Thanks for all of your comments about CoinsAndCanada.com.
First, here's a brief history of it.
I started collecting circulating coins 10 years ago when I saw my father's "old" coins (from 1940 to 1960) sticked in a ring notebook. Like several beginners and novice, I tried to find all the coins for each year/denomination. When I saw that there were a lot of obverse for 1992, 1999 and 2000 25-cents, I bought my first numismatic book (Charlton) to help me with my new hobby.
In 2005, after having abandoned my incomplete collection for a few years, I started to look for more information surfing the Web about the history of my coins, the production process,... I found a lot about
US coins, but not much for Canada. Disappointed, I created in July, 2005 Numicanada.com to help people like me, a rookie collector. With the tremendous help of several who have discovered Numicanada, the website has grown over the years with always more informative content. In 2008 (three years later), the "English version" of Numicanada appears (CoinsAndCanada) with the same goal: sharing information and knowledge on canadian numismatic in an accessible way.
Now, i'll try to answer to your previous posts.
@eddio: I don't know who told you that CoinsAndCanada.com is a group of coins dealers that support the website. It's false. I, the administrator, am the only one who "support" the website. I pay for the hosting, servers and domains and try to keep my expenses even with the unobtrusive Google Ads. I only have a virtual presence and I've never seen (or talked) in person to a visitor. I don't know any dealers personally or professionally. I'm not a dealer myself.
@t_y: I always prefered to keep my anonymity to avoid conflicts and obligations. I wish to continue to have fun to grow the website without pressure, time limits... What I am doing isn't a full-time/part-time job, but a hobby, sharing everyone information and knowledge in a public place. Print media, radio and television channel have already contacted me for interviews/opinions on numismatics and I always refused so far.
@DBM: The CCN Trends is certainly one of the best and up-to-date reference for prices. Like @cameron93, @Bill in Burl, @Bm0ney and others, I completely agree that cross-reference between guides/peoples/sources is the best way to make your mind. The "CoinsAndCanada Prices Guide" is one of these sources. Free, accessible with any computer and on mobile devices, it's a fast way to have an idea of canadian coins prices, caracteristics, errors and varieties,... Like most of the books, prices on CoinsAndCanada/Numicanada come from recent sales, auctions,...
@cameron93: There may be very few numerical mistakes. A Prices Guide like that is a perpetual work-in-progress project (the entire website is).
Feel free to ask me your further questions.
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Posted 01/30/2013 4:16 pm
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