July: 1939 different types from 245 Countries
August: 2075 different types from 247 countries (+2)
September: 2211 different types from 249 countries (+2)
October (early): 2382 different types from 252 countries (+3)
October (late): 2857 different types from 282 countries (+30)
November: 3222 different types from 294 countries (+12)
December: 3394 different types from 311 countries (+17)
July: 1939 different types from 245 Countries
August: 2075 different types from 247 countries (+2)
September: 2211 different types from 249 countries (+2)
October (early): 2382 different types from 252 countries (+3)
October (late): 2857 different types from 282 countries (+30)
November: 3222 different types from 294 countries (+12)
December: 3394 different types from 311 countries (+17)
You should be the champion on March
I think 2015 will be really slow in terms of new countries for me, of the 85 in Numista that I don't have, maybe 15 don't have coins at all and are at the list just because someone registered them without knowing what he/she was doing. Then there are maybe 20 at most which have/had common currency, but most are pretty expensive. Then there are the 10 or so with commemorative-only but that are fairly common. And the rest are for pros and a few bunch for the rich. So if in 2015 I get 20 it will be quite the success.
Numista referee for the "Viceroyalty of the New Spain" (most of it).
History through coins.
Eli V
Had to do a bit of manual override to get a better image than the current one with missing countries, and I think it ended close to reality:
Your online collection contains 7280 coins: 3867 different types from 336 countries.
July:
1939 different types from 245 Countries
August:
2075 different types from 247 countries (+2)
September:
2211 different types from 249 countries (+2)
October (early):
2382 different types from 252 countries (+3)
October (late):
2857 different types from 282 countries (+30)
November:
3222 different types from 294 countries (+12)
December:
3394 different types from 311 countries (+17)
January 2015:
3867 different types from 336 countries (+25)
Starting today I'll re-organize my coins because I found out how hard it would be to find a single coin out of my boxes, as so far I've been storing them as I get them, so today I will switch to alphabetic order as nearing 4000 different coins makes it harder to browse it. And that being that I have my US and Mexico coins on their own aside from the rest.
Update: Just found the coin that was making me paranoid. Alphabetical re-arrangement is really the best thing I could do with my collection this weekend. I'll sleep soundly tonight.
Numista referee for the "Viceroyalty of the New Spain" (most of it).
History through coins.
Eli V
21/12/14 4883 coins: 1208 different types from 132 countries.
26/01/15 6208 coins: 1255 different types from 139 countries.
85% of my collection is online ... did some swaps to raise the number of countries. But had a definite priority to hunt specific coins I had on my wantlist instead of collecting countries solely. Which is in fact only a tertiary aspect of coin collecting to me.
Quote: crruisercharlie I noticed almost everyone-including me- is missing Greenland. Congrats to those that have it!
Don't forget Liechtenstein and the Faroer Islands, those coins are also pretty hard to come by.
I think I got lucky because I got the Faroe and Greenland coins in my collection the same day and for a decent auction end price, it is only a matter of luck and looking every now and then for ending soon auctions and not bidding until the very last moment as auctions with several interested bidders from the start end up more expensive than those with just 2 or 3 bidding and you stalking them and jumping in right at the end Also got the Spitsbergen coin (you didn't mentioned it, but since it is also Nordic and somewhat rare I include it in the comment) near those two, but this one I got from a swap partner in Ekaterinburg, Russia, who was kind enough to get one from me from a Russian sales site since those coins are easier to come-by there (and cheaper).
Liechtenstein on the other hand was a bit more expensive, but not that much as it came with free shipping. I think I also got it in an auction in which I was the only bidder, so I got it for the initial price of $45 I think.
Numista referee for the "Viceroyalty of the New Spain" (most of it).
History through coins.
Eli V
I was so close to getting a coin from Liechtenstein for $40 at a recent coin show, I saw it in the display case, I told myself I would buy it when I came back from lunch... and it was gone
I snagged a Liechtenstein krone for about 20$. I had to wait awhile and catch the right auction but I wanted to have a very novel hard to find coin ...
