Project Home - Online Coin Club

About this project

1. The site

- will have a comprehensive database of world coins, including their descriptions, dimensions, mintage, varieties etc.

- for each coin, there will be a price guide available based on grades, known sales and catalogue values; historical figures will show the development of these over time, to allow purchase decisions based on facts

- online community will help grow the database and comment on coins

- collectors and dealers will be able to use it as a platform to manage their collections / inventories in terms of what they have, what they want to have, past purchases, sales etc.

- the site will facilitate both the exchanging of coins between collectors and the sale of coins by dealers to collectors (or other dealers) avoiding the massive fees now paid to online marketplaces

- the site will also serve as a hub of general information pertinent to coins - for example, a web directory linking to the sites of mints, dealers, all sort of sources of information

2. Development priorities

- developing site functionality (listing of coins, search, member communications, collection management etc.)

- collecting data on modern circulation coins, Medieval / Ancient coins, old tokens, bullion coins, non-circulation legal tender, modern tokens and other (in this order)

- building up of a community

- building a sustainable business based on the above which will be able to (at least) support the site

3. Community

- seeking help from individual collectors, dealers, numismatic clubs and institutions (such as mints, museums...)

4. Development model

- since it is not equitable to ask volunteers to help a project and then monetise it with barely a "thank you" for their help, any people who help will be rewarded with collector coins sent to them.

5. World domination plan

- after this site gets successful, expand it to banknote collecting, then stamp collecting

6. Current status

- one founder / programmer

- functionality mostly done

- data is available for around 15,500 coins; this needs to be increased to probably 1 million, so apparently lots of content addition and editing is needed.

How far the project has got

None

Seeking new members

None

What they want to know about you before you join

- what is your interest in coin collecting?
- would you like to help the site in some way, and if yes - what?

What you have to agree as conditions to join

Looks like what you want to do?

You are in luck, the project wants new people.

Membership is not automatic, you have to convince the project admins that you will be an asset to it.