<< <i>My Norton Anti Virus Recommened that i stop the internal scripting after i booted this program WHAT GIVES? >>
Our software is checking to see if you have an email program open so we can provide you updates and fixes. Norton sees that as an attempt to SPAM, which it is not. Norton is doing it's job but the warning can be ignored in this case as we are not trying to SPAM you. Rgds Jan
U.S. coin collector since 1943. Have tried desperatly to keep every coin that has come to hand, but unfortunately, some got away.
<< <i>Do you have to have Windows XP? Thanks for opportunity. Think I will wait and read some comments before I DL it tho. I don't have a fast connect, and or Access, so will take me forever to DL. >>
Please email your mailing address to janrschwenk@attbi.com and we will mail you a cd with software and manual at no charge. Thanks! Jan
U.S. coin collector since 1943. Have tried desperatly to keep every coin that has come to hand, but unfortunately, some got away.
<< <i>I sent 2 hours downloading and it won't work on windows 2000 pro >>
The software definitely runs on Windows 2000 Pro (that's what I run) - please email details to janrschwenk@attbi.com and we will figure out what the problem is and get it running for you.
Thanks! Jan
U.S. coin collector since 1943. Have tried desperatly to keep every coin that has come to hand, but unfortunately, some got away.
<< <i>I want to find out if I can import my existing data. It is already stored in both Excel and Access format. If I change the column headers to a format this new software can recognize, can I save time by not having to re-enter everything? I guess I need to wait for the manual... >>
To answer your question, the simple answer is "no" as our software is a fully normalized relational transactional database and each coin is identified by a specific reference. You can check this out in the software by clicking on "Coin Categories (Master List)" and you will see that the reference is not simple.
The long answer is "yes", but you would have to add a column to your Excel or Access tables with our reference, then construct an import table. This would probably be more trouble than just re-entering them directly into the software.
It is our intention, by the way, to work with the software developers of other coin collecting programs, and help them integrate our Coin Master structure, if they are interested. We are not interested in taking away their business, but rather in helping collectors. Any developer of any other coin collecting program (existing or planned) can contact me directly at janrschwenk@attbi.com. I would hope that by working together, everyone would benefit. Our software will be free only during the development or "Beta" period - perhaps some of the other software developers might benefit from this endeavor and sell even more of their software as a result of cooperation.
The reason for the Coin Master, by the way, is to allow all collectors to take full advantage of the power of the comptuer and the web, and through that to make the hobby more enjoyable and to help it grow. There will be other little benefits that will automatically follow, like making it much easier for you to sell and buy coins.
Rgds Jan
U.S. coin collector since 1943. Have tried desperatly to keep every coin that has come to hand, but unfortunately, some got away.
<< <i>Dingodog, Could you please give a brief overview of your new software: what distinguishes it from other available software; what is still in development? Geoman you can chime in sice you have 3 months experience. Thanks >>
Trime,
I will try. Briefly, we want our software to provide the tools for the coin collector to be the consumate expert in coins so that he buy's low and sells high, enjoys his hobby to the fullest, brings many new collectors into the fold, and realizes his every dream in relation to coin collecting.
What distinguishes it from other coin collecting software is probably the effort, manpower, and facilities we are putting into it. We are professional software developers writing JIT, MRP, ERP software for major world corporations that pay us a lot of money to do so. Our customers include USAF, DEA, FBI, Lockheed, GM, Saturn, Chevrolet, Southwestern Bell, Bank of American, Chase Manhattan, W.R.Grace, Texas Instruments, Sony, Fujitsu, many governments (both foreign and domestic) and many other companies both large and small. We want to bring that expertise to the coin collector because we are coin collectors and have derived a great pleasure in collecting coins (since 1943, by the way), and want other collectors to do likewise. If we can help remove some of the doubt, uncertainity, fear and confusion of collecting coins, coin collecting as a whole will benefit. To paraphrase (with apologies to E.B. Browning), we want our software to reach (... the height, and depth, and breadth our [coin collection] can reach ...).
What is still in development? The expansion of the program to make it pervasive, to incorporate every collector. We are blessed (damned?) with a creative mind, and every new twist or turn exposes new avenues to follow. I am confident, for example, that we can create a coin grading optical device that will grade coins on your desktop with an accuracy and consistency in grading that will be virtually infinite. Imagine such a device that most collectors could afford that would end forever the uncertainity of grade and authenticity.