Quote: ngdawawow! you must've spent a lot to succeed to get 55 new countries in just 2 months..?
I stalk auctions Usually get the coins for less than 1/3rd of their "Buy it now" prices. Also, some of them; maybe 20 or so, where from swaps. And several from foreign auction sites (from where the coins where), which makes them more affordable, usually 1/10th of eBay average.
Numista referee for the "Viceroyalty of the New Spain" (most of it).
History through coins.
Eli V
Your online collection contains 2283 coins: 1608 different types from 167 countries.
This is by type. It'd be even more skewed toward the US, Canada and Russia/Soviet Union by the number of coins. 45 countries with 10 or more types and 38 countries with just 1. The median is 4.
Apr 27 update:
2447 coins: 1755 different types from 193 countries.
April update (Dashboard got improved as it now includes several previously missing islands and territories):
Ended 2014 with:
3394 different types from 311 countries
January 2015:
3867 different types from 336 countries (+25)
February 2015:
4021 different types from 366 countries (+30)
March-April 2015:
4207 different types from 374 countries (+8)
Numista referee for the "Viceroyalty of the New Spain" (most of it).
History through coins.
Eli V
Lol, my dashboard looks kinda sad in comparison to many of the ones here. Too much grey and blue! But then I do have a newbie collection (still under the 100 mark, lol) and am trying to mainly focus on the UK as well as Europe, in particular Germany.
Quote: Miss MoneypennyLol, my dashboard looks kinda sad in comparison to many of the ones here. Too much grey and blue! But then I do have a newbie collection and am trying to mainly focus on the UK and Europe, in particular Germany.
You have a better-looking newbie DB than the one when I was a newbie with only 7 countries; only 3 of them with more than a single coin. Then Numista swaps happened.
Numista referee for the "Viceroyalty of the New Spain" (most of it).
History through coins.
Eli V
Quote: erdvillaYou have a better-looking newbie DB than the one when I was a newbie with only 7 countries; only 3 of them with more than a single coin. Then Numista swaps happened.
Thanks, erdvilla!
Out of interest, what does each colour mean (besides grey = 0), and does each colour represent a range of actual coin numbers (e.g., 1-5 coins) or a percentage range of your entire collection? I suspect the latter, and just curious how it works.
Out of interest, what does each colour mean (besides grey = 0), and does each colour represent a range of actual coin numbers (e.g., 1-5 coins) or a percentage range of your entire collection? I suspect the latter, and just curious how it works.
It is the average they are on.
90-100% being red, meaning those are the countries you have more coins in, it has a bit of range depending on the number of coins you have there, lets say you have 400 in a country and 350 on another, they will both look red, with the 350 slightly clear, but almost unnoticeable.
Blue is for the countries in which you have less than 10% of what you have in your most populous one, but it will start going green around 5%, reaching light green at 10%.
Yellow starts at about 20% and starts going orange; reaching full orange at around 50%, and from there the process is a simple orange -> red over the course of the remaining 50%.
You can visualize your map by total amount or by types which is better as most users will normally have a lot of coins from their country, as we use to collect by years as it is easier, so if you visualize by total amount it is possible that you will only see a single colored country and all the rest as blue or green at best. While visualizing by types reflects a bit more color and diversity.
By the way, here is how my dashboard looked when I started (my Newbie dashboard, way emptier than your newbie one):
And now it looks like this with 90% of swaps to thank:
Numista referee for the "Viceroyalty of the New Spain" (most of it).
History through coins.
Eli V
So, my blue is very likely quite different to another person's blue in terms of actual coin/type count. That's what I suspected, but thanks for the clarification! By the way, your dashboard has come a long way, and primarily due to swaps?? Wow!
Quote: Miss MoneypennySo, my blue is very likely quite different to another person's blue in terms of actual coin/type count. That's what I suspected, but thanks for the clarification! By the way, your dashboard has come a long way, and primarily due to swaps?? Wow!
Yes, often happens that user who live in a country with a huge amount of coins; either because of their long minting history, or simply because they mint coins for everything like Canada or Austria. Tend to have bright red in their country and blue/green for the rest, as they can have 1000+ coins in a single one, and even when they have 200 in many others they won't go over yellow.
