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*** Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum. ***I'm nearly ready to release my free coin collection management program publicly (it works in desktop and mobile device web browsers), and I am curious what people think of the features I'm implementing, what features I'm *going* to implement, and what features I have potentially left out. Currently Implemented
- Roll Searcher - Type in a date and it displays options with pictures for what you've found. Saves what you find to your local storage so it sticks around until your clear it without a need to log into an account. Exports what you find to your Collections (below).
- My Collections - A list of what collections you have, saved to an account so you can access them on any machine (you have a login). Collections can be added to with additional meta-data than is in the Roll Searcher, and you can also import "sets" to a collection to indicate what pieces you're missing if you're collecting a series. Each Collection. Collections (and individual coins within collections) can be set to public or private or set to display in a user showcase for everyone to see and comment on.
In The Works
- Facebook Integration - Log into an account with Facebook and share your collections to your profile.
- Want List - Nuff said. :-)
- Sales Listings - List an item for sale.
- Uploaded Pictures - More on the top of my to-do, but right now there are only placeholder images. Uploading actual images with the ability to make an "obverse-reverse-details" display on the fly is what I'm going for.
- Value-Tracking - Track and sort coins by Numismatic Value, Melt Value (bullion can also be tracked, too), and Face Value with graphs as well as what you purchased them for and sold them for.
- (ADDED) Inventory Views - Sort coins in Collections by what you have as well as by what you're looking for.
Ideas... Any?There will be a Beta to toy around with soon, I promise. :-) Edited by SteveCaruso
01/21/2012 03:55 am
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Valued Member
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I think this looks incredible and can't wait to try it. If you don't mind me asking what is it that you do that allowed you to design this?
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I don't share much info on Facebook, and my collection info would not be shared.  Although, you can mark things privately viewed by your friends, it might still be public info. Even my actual friends don't know all my collection. |
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@ozerman - I'm a translator of ancient languages by trade, but I'm a trained Librarian (... so I catalog *everything* :-) ). I've previously worked as a web designer and continue to work on digital library and linguistics projects. Such an application of technology to Numismatics isn't that far of a jump. :-)
@Fuzzy317 - I'm noticing that a large number of coin collectors shun Facebook, which is why I originally shied away from integration; however, since there's a large social element to collecting and most of the younger generation of coin collectors are Facebook savvy, I figure that it's something that I should support as much as possible. I'm sill debating how integral I'm going to make Facebook to the underlying program, but at the same time will strive to make it completely accessible to non-Facebook users as well. Privacy is a *huge* personal concern of mine and Facebook's record is less than shiny.
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United States
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Steve, as a younger generation (24) I understand your thoughts about Facebook. I think the real worry is that there is no way to block anyone from viewing your info if they want to, and a lot of people don't want to let their 300+ friends know that there is thousands of dollars sitting in their house/apartment just ripe for the taking.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I've been looking for an organizational program I cant want to try it. Good job gettint this going by the way.
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Valued Member
United States
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Hi Steve, I recently cataloged my coins and, in the process, realized something that you might find useful. For some types of coins, say Lincoln cents, many folks are only missing a few coins, so it's best to have a list of the few missing coins. For other types of coins, say Seated Liberty half dimes, most folks only have a few, so it's best to have a list of the few coins they have. When I was able to select, for each type of coin, whether my list was of coins I have or coins I'm missing, the size of the list shrank to something quite manageable. I think that approach would be particularly important for making an app usable on a small mobile device screen. Best of luck with your project! |
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United States
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@ozerman - Completely 100% in agreement. It'd be like that website "Rob My House" which displayed publicly syndicated information about someone's location when they were away from home via the "check in" feature on Facebook and other programs. -- Something I am going to avoid at all costs.
@RogerRamjet - Excellent idea! Sorting by a "What I Have" and "What I Don't Have" per collection is a snap. :-) I'll add that to the list.
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I have 12 albums going for all coins US and Canadian (kids and grandkids) so for one coin lets say 2011 LMC I will have 13 of these listed and graded, my ? is can you do more than one coin for a certain ? |
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United States
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Aye, a Collection can be any number and type of coins you want. It's not restricted to one of each type (like in a registry set or the likes); however, you'll be able to import placeholders *into* collections to indicate to yourself what you're missing, and those placeholders will have a bunch of useful presets, but can ultimately be anything as well.
Each entry also has a quantity, so you can combine identical holdings into a single entry (i.e. in your case 13 2011 LMCs with the same grade and notes), or spin off individual entries from a combined entry to add in additional notes, separate grades. So for example in the same Collection you can have one entry that records 3 2011 LMCs at AU-50 with the note "In the red album" and you can also have another entry in the same Collection of 10 2011 LMCs at MS-63 with the note "In the blue album," etc.
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Valued Member
United States
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Steve, when do you think this will become available?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I'll be going public with a "work-in-progress" Beta the moment I complete the underlying coin and price tracking database (which is the largest thing to enter as I only have Cents, Two Cents, Three Cents, Nickels, and Half Dimes completed) and finish two of the editing screens. Since I have recently come down with a nasty case of the flu, I may have a bit more time on my hands to work on it. :-) |
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Bedrock of the Community
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A long, long time ago I started to make a Excel program for my coins. At first it contained as much info as possible such as denomination, dates, mints, date of purchase, cost of coin, where purchased, grade and way to much more info. Eventually I realized so much was just useless. For example why would I ever care who I purchased a coin from and how much I paid. I'm not selling so profit makes no difference. Eventually I cut it all down to just type of coin, date, mint, Grade. With thousands and thousands of coins, all else becomes excessive. I still have it but slowly forgetting to update. Sort of takes the fun out of collecting.
And as to FaceBook. Be real carefull out there. Remember that once you put info on the internet, it is there forever. AND with a bare piece of info, you would be amazed at how much more people can find. For example your face and real name alone in FaceBook is almost a problem. From there and People Search, you can find out so much it is scarry. I recently showed a friend that from FaceBook and People Search, I also ended up finding out their address, phone number, age, schools attemded, marrital status and lots more. And using simple programs, was able to copy their face photo to other programs. So be carefull with mentioning anything about coins in FaceBook.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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This sounds like a sharp program - can't wait to see it.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Alrighty, since I need people to toy around with it, bend and break it so I can build it stronger, here's a link: http://www.numismetrica.com (EDIT: Just registered it. Might take a day or so to activate across all servers.) Send any bug reports to the email listed in the About section. And here's a link to the development blog: http://numismetrica.wordpress.com/Edited by SteveCaruso
01/23/2012 11:19 am
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