Numismatic Website Graveyard

Zoins · March 28, 2023 9:06AM

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

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
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
National Collectors Association of Die Doubling - http://www.ncadd98.org/
US Rare Gold Coin Club (USRGCC) - http://usraregoldcoinclub.com/
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/
Wooden Nickel Collector's Organization : http://www.wooden-nickel.org/ . Archived: https://web.archive.org/web/20051130221409/http://www.wooden-nickel.org/
Yahoo! Shield Nickels Club - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Shield_Nickels/

Here's a Heraldic Art medal of mine:

cameonut2011 · March 28, 2023 10:23AM

RIP Collective Coin in 2023 😢

Zoins · March 28, 2023 8:23PM

@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 · March 29, 2023 5:44AM

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

Zoins · March 29, 2023 6:58AM

@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 · March 29, 2023 8:55AM

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 · March 29, 2023 9:25AM

Nice work @coinsarefun

Coinosaurus · March 29, 2023 11:18AM

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 · March 29, 2023 5:52PM

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 · March 29, 2023 7:09PM

@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.

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