Numista referee for the "Viceroyalty of the New Spain" (most of it).
History through coins.
Eli V
Not too bad right now, showing different types.
I collect UK coins by year, and the rest by type, so I'm obviously UK heavy.
http://www.facebook.com/NumismaticsUK
I'm not an expert in any kind of coins, but I reckon I'm good at research and will do my best to help. Feel free to tell me my identifications/valuations/gradings are wrong. It's the only way I'll learn.
Quote: adithyasraoI see that most of the people who have posted here miss only mongolia in the asia ( including me). is it hard tol get a coin from there??
Oh, I have a Mongolian coin in my <100 coin collection, lol!! Found one by chance in a miscellaneous coin bin during a recent coin fair and paid next to nothing for it!
Kinda used, but it's a nice, shiny gold one commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Mongolian revolution, so extra special. Here's the Numista listing: https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces10114.html
Quote: adithyasraoI see that most of the people who have posted here miss only mongolia in the asia ( including me). is it hard tol get a coin from there??
Oh, I have a Mongolian coin in my <100 coin collection, lol!! Found one by chance in a miscellaneous coin bin during a recent coin fair and paid next to nothing for it!
Kinda used, but it's a nice, shiny gold one commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Mongolian revolution, so extra special. Here's the Numista listing: https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces10114.html
I only have 1 Mongolian coin. But if I ever wanted to increase the number I would go for this eBay $20 sale
Numista referee for the "Viceroyalty of the New Spain" (most of it).
History through coins.
Eli V
Interesting. I have 9 different coins from Mongolia, 2 from the 1959 series and 7 still circulating, including that 50th anniversary tögrög, but I got them all while living in Russia - apparently, Russia has (had?) pretty close ties with Mongolia, so they're a lot easier to find there.
Quote: HouseofhamInteresting. I have 9 different coins from Mongolia, 2 from the 1959 series and 7 still circulating, including that 50th anniversary tögrög, but I got them all while living in Russia - apparently, Russia has (had?) pretty close ties with Mongolia, so they're a lot easier to find there.
Russia has contact with a BUNCH of neighboring countries (the most in the World I think); so that and having had a lot of subjugated countries during the USSR, and inside itself with Tatarstan, Tannu Tuva, Siberia and the such, has given it a big coin diversity. But I guess it is depending on where you live, as human transit is different by region, like where I live, the only transit is from the US and the sporadic Central American migrants that pass by in the trains when they get lost and end up here in the Cement and Concrete plants.
Numista referee for the "Viceroyalty of the New Spain" (most of it).
History through coins.
Eli V
Quote: erdvillaRussia has contact with a BUNCH of neighboring countries (the most in the World I think); so that and having had a lot of subjugated countries during the USSR, and inside itself with Tatarstan, Tannu Tuva, Siberia and the such, has given it a big coin diversity. But I guess it is depending on where you live, as human transit is different by region, like where I live, the only transit is from the US and the sporadic Central American migrants that pass by in the trains when they get lost and end up here in the Cement and Concrete plants.
I lived in Moscow and left for the US about 2 weeks after the break up of the Soviet Union was announced. Soviet Union had laws which made owning foreign currency and selling precious metals a criminal offense. You could only legally buy foreign currency from the state bank, and only if you could produce proof that you were going abroad. Likewise, only state-run banks/stores could sell precious metals to people. Fortunately, police didn't go after casual collectors most of the time. But, there were several well-known places in Moscow where collectors met on weekends that got periodically raided by the police, with coin dealers selling on the street getting arrested, coins confiscated, and real prison terms given. The ban on owning foreign currency has been dropped now, but selling precious metals is still illegal there.
