Chris Perkins Posted July 20, 2004 Posted July 20, 2004 I just thought for fun I would reveal the big contributors to the British Coin price database on www.rotographic.co.uk.There are almost 250 coin price entries in there now and I have started looking over them and converting them to excel format for easier viewing. If you have entered 1 or 50 pieces of data, it's all good stuff, and I really am grateful to you, so don't feel bad if you not on this list.The top 5 database contributors are:Name (number of entries)Chris Perkins (80)Custard1966 (66)Master JMD (31)Kuhli (18)Mike Jones (15)The rest are made up from (in no order) William, Emp Oli, Edward, Half Penny Jon and 4 passers by!Keep up the good work. Quote
Half Penny Jon Posted July 20, 2004 Posted July 20, 2004 So that means that you will get a free copt of CC2005 Chris, well done! Quote
Chris Perkins Posted July 20, 2004 Author Posted July 20, 2004 Yes, lucky me!As you know, all you lot are officially helpers anyway, so you'll all get one.At this stage I think Mike Jones deserves one too! Quote
Edward Posted July 20, 2004 Posted July 20, 2004 Chris,It might be good if you let us know what denominations and periods you are most looking for. Right now of course, with only 250 entries, you need pretty much everything, but periodic prods from you could help keep us lot motivated. Especially worth knowing about would be coins that have shown great volitility in recent years. Then we could go out and look for those. This would help especially with tracking on eBay. Quote
custard1966 Posted July 21, 2004 Posted July 21, 2004 Chris,It might be good if you let us know what denominations and periods you are most looking for. Right now of course, with only 250 entries, you need pretty much everything, but periodic prods from you could help keep us lot motivated. Especially worth knowing about would be coins that have shown great volitility in recent years. Then we could go out and look for those. This would help especially with tracking on eBay.That's a very good point.I've been logging those pennies that've caught my interest and those have tended to be towards the top end. Quote
Chris Perkins Posted July 21, 2004 Author Posted July 21, 2004 That's a very good point Edward, but like you say, at the moment I really need everything. From 50p coins to £50,000 coins! Quote
Sylvester Posted July 21, 2004 Posted July 21, 2004 Okay what have i missed? What are we talking about here? (bearing in mind i'm on about 6 forums here i sometimes skim read posts or not read posts) Quote
Chris Perkins Posted July 21, 2004 Author Posted July 21, 2004 Well i'm disheartened by your lack of attention, especially as my only moderator! We're not talking about much special, just the number and type of entries in the Rotographic coin database. Quote
Sylvester Posted July 21, 2004 Posted July 21, 2004 Well i'm disheartened by your lack of attention, especially as my only moderator! We're not talking about much special, just the number and type of entries in the Rotographic coin database. I've had a very busy day today... so i'm not thinking straight... got myself a new coin too!In august i'm gonna get a list drawn up of the sixpences as show in the last edition of CC and i'll start fillig in the prices and then i'll email you it all... ha ha! Quote
william Posted July 21, 2004 Posted July 21, 2004 Well i'm disheartened by your lack of attention, especially as my only moderator! Erm, Chris, thats where i come in...I'll be a mod!!!!! Quote
Chris Perkins Posted July 21, 2004 Author Posted July 21, 2004 I had a feeling someone would say that! No doubt you beat Oli to it.The thing is, no one is ever out of line in here, so at the moment Sylvester and I can more than handle things. Quote
Sylvester Posted July 21, 2004 Posted July 21, 2004 Oh come on Chris i do check this forum daily and i do try and answer questions where i can... it's just i've had alot on lately. Quote
Chris Perkins Posted July 21, 2004 Author Posted July 21, 2004 Blieb cool man, I know! And I know it's in good hands. Quote
Geoff T Posted July 22, 2004 Posted July 22, 2004 I'm wondering if I'm missing out on something too. At risk of sounding incrediblky stupid, how to be get access to the database other than through your periodic updates which point us to it? I'm only too happy to help but how do we get access to info?PS - no desire to be a moderator. I'll just berate the historically challenged from the comfort of the forum Quote
Half Penny Jon Posted July 22, 2004 Posted July 22, 2004 I had a feeling someone would say that! No doubt you beat Oli to it.The thing is, no one is ever out of line in here, so at the moment Sylvester and I can more than handle things. Talking of Oli, he must be on his hols, he hasn't been active lately! Quote
Chris Perkins Posted July 22, 2004 Author Posted July 22, 2004 I've emailed Geoff, telling him where to go. Quote
Master Jmd Posted July 22, 2004 Posted July 22, 2004 Chris, do you want the commemorative Crowns and £5's of decimalisation in your book? Quote
Chris Perkins Posted July 22, 2004 Author Posted July 22, 2004 Yes, decimal is in. So are commems of course. Quote
Sylvester Posted July 22, 2004 Posted July 22, 2004 could you just email me and tell me where to go too... i do remember going on the siote origninally but i got a bit confused and lost... Quote
Emperor Oli Posted July 22, 2004 Posted July 22, 2004 Talking of Oli, he must be on his hols, he hasn't been active lately!Yep, I was in Paris since Monday using Toytown money. We stayed in the Marignan-Elysees which is about 100m off the Avenue des Champs-Elysees. It was very nice and we did all the usual stuff (Eiffel Tower, Arc de Triomphe and the Louvre). We also did the Musee d'Orsay which has quite a few Impressionist paintings and lots of objets d'art, especially a bust called "Baronne" or something like that by Rodin which especially caught my eye. Also, we went to see a show called Bonheur at the Lido on the Champs-Elysees which was spectacular and full of half naked women which can't be bad! My feet are dead from all the walking about through gardens and galleries too. Ermmm that's about it actually - ooh, and only one surly Frenchman encountered! Quote
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