http://grifterrec.rasmir.com/ http://grifterrec.rasmir.com/coins.html Following the death of its owner we lost for a while a really good resource on Eastern coins. Thanks to special efforts of a dedicated fan, it is back. The first link above explains the situation while the second is the site. As I read it, the new owner's intent was to restore what was lost rather than expand it. I hope this restoration will be permanent. There i a lot of good stuff here.
Great news, I will bookmark the site. I do hope maybe the new owner will consider updating it. I would love, if I ever got my "stuff" together to contribute. I have quite a bit I could fill in as far as Silk Road coinage. Tom was a great guy. He was the one who got me into Central Asian coins, then I took a left into Sogdia. I would like to be able to give back to the hobby.
Great to hear! Hopefully when the time comes for other aging collectors with websites, other fans can take over their websites, maybe even expand on them.
My first suggestion would be TO GET RID OF red and blue text on a black background, especially if you're a tad colorblind. The only thing harder to read is yellow on gray...
Somewhat related...I collect AAFES POGs and there once was a great reference site. It had images and a catalog of the entire series, dates when they were printed, and some good articles. I hadn't gone on in a while and then I tried one day and it was gone. Now when an important article is found (like Ray Bows review of "A Guide Book of United States Tokens and Medals") I print it out.
When I started my webpage in February 1997, I was aware of very few sites on ancient coins. One was a specialty site on Julia Domna coins. I don't know when it disappeared. I wonder how many others came and went without my noticing they existed.
I noticed the first link said, "Unfortunately the small number of the coin images, some extra-materials, etc. were lost. Perhaps this information might be restored in the future with the help of Internet folks." I downloaded Tom's complete site in April 2013 so I may have the missing parts. The site file size is 335 MB. If the people who are restoring Tom's site want a copy of my download of the site have them send me a PM or email. These are examples why I download sites. After having lost some sites that were important to me and that just went "poof" I now archive sites that I don't want to disappear. It's easy to do. There's many software programs that will do this. And hard drive space is cheap. I only use the downloaded sites for my own personal use. I don't steal or take credit for any of the sites that I download. And I only keep them on my home PC and I never put them online and claim them as mine. It has been worth the effort as some sites that I have downloaded have disappeared from the internet. But I still have them.
Great tip @tenacious I had never even imagined that I could archive a website to my hard drive. This is something I'll have to look into.
I also use a program called getpocket.com that will pull anything off the web, save it, etc. You can tag it, and I buy the annual subscription so that anything you save is archived. It has been a lifesaver for me, as I can see any internet article, website, etc. that I have saved, by just logging in to it. It gleans out the ads and fluff, and focuses the save on the article/copy. I use it for business, personal, and hobby. So far, it has been a great tool for me.