Rgds Jan
U.S. coin collector since 1943. Have tried desperatly to keep every coin that has come to hand, but unfortunately, some got away.
<< <i>Hey, I got the program a few days ago and first had a chance to really use it tonight. Did anyone else notice that when putting coins into the program there is no 3 cent or 20 cent denomination to choose from or is it just me? also does anyone know how to edit a listiting after you sold your coin? All i can do is look at READ ONLY files once the listing was made and can't change anything. >>
MBbiker,
Thanks for finding the errors, these will be corrected immediately. However, the error is in the Coin Master. You can enter both series into the program right now. For example, on the III-Cent coin, enter a date between 1851 and 1889 (covering both silver and nickel varieties), the appropriate mint mark and a "3" (you should be given the choice of entering a "0.03" but we had apparently linked the 3-Cent nickels and the $3 gold in one reference, which is of course wrong and will be corrected. Any of the III-Cent nickels can be entered.
On the Twenty-Cent coins, the Coin Master is correct. For example, enter a year between 1875 and 1878, the appropriate mint mark, and then select "0.2" as the denomination and you will see that all coins of the series are there.
To sell your coin or make any other changes, open the record and click on the "edit" icon either at the bottom of the open record (the pencil icon with the "bang"), or the same icon on a search results screen.
The reason that editing is a little obtuse right now is that as we release more features of the software, the sold function will be automatic assuming that you use the feature that will automatically list, track, manage, confirm payment, manage correspondence and documents, and rate your auctions on most of the popular auction sites. I tested this function on Yahoo! for three months and generated profitable sales of over $70,000, but we are not ready to release this part yet.
Thanks for the feedback!
Rgds Jan
U.S. coin collector since 1943. Have tried desperatly to keep every coin that has come to hand, but unfortunately, some got away.
Jan, I was reading your message about communicating with other programs (I wrote my own for myself, so it wouldn't apply directly to me). And I had an idea. How about we do a committee to create a standardized XML interface for the industry. A CoinXML standard. I think that would open the doors to many possibilities. Especially to solve the export/import problem. But even more to open the door for web services and distributed coin expert systems across web sites so that a company like Legend or Pinacle Rarities can consume the web service of a consignor's coins to show on the web site without work. I can see lots of cool applications. Though whether the industry is ready for that...
I successfully downloaded both the access file and the Coin inventory file, but when I open the program, I get a dialog box that says "The search key was not found in any record" and I can't do anything more.
I downloaded tha Access 2002 and the Coin Inventory but when I tried to open the program I got an error message stating that the program wasn't recognized. I had just ordered the Office 2002 upgrade a couple days ago so I'll just wait untill I have Access 2002 installed and try again.
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<< <i>My Norton Anti Virus Recommened that i stop the internal scripting after i booted this program WHAT GIVES?
Our software is checking to see if you have an email program open so we can provide you updates and fixes. Norton sees that as an attempt to SPAM, which it is not. Norton is doing it's job but the warning can be ignored in this case as we are not trying to SPAM you.
Rgds
Jan
<< <i>Do you have to have Windows XP? Thanks for opportunity. Think I will wait and read some comments before I DL it tho. I don't have a fast connect, and or Access, so will take me forever to DL. >>
Please email your mailing address to janrschwenk@attbi.com and we will mail you a cd with software and manual at no charge.
Thanks!
Jan
<< <i>I sent 2 hours downloading and it won't work on windows 2000 pro >>
The software definitely runs on Windows 2000 Pro (that's what I run) - please email details to janrschwenk@attbi.com and we will figure out what the problem is and get it running for you.
Thanks!
Jan
<< <i>I want to find out if I can import my existing data. It is already stored in both Excel and Access format. If I change the column headers to a format this new software can recognize, can I save time by not having to re-enter everything? I guess I need to wait for the manual... >>
You can download the manual at:
http://www.coinweb.org/public/Coin_Inventory_Manual.doc
To answer your question, the simple answer is "no" as our software is a fully normalized relational transactional database and each coin is identified by a specific reference. You can check this out in the software by clicking on "Coin Categories (Master List)" and you will see that the reference is not simple.
The long answer is "yes", but you would have to add a column to your Excel or Access tables with our reference, then construct an import table. This would probably be more trouble than just re-entering them directly into the software.