Anyhow, pretty much all of the former Communist/Socialist/various "People's Republic" countries were quite common. Tatarstan never issued coins of their own in the modern times; those are just tokens. Tannu Tuva and Siberia are very niche areas that most casual collectors were not even aware of (you have to keep in mind, this was before the age of Internet). Western Europe/Americas was harder to find because hardly anyone could travel there, and it was mostly post-WWII coinage - probably because pre-WWII most countries' coins were silver. So, that's how I ended up with:
USSR - 54
Poland - 28
India, Rep. - 28
Yugoslavia - 21
China, P.R. - 17
Czechoslovakia - 17
Bulgaria - 15
Hungary - 15
Germany, DDR - 12
Mongolia - 9
Cuba - 9
Romania - 7
Syria - 7
North Korea - 5
Africa getting so much love lately that I couldn't resist posting my dashboard. Hopefully it should get even more love if a swap with a user from Mozambique succeeds.
And all islands filled except for the "Micronesian ghost".
Numista referee for the "Viceroyalty of the New Spain" (most of it).
History through coins.
Eli V
Constantly loosing some countries to re-location, but winning others for the same reason, and got some new as well:
Mexico's number increasing constantly, which is watering down the colors for some other countries, but it cannot be avoided as it is my main goal to have the best collection for Mexican coins that I can afford.
Numista referee for the "Viceroyalty of the New Spain" (most of it).
History through coins.
Eli V
Administrateur du catalogue, référent de nombreuses nations antiques et de la Lorraine.
Catalogue administrator, numerous Antique nations and Lorraine referee.
You should put the ones you are missing instead, as you are already over half the total.
I'll try but later, need to sleep, it's already 1:30 CET
Administrateur du catalogue, référent de nombreuses nations antiques et de la Lorraine.
Catalogue administrator, numerous Antique nations and Lorraine referee.
Administrateur du catalogue, référent de nombreuses nations antiques et de la Lorraine.
Catalogue administrator, numerous Antique nations and Lorraine referee.
Quote: "ZacUK"
Your online collection contains 961 coins: 701 different types from 156 countries.
You currently have 7710 coins to exchange. :)
Over six years ago [24/02/2014], and now ...
Your online collection contains 4696 coins: 2258 different types from 145 countries.
You currently have 7186 coins to exchange.
Quote: "ArnoV, 29-01-2015"This is what it looked like in august 2012 (appr. 2650 coins):
And this is what it looks like now [January 2015] (3058 coins):
Latin America and Oceania have a healthier color, Africa slightly so, and since yesterday, Greenland is blue!
Fun to revisit this thread every so many years. In 2015 it was still a challenge to get Greenland any other colour than grey!
The dashboard for July 2020 (3895 coins):
Little changed, even though my collection grew all right. Greenland is now just as orange as Denmark.
Progressing well, with a big bias on New Zealand and Britain my favourite countries.
I have a lot of Pacific Island coins too, but the small size of these islands makes it hard to see them.
I love coins. Especially silver, gold and anything really old.
Member of the Royal Numismatic Society of New Zealand and the Auckland Numismatic Society
Yes, to many coins only for one person, bur I made the coin collection with my father...it makes easyest to manage the coins and to make swaps around the world using Numista, of course
Coin referee for: Andorra, Equatorial Guinea, Marshall Islands, Moldova, Liberia and Spain
Banknote referee for: Andorra, Equatorial Guinea and Spain
I agree, that many coins take up and space and looking at your map - you have an amazing mix too.
I love coins. Especially silver, gold and anything really old.
Member of the Royal Numismatic Society of New Zealand and the Auckland Numismatic Society
Coins : 705 (Only few Indian coins uploaded)
Countries : 178
Issuers : 192
Currently trying to learn more about coins and shipping process before start any swap
First milestone looking for is 200+ club
Regards,
Pramod (India)
“Arise, awake, stop not until your goal is achieved.”
This is for my coin collection. I also have one for banknotes but I'm not yet done inputting all of them.
Architecture Grad | Visual Artist | Coin Collector
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Quote: "Sjoelund"08/01/2021
Not that it matters
This is my map today, as you can see it is almost identical in colors to yours, it is very curious that there are so few countries of different color.
