Personal milestone

Along the general theme of members sharing their personal milestones, I've got a little one coming up with a bigger one ahead to look forward to. I have one more page creation to get me to 450 coins added to the catalogue, with just over 7,500 coins edited. I'm going to savour that next listing and make it a corker, and when I reach 500 added I might just allow myself a drink or three!

Quote: "radrick007"​Along the general theme of members sharing their personal milestones, I've got a little one coming up with a bigger one ahead to look forward to. I have one more page creation to get me to 450 coins added to the catalogue, with just over 7,500 coins edited. I'm going to savour that next listing and make it a corker, and when I reach 500 added I might just allow myself a drink or three!

​Congrats.

Quote: "radrick007"​ when I reach 500 added I might just allow myself a drink or three!

​let me know when so I can celebrate with you!

Quote: "radrick007"​Along the general theme of members sharing their personal milestones, I've got a little one coming up with a bigger one ahead to look forward to. I have one more page creation to get me to 450 coins added to the catalogue, with just over 7,500 coins edited. I'm going to savour that next listing and make it a corker, and when I reach 500 added I might just allow myself a drink or three!

​Headed for the big 500 myself, wanna race?

@JustforFun many thanks

@redsmithstudios you'll be the first to know

@CassTaylor you do have a bit of a head start on me and based on my mean rate of about 5.5 added per month, it'll probably take me about 9 months to reach 'half a grand'

... and here it is! A late 15th century Henry VII silver penny from the Durham mint.

@ALLRED1950 thought you might get a kick out of this one

@redsmithstudios you are allowed a moderate booze-up on this occasion

I was going to try and find something really stunning to add for my 450th but decided I should stick to my current work-stream, which happened to be adding Henry VII pennies to the catalogue - we now have 4.

I'll try to add something really glamorous for my 500th!

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​I guess I do; usually I add an average of about 10, or up to 20 coins every time I feel like working on the catalogue (every other day). Mine are all modern commemoratives though, so makes my life easier.

Rick you are doing a great job. Thank you very much for your time and work. Henry VII introduced some interesting coins . the Testoon and the sovereign penny. Thank you again for your work.
yours daryl

At 484.....Should get to 500 yet this month ☺

Quote: "polisciprof"​At 484.....Should get to 500 yet this month ☺

​Good work buddy, you also have a good looking swap list. Next time you're looking for a swap perhaps you could take a look at my list to see if there's anything there that catches your eye.

Good work Rick, and all the best with the next 50! My total of 17 seems very modest in comparison
Have you actually got tdhat penny of Henry? Lovely coin.

Great! I slowed down due to school duties and driving school.

Congrats Rick. and thanks for all the users.
After 500, the next takes a bit of time !

@ Bitteswell, No, I don't have that Henry VII penny, more's the pity. In fact, the only English hammered coin I have is a rather modest, worn Rose farthing from the first half of the 17th century. However, I do take some solace by adding listings for really beautiful, valuable coins that I would never get to see otherwise.

@Jarcek, Your record of contributions is absolutely insane, I can't see anyone ever getting even close, so you should have absolutely no qualms about taking a break for a short while or even a long while.

@Ecapoe, Looks like you're not far from a milestone of your own!

I have got to 475 a little sooner than I thought due to a bit of a recent surge in catalogue modification. The latest was the first coin from Celtic Britain to be added to the catalogue which is attributed to Queen Boudicca of the Iceni. Now looking around for decent pictures of the silver unit struck in the name of her husband, Prasutagus. And on it goes ...

Hi Rick,

On Xmas day I got my 1000th validated by Apuking. I took a screanshot ...
Considering most are oldies a bit difficult to get and to document, I am not unhappy
That's the beauty of Numista, work that makes one happy

Thanks to all referees, team and members who make that happen.

I'm brand new here, but just submitted my 3rd addition, one exonumia, one token, and one ancient greek AE11. Have a few more to go from my collection. Not sure how to add this one, I know it's ancient Greek but can find nothing on it. Sorry for my tablet's shitty pictures, my real camera got stolen (along with my rental car, clothes, wallet, and everything else, Hawaii sucks)




But congrats! Hopefully in 5 or 10 years I'll have that many unique coins!

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​Thanks to all referees, team and members who make that happen.

​Congrats on your 1000th validation and also a big thanks to all contributors, referees and team-members alike. I got a real kick the other day when google searching and the top result was a Numista page - great feeling! The passion with which everyone gets involved has made this site into what it is today.

