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The Members' Gallery => Topic started by: Virgil H on December 31, 2021, 11:31:56 pm
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I almost hijacked another thread for this, but decided to make it a separate thread. There are lots of great galleries on Forum, they are fun to look at. I have seen a couple people say they are useful for research. That part I can't figure out. What am I missing? How can I collectively use the galleries to find coins I am researching? They are great to look at, but for finding potential examples of coins I am researching, it seems a stretch.
Thanks,
Virgil
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Dear Virgil and Board,
The "Members' Gallery" here on Forvm is an invaluable resource for researchers. I often use it for coin attributing purposes and it was in fact the place where I identified the first Roman provincial I ever bought, which at the time was an unpublished issue of Hierapolis-Castabala. It contains many coin types/varieties that are not commonly found and/or pictured elsewhere and some of the detailed descriptions are worthy of a long pause. Also, when doing a die study, any database with even just one exclusive example of the coin type under study is a welcome sight indeed! I could go on and on, but the bottom line is that Forvm's (public) member galleries are a godsend.
Best regards and Happy New Year!
Mark Fox
Michigan
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For anything Flavian there are at least 4 galleries where you will find almost every example in RIC (and even what's not in RIC). Invaluable resource.
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Are you aware of how to search through all galleries? Click Search (or the magnifying glass symbol if you are using your phone) and choose ‘Members’ Gallery’ like the screenshot below.
There are over 117,000 file entries, with members adding new coins every day. Unlike the auction house search engines, these are people’s actual collections and include many interesting coins that may not make it to an auction for reasons including price or condition.
The member adds the photo and coin description (hopefully), and the quality of this does vary widely.
I often check the galleries to compare things like weight and diameter, and to ascertain scarcity in ‘real world’ collection conditions. It is a treasure trove of data that is both distinct and complimentary to the auction house databases and reference websites like Wildwinds.
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Thanks for the responses, especially Pharsalas, I did not know how to do a search of the galleries that way. I will certainly try that. Makes me more incentivized to figure out the coin photography and start my own gallery. My coins are nothing special, but to add them to a database like this may help someone down the road, especially as I have some that don't show up in acsearch because they are too common or not valuable.
Regards,
Virgil
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+++ :) ;)
Joe