FAQ for the FREE COIN Inventory program
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How Can I enter a III-Cent Coin into inventory:
There is an error in our “Coin Master” right now (it will be fixed shortly) that gangs three different coins under the “3” in the “Denom. (Denomination)” Field. The three coins grouped there are:
III-Cent Silver Nickel
III-Cent Nickel
$3.00-Gold
The two nickels should show the denomination of 0.03, not 3, however, until this is corrected, you may enter either of the two III-Cent Nickels by entering the proper date (1851 – 1889), the correct mint mark, and the “3”. The 1851 Silver III-Cent Nickel was struck at two mints, Philadelphia, which bore no mint mark, and New Orleans with the mark “O”. All other III-Cent Nickels were struck at Philadelphia and bear no mint mark.
How can I enter a Twenty-Cent Coin:
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. Three mints struck the Twenty-Cent coin: Philadelphia [no mint mark], Carson City [CC], and San Francisco [S].
Why must I enter the Year, Mint and Denomination to list a coin in my inventory:
Entry of coins into COIN Inventory is organized by Year, Mint and Denomination to support a later addition to the software that will allow coins to be automatically recognized and entered into inventory by the system. We are currently developing a digital camera system that will photograph the coin obverse and reverse with the push of one button. At the same time, the coin will be weighed to .01 gram accuracy, measured to .01mm accuracy, thickness measured to .01mm accuracy, composition of alloy calculated, and identified to year, mint, and denomination. The coin will be assigned an ID number, entered into inventory and the obverse and reverse photos will be appropriately numbered and linked to the coin. The photos will be oriented, cropped, color balanced, contrast balanced, and stored in various resolutions, plus thumbnails.
When a year is entered, only those mints that produced coins during that year are shown. When the mint is selected, only those coins that were minted in that year by that mint are shown, so with these three items, coins can be identified to series. It may be necessary to select other identifying attributes to complete the identification. The system prompts you to make specific selections where our data is complete. We are adding to this data all the time and it is becoming more comprehensive literally daily. For example, we currently have most of the business strike and proof data, for over 54,000 coins. We have error and variety data for many and are adding more data. We expect that in the near future we ill be able to identify over 250,000 U.S. coins including most known errors and varieties.
How can I identify the error or variety:
Currently the various errors and varieties that are already in the system give a very brief description of the error or variety. This is being expanded to include more complete descriptions, and in the not distant future will also have full resolution photographs, detailed text and information available for download. This material is being supplied by the leading authors and experts in the field and will be available on a nominal subscription basis.
There is an error in our “Coin Master” right now (it will be fixed shortly) that gangs three different coins under the “3” in the “Denom. (Denomination)” Field. The three coins grouped there are:
III-Cent Silver Nickel
III-Cent Nickel
$3.00-Gold
The two nickels should show the denomination of 0.03, not 3, however, until this is corrected, you may enter either of the two III-Cent Nickels by entering the proper date (1851 – 1889), the correct mint mark, and the “3”. The 1851 Silver III-Cent Nickel was struck at two mints, Philadelphia, which bore no mint mark, and New Orleans with the mark “O”. All other III-Cent Nickels were struck at Philadelphia and bear no mint mark.
How can I enter a Twenty-Cent Coin:
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. Three mints struck the Twenty-Cent coin: Philadelphia [no mint mark], Carson City [CC], and San Francisco [S].
Why must I enter the Year, Mint and Denomination to list a coin in my inventory:
Entry of coins into COIN Inventory is organized by Year, Mint and Denomination to support a later addition to the software that will allow coins to be automatically recognized and entered into inventory by the system. We are currently developing a digital camera system that will photograph the coin obverse and reverse with the push of one button. At the same time, the coin will be weighed to .01 gram accuracy, measured to .01mm accuracy, thickness measured to .01mm accuracy, composition of alloy calculated, and identified to year, mint, and denomination. The coin will be assigned an ID number, entered into inventory and the obverse and reverse photos will be appropriately numbered and linked to the coin. The photos will be oriented, cropped, color balanced, contrast balanced, and stored in various resolutions, plus thumbnails.
When a year is entered, only those mints that produced coins during that year are shown. When the mint is selected, only those coins that were minted in that year by that mint are shown, so with these three items, coins can be identified to series. It may be necessary to select other identifying attributes to complete the identification. The system prompts you to make specific selections where our data is complete. We are adding to this data all the time and it is becoming more comprehensive literally daily. For example, we currently have most of the business strike and proof data, for over 54,000 coins. We have error and variety data for many and are adding more data. We expect that in the near future we ill be able to identify over 250,000 U.S. coins including most known errors and varieties.
How can I identify the error or variety:
Currently the various errors and varieties that are already in the system give a very brief description of the error or variety. This is being expanded to include more complete descriptions, and in the not distant future will also have full resolution photographs, detailed text and information available for download. This material is being supplied by the leading authors and experts in the field and will be available on a nominal subscription basis.
U.S. coin collector since 1943. Have tried desperatly to keep every coin that has come to hand, but unfortunately, some got away.
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<< <i>Is it possible to import data via excell spreadsheet instead of transferring each individual coin. This could get tedious if your collection is large. >>
Claus,
The problem is that for you to gain all the advantages that our Coin Master, you would have to associate each of your coins to that index. We are trying to come up with a way to do that as we understand the frustration of moving from system to system. If you could send us a sample output of what data your current software stores, I could give you a specific answer as to how to go about it, or perhaps even write a little routine that will do the transfer, or at least most of it, automatically. If you send an Excell spreadsheet, we would need to have column heads, even for the fields that are blank.
You could send the test data to me at janrschwenk@attbi.com.
Rgds
Jan