Quote: "sc.rednek"​I'm brand new here, but just submitted my 3rd addition, one exonumia, one token, and one ancient greek AE11. Have a few more to go from my collection. Not sure how to add this one, I know it's ancient Greek but can find nothing on it. Sorry for my tablet's shitty pictures, my real camera got stolen (along with my rental car, clothes, wallet, and everything else, Hawaii sucks)
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​But congrats! Hopefully in 5 or 10 years I'll have that many unique coins!

​That really does suck, sorry for your trouble. I lived in Southern California for a while but never made it over to Hawaii. It's a beautiful part of the world but I guess it's not looking too good to you at the moment.

@redsmithstudios you might want to put the champagne on ice, I've just added my 499th and awaiting its validation. So now I'm trying to think what to add for my 500th - any suggestions anyone?

I don’t have any champagne, I’ll just find some old bourbon. Congratulations!

Quote: "radrick007"​@redsmithstudios you might want to put the champagne on ice, I've just added my 499th and awaiting its validation. So now I'm trying to think what to add for my 500th - any suggestions anyone?

​Make it a British pattern coin of some sort...

Have you added these to the UK catalogue yet?
https://www.royalmint.com/discover/decimalisation/unseen-ironside-designs/

I think I like those designs more than the first decimal ones that did come out in 1968, except maybe the 5 pence which looks more like a Swedish coin (with the 3 crowns) to me.

Quote: "CassTaylor"​​Make it a British pattern coin of some sort...
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​Have you added these to the UK catalogue yet?
​https://www.royalmint.com/discover/decimalisation/unseen-ironside-designs/
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​I think I like those designs more than the first decimal ones that did come out in 1968, except maybe the 5 pence which looks more like a Swedish coin (with the 3 crowns) to me.

​An excellent idea, for sure, and definitely on my 'to do' list. They are an important part of UK decimal coinage history and they are listed in Krause under Trial Strikes so we have catalogue references to add to the listings. Finding images might be tricky, however, since the Royal Mint will not permit us to use their images and although we have permission from the Royal Mint Museum, where these pieces reside, there are no images of them on the website. I will make contact with the RMM to see if they can provide images but I won't hold my breath! However, I am working on something else for my 500th addition and without disclosing too much at this stage, it is a rare circulating coin, not from this century or the last and the ruler for whom it was struck is currently not represented in the Numista catalogue ...

Ok people, it is finally here! It took a while to arrange the use of the images from the British Museum but in the end the good people that look after the museum's collection were very kind and helpful and talked me through the tricky process of registration for their free image service.

The coin in question is an 8th century silver penny from the kingdom of East Anglia (not far from my home) and there seems to be little known about the ruler for whom it was struck and, according to Spink at least, is known for this one single type during his reign.

Over the past year or so, I have been building up the structure and listings of the England catalogue so it was a natural choice to pick one of these early Anglo-Saxon coins as my 500th coin addition to Numista and this particular silver penny from a little known ruler seemed to fit the bill.

So break out the bubbly (or bourbon, @redsmithstudios) and feast your eyes on the Silver Penny of King Alberht of East Anglia.

Congratulations Rick

That's dedication!!! I will have an espresso as its 8 am over here, and I am in the office!

Congratulations ! It seems you really enjoyed the slow process of choosing this symbolic coin.

Congrats! It sounds like a mini-odyssey just securing the registration.

If you know any specific coins from the countries I referee for that aren't in there yet, do suggest some for my 1000th addition coming up.

Great work!

Great job Rick, Very nice penny!.

Hey Rick any change you want one of these.

Thank you all for your good wishes. After that brief delay while I figured out and then arranged for my 500th addition, it's now back to business as usual and my stats are ticking over again: 506 coins added, 1519 years added, 8236 coins edited, 5579 years edited.

@ALLRED1950, that looks like a beautiful coin Daryl, I don't have anything for the Philippines from that era and it would look quite good sitting in my collection if you have no use for it. Why don't you take a look at my swap list to see if there's anything I could send to you in return.

@Ecapoe, you're right, I did quire enjoy the process of adding that 500th, even once I had decided which was going to be the 'special one', it was then the thrill of the hunt to nail down those images. Also, the pics came to me on a black background so free-cropping them out using Gimp was quite a challenge too.

@CassTaylor, following our discussions about UK decimal patterns, I have now added the 1961 series with the Gillick portraits that are listed as patterns in Krause after finding a set of images on Heritage Auctions. I'm now going to contact the Royal Mint Museum to see if I can get images of the 1963 Ironside pieces that are listed as trial strikes in Krause.

Great news, I never even knew about those particular patterns!
Hope to see the Ironside ones soon!

Quote: "CassTaylor"​Great news, I never even knew about those particular patterns!
​Hope to see the Ironside ones soon!

​Don't hold your breath, the automated response I received from the RMM said they hope to respond to my enquiry within 28 days!!

