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Valued Member
Australia
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If nobody is already doing this (and I hope that they are!), then I am going to attempt to put together a list of all decimal coins with all of their variations / errors etc in a spreadsheet. Greg McDonalds books are good, but not easy to read sometimes due to the space constraint in printing. What I am after is one file. 5c,10c,20c,50c,$1,$2. A worksheet for each denomination, so when I am noddling I can just tick the boxes. Keeping it simple (stupid). What I see on this forum is a lot of sharing of information regarding coin variations which is spread in a lot of threads. I would like to create a summary of this, which would of course be available to everybody on this site. btw - for those with a good memory I am still working on the auto-noddling machine  |
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Pillar of the Community
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1 sticky thread for each denomination here in the forum would be fantastic, even its own separate title. people could add to each of them and over time maybe a mod could edit them down to just facts and data?
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Valued Member
 Australia
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I like that idea  , that would work. From that a working spreadsheet could then be created which summarised all of the information. btw - I am a software engineer / DBA and I cannot work in just text files.  |
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Valued Member
Australia
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Nice to see another DBA on the forum :)
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Valued Member
Australia
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They might have to reindex us soon  |
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
1005 Posts |
Dibby, You are a dba and want to put this info into a spreadsheet? More seriously, I think you will run into problems with defining what gets included and what does not. eg. Do Cuds get included or not? (how well known/common would they need to be?) What about die cracks? Rotations, do you want to include degrees of rotation as I would think there would be more/less common examples. what about centering on the 2000 mule how about condition? How common does something need to be to make the list (as an extreme example, do you list the 50c pattern coins?) Where does it end? I actually think this is a good idea (I have even been thinking of doing the same thing), but if you define stuff like this first you will end up with a more useful end result. What do you think? Edited by ozcoins
03/22/2012 06:55 am
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Cool,
I soooooooo need a short list of coins that are able to be found in circulation.
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Good idea. So far I think Fred Lever's Reference Book is about as comprehensive as it gets. You're right that a lot gets discussed here (like the 2010 5c SD sizes recently), but you can never be sure when that sort of information will get published. Quote:
for those with a good memory I am still working on the auto-noddling machine How's it coming along? |
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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I have coin books to, but its annoying trying to find a coin, and then looking for the variation or error for it. And it is like hidden in small print or worse another 15 pages away and you have to flick back and forth.
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Where does it end? That's what me makes we want to something like this myself (so I can include and exclude what I want). Still, I think the more information the better, and if it's in a digital form you can tailor it to your needs anyway. |
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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I am working on an online coin database system that will have all Australian coins listed + varities + photos
ETA 3-4 months
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Valued Member
Australia
465 Posts |
Yes - a spreadsheet! I would import this into my coin database, but for the common man a spreadsheet would be easier  |
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
552 Posts |
From my experience I would say the layman coin collector would find an online version simpler to use than spreadsheet as a spreadsheet does require some knowledge on how to use it
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Formerly nancyc
Australia
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Goodness, I could spend every day for a month working on a spreadsheet, and still not list all the errors I have. I doubt that I'd even find them all. All I've got so far is a list of all the threads/topics I've started here on CCF with piccies or lists of my error coins, but there's a heap I haven't done yet.  life is a mystery to be lived not a problem to be solved
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Valued Member
Australia
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MrT : Going back to basics just now and making an automatic photographic machine (i.e. webcamera with an autofeed). Fun to learn some robotics though :-)
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Valued Member
Australia
465 Posts |
Nancy - I was not suggesting listing all of the errors but the variations. Errors are infinte I would imagine whereas the variations could be identified.
Spreadsheet / sql aside I just want a list of coins that I have to have in a folder to have a complete decimal collection. i.e What size(sd) on each 5cents, IRB spacings... Plus of course the money spinners - the wavey2, the incuse 50c.
MrCruise : To what level are you taking your system to?
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Posted 03/22/2012 05:49 am