It is our intention, by the way, to work with the software developers of other coin collecting programs, and help them integrate our Coin Master structure, if they are interested. We are not interested in taking away their business, but rather in helping collectors. Any developer of any other coin collecting program (existing or planned) can contact me directly at janrschwenk@attbi.com. I would hope that by working together, everyone would benefit. Our software will be free only during the development or "Beta" period - perhaps some of the other software developers might benefit from this endeavor and sell even more of their software as a result of cooperation.
The reason for the Coin Master, by the way, is to allow all collectors to take full advantage of the power of the comptuer and the web, and through that to make the hobby more enjoyable and to help it grow. There will be other little benefits that will automatically follow, like making it much easier for you to sell and buy coins.
Rgds
Jan
<< <i>Dingodog,
Could you please give a brief overview of your new software: what distinguishes it from other available software; what is still in development? Geoman you can chime in sice you have 3 months experience.
Thanks >>
Trime,
I will try. Briefly, we want our software to provide the tools for the coin collector to be the consumate expert in coins so that he buy's low and sells high, enjoys his hobby to the fullest, brings many new collectors into the fold, and realizes his every dream in relation to coin collecting.
What distinguishes it from other coin collecting software is probably the effort, manpower, and facilities we are putting into it. We are professional software developers writing JIT, MRP, ERP software for major world corporations that pay us a lot of money to do so. Our customers include USAF, DEA, FBI, Lockheed, GM, Saturn, Chevrolet, Southwestern Bell, Bank of American, Chase Manhattan, W.R.Grace, Texas Instruments, Sony, Fujitsu, many governments (both foreign and domestic) and many other companies both large and small. We want to bring that expertise to the coin collector because we are coin collectors and have derived a great pleasure in collecting coins (since 1943, by the way), and want other collectors to do likewise. If we can help remove some of the doubt, uncertainity, fear and confusion of collecting coins, coin collecting as a whole will benefit. To paraphrase (with apologies to E.B. Browning), we want our software to reach (... the height, and depth, and breadth our [coin collection] can reach ...).
What is still in development? The expansion of the program to make it pervasive, to incorporate every collector.
We are blessed (damned?) with a creative mind, and every new twist or turn exposes new avenues to follow. I am confident, for example, that we can create a coin grading optical device that will grade coins on your desktop with an accuracy and consistency in grading that will be virtually infinite. Imagine such a device that most collectors could afford that would end forever the uncertainity of grade and authenticity.
Rgds
Jan
Hi, please email me directly at janrschwenk@attbi.com - we will get the program running for you.
Rgds
Jan
<< <i>Hey, I got the program a few days ago and first had a chance to really use it tonight. Did anyone else notice that when putting coins into the program there is no 3 cent or 20 cent denomination to choose from or is it just me? also does anyone know how to edit a listiting after you sold your coin? All i can do is look at READ ONLY files once the listing was made and can't change anything. >>
MBbiker,
Thanks for finding the errors, these will be corrected immediately. However, the error is in the Coin Master. You can enter both series into the program right now. For example, on the III-Cent coin, enter a date between 1851 and 1889 (covering both silver and nickel varieties), the appropriate mint mark and a "3" (you should be given the choice of entering a "0.03" but we had apparently linked the 3-Cent nickels and the $3 gold in one reference, which is of course wrong and will be corrected. Any of the III-Cent nickels can be entered.
On the Twenty-Cent coins, the Coin Master is correct. For example, enter a year between 1875 and 1878, the appropriate mint mark, and then select "0.2" as the denomination and you will see that all coins of the series are there.
To sell your coin or make any other changes, open the record and click on the "edit" icon either at the bottom of the open record (the pencil icon with the "bang"), or the same icon on a search results screen.
The reason that editing is a little obtuse right now is that as we release more features of the software, the sold function will be automatic assuming that you use the feature that will automatically list, track, manage, confirm payment, manage correspondence and documents, and rate your auctions on most of the popular auction sites. I tested this function on Yahoo! for three months and generated profitable sales of over $70,000, but we are not ready to release this part yet.
Thanks for the feedback!
Rgds
Jan
Looking for PCGS AU58 Washington's, 32-63.
Looking for PCGS AU58 Washington's, 32-63.
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