The E-Sylum:  Volume 9, Number 21, May 21, 2006, Article 21

COMMENTS SOUGHT ON COINARCHIVES.COM

We don't often repeat a Featured Web Site, but coinarchives.com
has been mentioned a few times.  It is "a repository of coins
featured in major numismatic auctions.  It brings together the
text, images, and prices realized from catalogs issued by some
of the world's most prestigious coin firms. With this site, you
can search and view coin lots from a growing database of auctions."

To view previous E-Sylum mentions, see:
v05n40a14.html
v07n26a20.htm
v07n45a18.html

The site currently has two sections: Ancient and World coins.
The Ancient coin archive includes 139,009 items from 170 auctions.
The World coin archive includes 273,680 items from 202 auctions.
Auction houses covered include:

   - Argenor Numismatique S.A.
   - Auctiones AG
   - Auktionshaus H. D. Rauch GmbH
   - Auktionshaus Meister & Sonntag
   - Baldwin's Auctions Ltd
   - Classical Numismatic Group
   - Dmitry Markov Coins & Medals
   - Dr. Busso Peus Nachfolger
   - Frank Sternberg AG
   - Fritz Rudolf Künker Münzenhandlung
   - Gemini, LLC
   - Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung
   - Heidelberger Münzhandlung Herbert Grün e.K.
   - Hess-Divo AG
   - Leu Numismatik AG
   - LHS Numismatik AG
   - M&M Numismatics Ltd
   - Münzen & Medaillen AG Basel
   - Münzen & Medaillen Deutschland GmbH
   - Numismatica Ars Classica
   - Numismatik Lanz München
   - Spink
   - St. James Auctions Ltd
   - Tkalec AG
   - UBS Gold & Numismatics

A query for "Anton Scharf" matched 42 lots in the
World database.  A search for "Hitler" yielded 153 items,
"Mozart", 141 and "Platinum", 106. The search results page
includes a photo of each item (when available).  The photos
are beautiful, and each search result page makes for a nice
mini-catalog.

The database is still being updated - the most recent catalog
included is Auktionshaus H.D. Rauch GmbH Auction 77 on
2006-04-10, 1028 lots.

Have any of our readers made extensive use of this site?
Please share with us your experiences.

Try it yourself: coinarchives.com

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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