thedeadpoint Posted January 8, 2012 Report Share Posted January 8, 2012 Hi Coinpeople, The Virtual Coin Museum here is a fantastic resource that some of our members (Art/Stujoe, primarily ) have put a LOT of hours in. However, those members may not be an expert in each and every coin in the museum. Chances are high that you are an expert in at least one of the museum "exhibits." I propose that we allow some of our members to become the curator of an exhibit they are an expert on. I think this will let those who already have a wealth of knowledge (and maybe even gorgeous pictures) expand upon the fantastic exhibits already made. For example, I might be a bigger fan of Barber Dimes, Peace Dollars, and Liberty Nickels than most people in this forum. I'd be happy to share pictures about the patterns for each series, die varieties, resources I've found helpful, etc. Maybe jtryka would like to share his pics and knowledge on Bust Halves. Mark Stilson may want to curate the Morgan Dollar forum and share some of the key VAMs he has. Do you think we should open the Virtual Coin Museum to a dozen curators or so? Do you consider yourself an expert on one of the coins in the museum? If so, would you be willing to spend a few hours throughout the year updating the posts, adding pics, answering collectors? Please tell me your feelings by voting in the above poll. Feel free to elaborate below or even tell us which topics you feel comfortable curating or co-curating! Thank you, Thedeadpoin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neweden Posted January 9, 2012 Report Share Posted January 9, 2012 Looks to me that the VCM is all about US coins, and that is probably fine if you are a US coin junky, but speaking for myself I am a Canadian coin collector first with a smattering of US coins as a secondary interest. My knowledge of US coins is kind of limited so I doubt if I will contribute much. Good luck tho.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art1.2 Posted January 9, 2012 Report Share Posted January 9, 2012 Looks to me that the VCM is all about US coins, and that is probably fine if you are a US coin junky, but speaking for myself I am a Canadian coin collector first with a smattering of US coins as a secondary interest. My knowledge of US coins is kind of limited so I doubt if I will contribute much. Good luck tho.. There is a Virtual Coin Museum dedicated to Canadian Coins. CoinPeople Canadian Virtual Coin Museum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art1.2 Posted January 9, 2012 Report Share Posted January 9, 2012 There are other Virtual Coin Museums as well. World Virtual Museum - breakdown by major areas Ancient Coin Museum Virtual Banknote Museum Russian Virtual Museum UK Virtual Coin Museum Exonumia Virtual Museum Error Coin Virtual Museum US Coppers Virtual Museum Finnish Virtual Coin Museum There's a lot out there and it's a great deal of work trying to keep it updated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccg Posted January 9, 2012 Report Share Posted January 9, 2012 An interesting proposition. I vote yay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted January 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2012 Art has a good point that is the reason I proposed this scenario. He and I are not experts on a lot of non-US things, so we can't represent our fellow members faithfully. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Stilson Posted January 9, 2012 Report Share Posted January 9, 2012 BTW just wondering what responsibilities are you talking about being Curator? You aren't talking mod powers are you? I would not mind writing up or modifying the intro sticky to the Morgan section. And some other work on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted January 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2012 You're right, Mark. Re: mod powers - I think the most we should extend would be the ability to add/modify posts in their expert thread alone. I have those powers only in the PCI forum but that's because I'm one of the PCI people and deleting/closing posts is a handy skill. My vision is exactly what you said - interesting write-ups, intros, pics, etc. For example, I would add a post discussing the 1964-D Peace Dollar because that has a significant amount of history to it but it still falls under the Peace Dollar series umbrella. Same for 1894-S dimes. 1913 V Nicks, etc. I guess I see several posts under one or two threads. The first post would be the intro. The second post may be patterns/design work. A third post may be varieties, etc. That breaks it down nicely into bite-size capsules of information. The advanced collectors may care more about VAMs, so why sift through a big post to read about them. The novice collectors may be intimidated by one single massive post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neweden Posted January 9, 2012 Report Share Posted January 9, 2012 O, OK now I get it, the VCMs are under different coin boards rather than all under the VCM banner. If you are looking for someone to help out with Canada and Jersey coins you can put my name down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted January 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2012 If you are looking for someone to help out with Canada and Jersey coins you can put my name down. If we go through with this, we'll be sure to tap you and other generous volunteers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YeOldeCollector Posted January 9, 2012 Report Share Posted January 9, 2012 I'm definitely in when it comes to British stuff. Especially the silver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted January 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2012 Keep coming guys! share your feelings (and experience if you can!). If we go with this, I'll make a list of the "exhibits" next week and we can start assigning duties Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccg Posted January 10, 2012 Report Share Posted January 10, 2012 I'm a generalist, so I guess I could do "cleanup" of whatever's not called for. (Actually my specialty is in dimes and sixpences, but those span the globe) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikaros Posted January 10, 2012 Report Share Posted January 10, 2012 I love that there are no 'no' votes of either sort. Anyway, I don't consider myself knowledgeable enough in any particular area to curate and probably never will be since I have no interest in some of the advanced areas like die varieties and errors, but I will always be happy to toss my two grosze in if it's appropriate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted January 11, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2012 Always ok, ikaros! Perhaps we'll ask around for good pics. For example, if I'm a curator of the Peace Dollar exhibit, I'll set up a mini-contest. People can submit photos of their Peace Dollars and we can vote for the best to represent the series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikaros Posted January 11, 2012 Report Share Posted January 11, 2012 Always ok, ikaros! Perhaps we'll ask around for good pics. For example, if I'm a curator of the Peace Dollar exhibit, I'll set up a mini-contest. People can submit photos of their Peace Dollars and we can vote for the best to represent the series. If nothing else, I can always edit. The hard part there is resisting the urge to rewrite at the same time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted January 19, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2012 Vote if you haven't already! Also, in the next few days I'll make a post asking for curators! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geordie582 Posted January 19, 2012 Report Share Posted January 19, 2012 Why not get permission to use Omnicoin images? I have lots of hammered on there particularly Plantagenet but including Crusader and other eras Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art1.2 Posted January 19, 2012 Report Share Posted January 19, 2012 Why not get permission to use Omnicoin images? I have lots of hammered on there particularly Plantagenet but including Crusader and other eras I've done just that whenever possible. I've been updating the Virtual Museums and have asked a number of folks for permission to use their images from omnicoin. Most have said that it was ok and that I could use any images they had on the site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted March 8, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2012 I was about to start soliciting names but I want to know first: Do you guys think we should regulate the format of the different threads? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Stilson Posted March 9, 2012 Report Share Posted March 9, 2012 Yep, have one generic form and work off it would probably be the easiest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art1.2 Posted March 9, 2012 Report Share Posted March 9, 2012 We should probably stick with the format that Stu instituted when he first created the site. The information for many of the coins is there and just needs reformatting in html. In some cases just editing and saving the post does it. On top of everything else Stu has permission to use the coin descriptions from some of the big company databases. I don't think we want to start that process over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted March 17, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2012 http://www.coinpeople.com/index.php?/topic/31967-recruiting-curators-for-the-vcm/page__pid__561516&do=findComment&comment=561516 Please click on the above link if you are interested in curating! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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