Hey Rick
Have to ran ,But I will P.M. you this week end. Thank you

Thank you for your recent efforts at cleaning up the QV YH Shillings. It's been a great relief to be able to enter my latest haul from the backroads of the Carolinas without triggering facial tics over the W.W. "mintmark".

The end result is a much cleaner catalog. A job well done brother.

Quote: "pnightingale"​Thank you for your recent efforts at cleaning up the QV YH Shillings. It's been a great relief to be able to enter my latest haul from the backroads of the Carolinas without triggering facial tics over the W.W. "mintmark".
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​Thanks Phil, we aim to please! As I mentioned before, I did inherit some right tosh in the UK catalogue and it can be a slow process but one by one, I am trying to clean up the spurious 'mintmarks' and 'very rare' comments so that eventually, we will end up with a serious, accurate and market-leading collectors' catalogue. It is also reassuring and satisfying to know that one's efforts are appreciated by the end users so thanks for the kind words. Any time you feel like sharing your ever improving collection, feel free to post the odd pic or two

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Quote: "pnightingale"​Thank you for your recent efforts at cleaning up the QV YH Shillings. It's been a great relief to be able to enter my latest haul from the backroads of the Carolinas without triggering facial tics over the W.W. "mintmark".
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​​Thanks Phil, we aim to please! As I mentioned before, I did inherit some right tosh in the UK catalogue and it can be a slow process but one by one, I am trying to clean up the spurious 'mintmarks' and 'very rare' comments so that eventually, we will end up with a serious, accurate and market-leading collectors' catalogue. It is also reassuring and satisfying to know that one's efforts are appreciated by the end users so thanks for the kind words. Any time you feel like sharing your ever improving collection, feel free to post the odd pic or two

​Any time my friend. Whenever you find a photo in the GB section which you consider sub par please feel free to let me know. I'm working on a more practical camera set up which will allow me to take large numbers of photos with relatively little effort. Until then I'm more than happy to find a suitably well preserved example of most coins and persevere with my current inadequate set up until I get a decent result.

At your service my good man.

Quote: "CassTaylor"​Great news, I never even knew about those particular patterns!
​Hope to see the Ironside ones soon!

​Well, it's taken quite a while for the Royal Mint Museum to respond but they were apologetic about the delay and the contact I have been emailing, the Public Engagement & Information Officer, has been extremely helpful and provided additional data that is not readily available on either their website or that of the Royal Mint. So the Christopher Ironside decimal patterns are now published, all seven of them, including a 1/4 decimal penny pattern in aluminium, which is not even shown on the RM site. Take a look at all the UK pre-decimal patterns here.

Brilliant work!
Always lovely to see more coins in the catalogue, but those particular ones were just awesome. Although is it possible to maybe upload blank obverses, each of the same colour for them? Your call as to whether it's appropriate or not, but it looks just a tad incomplete as it stands right now.

Either way, great job as always.

Firstly, let me say that there are very many people, young and old alike, who give up their free time to maintain and improve Numista, making it into the incredible, world-wide numismatic resource that it is. It should also be noted that there are many members who spend much more time and effort on here than I do and I take my hat off to you for all the good work you do.

All that being said, I hope you will forgive me this little bit of trumpet-blowing since I have just passed another personal milestone. having now completed more than 10,000 coins edited:

610 coins added, 1967 years added, 10038 coins edited, 6945 years edited

As before, I will probably treat myself to a little tipple later on and you are all cordially invited to join me in raising a glass, cup or mug containing the beverage of your preference, whatever that might be!

In the meantime, the work goes on ...

Good morning all, I trust you are keeping well and staying safe, wherever you happen to find yourself.

Here we are, almost 2 years on since my last update and I wanted to share a couple of further milestones reached. Three weeks ago was the tenth anniversary of my joining Numista as an eager but rather naive coin collector, who was delighted at having found this fantastic online resource. At the time, I was investigating a few pieces that had managed to go unidentified for some time and, needless to say, I managed to get them identified in fairly short order and have never looked back.

The other milestone I've reached relates to my catalogue contribution stats, having just recently passed 10,000 years edited, and I'm also approaching my 3,000th added year and my 15,000th edited page. Progress with catalogue contributions has been slower for me than in previous years due to a heavy work load in my job and not so much spare time for either building my collection or building up the catalogues for which I am referee.

Finally, I would just like to throw out there to all those hard-working members who help to build and improve the Numista catalogue generally, and also to those that are specifically helping me with a couple of my countries - you know who you are and hopefully you are also aware of my gratitude for the hard work you are putting in. A huge thank you to all you contributors out there, hope you'll join me in a wee toast as and when appropriate

Great milestones! Awesome contributions you've made. Thanks for sharing.