COIN WORLD REDESIGN IMPLEMENTED

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V21 2018 INDEX E-SYLUM ARCHIVE

The E-Sylum: Volume 21, Number 30, July 29, 2018, Article 4

The print and digital versions of Coin World have undergone a makeover. An Editorial in the August 13, 2018 issue by Managing Editor William T. Gibbs describes the changes. With permission, we're republishing it here. Thanks to Bill for sending the cover image used here. It looks nice! -Editor

Our redesign and renewed commitment to additional editorial content, begun last issue in our August monthly, continues this week in our first weekly issue for the month.

As with our August monthly, this weekly issue features an increased number of pages — 52, to be precise, a bump up from the 36- and 44-page issues we have been publishing recently. That extra space will be used for expanded news, features, columns, and departments.

This week, I would first like to draw attention to a new regular feature for the weekly issues, called “Coin Values Spotlight.” This new column will focus on a small number of coins, often just one or two pieces, by exploring a little bit of their history and examining how they have been doing in the marketplace over the past 10 years.

In other changes, our regular columns — staff-written ones like “Readers Ask” and freelance pieces like Q. David Bowers’ “The Joys of Collecting” and Bill O’Rourke’s “Found in Rolls,” are getting more space. This will especially be important for columns like Michael Fahey’s “Detecting Counterfeits,” John Wexler’s “Varieties Notebook” and John Roberts’ “About VAMs” columns since those authors often rely on detailed photographs to illustrate diagnostic points on the coins they are discussing.

We are also revamping Pages 14 and 15, to make our Editorial commentary more inviting, including the use of more images. The Guest Commentary and Letter to the Editor columns are your columns — please consider a submission offering your opinions or insights on the issues collectors face today. We will also share some of the best comments we receive at our Facebook page and on the articles published at our website.

The changes appearing this week are by no means the only editorial changes you will be seeing in the weeks ahead. I hope to introduce some new columns, including a regular one about tokens from around the world. And if you have a column topic you would like to see, contact me.

Let me know what you think about these changes. We are always seeking to improve what we do.