Numismatic Website Graveyard

Zoins

Here's a list of numismatic websites that are no longer operational for reference.

1. Gallery Mint Scrapbook by Verne Walrafen - http://www.gmmnut.com/gmm/gmm.html - Referenced: http://gmm.cdbpdx.com/ ; Archived: https://web.archive.org/web/20230000000000*/http://www.gmmnut.com/gmm/gmm.html
2. Heraldic Art Medallions by D.A. Smith: https://heraldicartmedallions.com . Referenced: https://www.coinworld.com/news/us-coins/collector-keeps-fathers-legacy-alive-with-heraldic-art-medals.html ; Archived: https://web.archive.org/web/20230000000000*/https://heraldicartmedallions.com
3. National Collectors Association of Die Doubling - http://www.ncadd98.org/
4. US Rare Gold Coin Club (USRGCC) - http://usraregoldcoinclub.com/
5. https://varietynickels.com . Referenced: https://www.cointalk.com/threads/full-step-nickel-club-missing.18486/ . Archived: https://web.archive.org/web/20050215005254/http://varietynickels.com/
6. Wooden Nickel Collector's Organization : http://www.wooden-nickel.org/ . Archived: https://web.archive.org/web/20051130221409/http://www.wooden-nickel.org/
7. Yahoo! Shield Nickels Club - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Shield_Nickels/

Here's a Heraldic Art medal of mine:

cameonut2011

RIP Collective Coin in 2023 😢

Zoins

@cameonut2011 said:
RIP Collective Coin in 2023 😢

The team is working on getting that site up again so hopefully not too much longer now.

ricko

Any background on why they have ceased operations?? Were they perhaps sold and merged with a larger entity? Cheers, RickO

Zoins

@ricko said:
Any background on why they have ceased operations?? Were they perhaps sold and merged with a larger entity? Cheers, RickO

For the sites in the list, I think it was because the site was run by one person, not a team, and that one person could not run it anymore for whatever reason. In the case of the GMM Scrapbook, Verne passed away, while I think D.A. Smith sold his collection and went on to focus on other areas.

Websites can be pretty complicated and very individualized.

To revive them and manage them, I think there would need to be a way to convert their information to a more generic, maintainable format. For example, I think they could be revived if there was an Archive.org, NNP, or Google Books like effort to archive the sites.

coinsarefun

I am in the middle of importing as much as I can find on heraldic art medals and G/allergy mint museum. I’ve stated working on both but have a long way to go one it.

https://www.coinsarefun.com/caf-coin-research/ron-landis-the-gallery-mint

And here:

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https://www.coinsarefun.com/caf-coin-research/heraldic-art-medals

psuman08

Nice work @coinsarefun

Coinosaurus

The Wayback Machine (https://archive.org/web/ has archived many numismatic websites - always a good place to check if a site has otherwise disappeared.

Mark

A site that continues to survive is Larry Whitlow's site: https://whitlowltd.com/inventory.html Larry passed away in 2014. I wonder who is paying for his site...

Zoins

@Coinosaurus said:
The Wayback Machine (https://archive.org/web/ has archived many numismatic websites - always a good place to check if a site has otherwise disappeared.

It's a very important resource, but I've found that often times photos aren't archived.