here ?

     

    Thanks.

     

    p.s. to clarify my relationship with Sincona...there is none, actually. Have no clue why I was contacted on this (or, maybe, I'm not alone ?)

     

    Of course, I am very interested to see the pictures, as probably everyone else is, too. :)

     

    I just went to the Sincona site a couple of hours ago, but didn't see any coins nor any link to that auction. I would expect Sincona to put the pictures on their own website, or on Sixbid. Then you or someone else could put up a link to that place here on the forum. I wonder why they do it this way? How many links are we talking about?

  23. NGC's best - 50 kopecks (1910) MS-64 in next Heritage auction

    in Russian Coin Forums

    Posted

    bobh, does your coin have same amount of mint luster or better then one on Heritage? Your pictures unfortunately do not show too much mint luster. Hopefully it is just your pictures problem.

     

    I think it's my pictures, but hard to say without seeing the Heritage coin in person how the mint luster compares. The pictures with blue background were taken in direct sunlight -- a technique which tends to emphasize detail and preserves color at the expense of luster. The other ones were two different attempts at axial lighting. The glass I used has given me problems before, but I think you can tell from the obverse, the way the bust appears, that the coin does have plenty of luster.

     

    I should try to take more pictures with multiple light sources. That would give it more cartwheels, which I think is what you are missing in my pictures.

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