Coin referee for: Andorra, Equatorial Guinea, Marshall Islands, Moldova, Liberia and Spain
Banknote referee for: Andorra, Equatorial Guinea and Spain
As I become more specialised, my coin chart becomes more "centralised" around New Zealand, Australia and UK
I love coins. Especially silver, gold and anything really old.
Member of the Royal Numismatic Society of New Zealand and the Auckland Numismatic Society
479 Coins 408 Different coins 332 Different types 59 Countries 63 Issuers
There is still a lot to collect.
Silver coins were among the first coins ever used, thousands of years ago. The silver standard was used for centuries in many places of the world. And the use of silver for coins, instead of other materials, has many reasons.
What would be interesting would be a map of all coins... what I mean is: what would the map look like if someone would have all the coins in Numista. I guess it would be very red in EU (France, Germany, Italy, Spain -and their pre-nation states seem to have 1000's) and blue/green in Africa or South America where countries may have only a few 10's or low 100's of types.
Also... What would be the weight of such a collection?!
Quote: "Goutham Sivasailam" I have 53 coins in my collection in which 14 are for swap. I’m not really a die hard collector but I still have coins from quite a few countries.
Quote: "Goutham Sivasailam" I have 53 coins in my collection in which 14 are for swap. I’m not really a die hard collector but I still have coins from quite a few countries.
What are these areas?
I just put these dots as kind of a challenge, so since you are the first person to report it officially ,you have won the challenge Congratulations!! Click this link as well:https://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ
Hi there! I am an inexperienced collector with an interest in a lot of coins
Quote: "Goutham Sivasailam" I have 53 coins in my collection in which 14 are for swap. I’m not really a die hard collector but I still have coins from quite a few countries.
What are these areas?
I just put these dots as kind of a challenge, so since you are the first person to report it officially ,you have won the challenge Congratulations!! Click this link as well:https://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ
Quote: "Goutham Sivasailam" I have 53 coins in my collection in which 14 are for swap. I’m not really a die hard collector but I still have coins from quite a few countries.
What are these areas?
I just put these dots as kind of a challenge, so since you are the first person to report it officially ,you have won the challenge Congratulations!! Click this link as well:https://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ
Hi to whoever is reading this. Did you know that TYPEWRITER (on a QWERTY keyboard) is the longest word you can type using only the letters on one row of the keyboard.
Hi to whoever is reading this. Did you know that TYPEWRITER (on a QWERTY keyboard) is the longest word you can type using only the letters on one row of the keyboard.
Quote: "Essor Prof"This is mine, but only 20 to 25 % of my collection is already added to the Numista database:
OMG ... You have 11443 coins, and thats 25% of your toatal coins. Means you have around 45,000 of coins . Where you keep all of them, at least a dedicated room is required in your house :)
And map shows you don't have any coins from Asia, Europe (Hope that are in the 75%)
“Arise, awake, stop not until your goal is achieved.”
Quote: "iiruig"Well, this is my map so far.
There are very few people on Numista in the "280 countries club", but we exist:)
Happy collecting, everyone!
500+ Issuers, that's a great collection
“Arise, awake, stop not until your goal is achieved.”
Quote: "pramodambady"And map shows you don't have any coins from Asia, Europe (Hope that are in the 75%)
Yes of course these are in that 75 %. For the moment only the continents America, Oceania and Africa are added to the database. And Africa only partly, countries starting with A till M + South Africa.
Quote: "Goutham Sivasailam" I have 53 coins in my collection in which 14 are for swap. I’m not really a die hard collector but I still have coins from quite a few countries.
What are these areas?
I just put these dots as kind of a challenge, so since you are the first person to report it officially ,you have won the challenge Congratulations!! Click this link as well:https://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ
Curious if everyone's total from the country they have the most coins from matches the range listed below the map. My color spectrum ranges from 0-3280, but my US+Hawai'i+Pre-Federal only comes out to 3152. Not really a big deal, was just curious. I maybe swapped about 20 or so some odd years ago and I traded in a bunch of duplicates at a local coin shop some odd years ago too, can't say if it was 128 or not to make up the exact difference, but it could have been and maybe that's the difference? Or is everyone's higher like that?