Web Site Preference - What's yours?

JCMhouston · July 17, 2010 6:43AM

I'm putting together a new layout for my British coins and wanted to see which people find most interesting or helpful. Should I build it by denomination (Type Sets), or by Ruler?

pendragon1998 · July 17, 2010 9:09AM

I'd say by rulers. When you describe a British coin, you usually say it's a "ruler denomination":

A Victoria crown; a George III soverign; a Henry VIII penny; etc.

not usually:

A crown of Victoria; a sovereign of George III; a penny of Henry VIII

(At least, that's how I think of them.)

Aethelred · July 17, 2010 10:05AM

I agree with the above. When I look at British coins I like to see them presented in chronological order by ruler.

FilthyBroke · July 17, 2010 10:25AM

Yep, by ruler, and then denomination as a subcategory if necessary.

SaorAlba · July 17, 2010 10:46AM

I say by ruler, because I collect more by monarch than denomination. For the most part it makes it easier to collect, now if I can find one of those elusive Alexander II pennies..

JCMhouston · July 17, 2010 1:12PM

Ok, 75% by ruler seems pretty conclusive, I'll go with that.

RobP · July 17, 2010 9:42PM

I think it boils down to how many of each denomination you intend to have. As a collector of shillings and halfpennies together with some sundries, the bulk of coins listed are presumably going to be the two main denominations in which case I would have shillings, halfpennies and others. If the sundries total approaches that of the denominations, then go by ruler. If in doubt, put in a 'sort by' option.

covers · July 26, 2010 6:13AM

By type, no sets, (I collect Roman republic which had no rulers!). By moneyer maybe but too boring ...

But, for British "modern" stuff .... ruler

Link to collection

Lancastercoin · July 26, 2010 8:03AM

I had to vote "by ruler" (indoctrination by Spink probably) but for pennies I've always wanted to see a set laid out from sceattas to 1953!

dizzlecc · July 27, 2010 2:05PM

I chose ruler. It seems to make more sense and fun.

StubbyMcNumbthumbs · July 27, 2010 10:49PM

JCM - I just looked at your site, and I really like it! (That is a very nice selection of shillings you've put together there, by the way!)

Kudos to you, sir. Well done.

JCMhouston · July 28, 2010 12:41AM

Thanks guys, Stubby, I am actually putting together a new site just for the British coins. I have started a layout by Ruler for Geo. III - Edw. VII because I have enough coins from those rulers to populate a page. I then have additional pages put in for Halfpenny Types, Penny Types and Shilling Types because I have a bunch of extras of those that don't fit into those particular rulers. My halfpenny type set, for example, includes examples back to Edw. II, but I don't have any other Edw. II coins so it would look funny to have it on a page of it's own. So far the page layout looks like this:

Geo. III
Geo. IV
Victoria
Edw. VII
Halpenny Types
Penny Types
Shilling Types

I'll probably put it live within a week or so as I get time to populate it. Then try to get a couple of you guys to review to see if the layout is reasonable and easy to follow. It's impossible to get it perfect, but I would like it to be useful to most people.

coinkat · July 28, 2010 8:34AM

I am not attempting to make this more difficult than it is- I basically agree with a type set by Monarch- I would just note that the Monarch type set approach would be reasonable for Milled and hammered coins

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