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CCF Advertiser
 United States
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I use the site exclusively for Ptolemy coins and it is quite amazing. Was down yesterday and today still service unavailable. Hate to see this gone from the web God forbid. http://ptolemybronze.com/ |
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Edited by JohnConduitt
06/26/2021 07:44 am
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CCF Advertiser
 United States
1303 Posts |
John; Do you think Wolf's site is down now for good? That last capture by the way back machine was 6 months ago which I would think is not normal, it should have been crawled since then by the system and captured. Plus looking at linked in his other sites for his business are down as well. His facebook page has not been updated in the same 6 months etc. I hope the gentleman is OK. https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-wolf-09956810https://independent.academia.edu/danielwolfEdited by louisvillekyshop
06/26/2021 08:06 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I sure hope it's temporary. I was on the site about a week ago, so it hasn't been down long.
On a related issue, I've been unable to access the gallery section and search function at Asiaminorcoins for weeks, or maybe months. Don't know if the issue is theirs or mine. But I sure miss being able to use that site.
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Moderator
United States
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Their server might be down, hopefully it will be back soon.
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CCF Advertiser
United States
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Once again it seems gathering important information on the internet is such a transitory thing subject to so many factors. Knowledge in Academia is forever searchable. But this internet local knowledge collection is more like having a brilliant elderly friend you can ask questions of until one day they are suddenly gone.
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CCF Advertiser
United States
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Bob;
Well on the asiaminorcoins issue, this is quite the error message to get and so I get it as well.
--->"Coppermine critical error:
Unable to connect to database !"<---
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7066 Posts |
Yep, that's the message I've been getting for weeks. When working, it's such a helpful database for coins from that region. I hope functionality is restored soon.
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CCF Advertiser
United States
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OK I called Daniel Wolf and he had no idea all of this company and private sites were down. So he is contacting godaddy and plans to be all back up. Great to hear!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7066 Posts |
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CCF Advertiser
United States
1303 Posts |
OK godaddy got it fixed after he spent 40 minutes on the phone with them. So the site is back up!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7066 Posts |
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Valued Member
United Kingdom
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Well done Louis  I am looking forward to learning from this website. Jay |
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CCF Advertiser
United States
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Jay; Once you look over the Ptolemy, the hundreds of years of very close coins, you will see why I think a person can spend a life in just those as getting them all correct for year and attribution is quite a challenge. And I am sure that field and attributions will change in your lifetime as assumptions are made to make the timeline. I always say you can get a doctorate in just Ptolemy coinage. Maybe just download some of Daniel Wolf's papers below to see the complexity of it all and get started. When I go through lots to sell and I want to ID coins but only spend 5-10 minutes on a coin as I have a full time job teaching and already am into the coins 3 hours a night, my stress grows when I see I have a Ptolemy that is just worn enough to not be obvious. I know I'll get it wrong and be corrected as I often am by buyers. https://independent.academia.edu/danielwolf |
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