Krugerrand article on Citizendium.

In medal alignment the tops of both side's designs are back to back - rotate the coin horizontally and both sides are right side up.

In coin alignment the top of one side backs up to the bottom of the other - rotate the coin vertically and both sides are right side up.

Look at any US coin in your pocket - that's coin alignment.

 

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And that also indicates that the terms "coin alignment" and "medal alignment" are Americanisms ... Pretty much every modern European coin, for example, has what from a US point of view would be called "medal" alignment.

Christian

 

I'd like to read it but cannot view it.

 

Probably due to too much traffic. Citizendium has had quite a lot of media coverage lately.

Christian

 

If you need a photo to illustrate your article...

this is the one they had on wiki previously

 

Drusus,you should join the Citizendium here; http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/Main_Page .

Aidan.

 

So what is the difference between this and Wikipedia??? The formating even looks simmilar...

I don't get it.. Why recreate the wheel, why not just fix it...

 

Smullen,the founder of the Citizendium is a co-founder of Wikipedia - Larry Sanger,who was sidelined & forced to pull the plug on his involvement with Wikipedia a few years back.

Aidan.

 

See this article for example:

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/webguide/2007-03-25-wikipedia-alternative_N.htm

Christian

 

Sounds like a silly dispute between two spoiled computer company CEO's.

The sites do look similar.

 

well, competition is always good so there is nothing wrong with it, I DO think its just another version of wiki though (even in its appearance)...it doesnt really offer much that is new or different.

That article is a bit misleading in a way. Sure someone on wiki can change something you wrote but that doesnt mean it will stay that way. If it is indeed a fix, addition of improvement, then that is for the good I would think and Previous versions are save and can be reinstituted if need be and I think our friend aiden knows full well from experience that wiki is policed and you cannot vandalize articles or write biased diatribes without repercussions.

The one thing I do like about it is that they will have so called experts. This will be good when it comes to complicated and technical things but when it comes to more subjective subjects, experts often disagree so that is a whole new problematic ball of wax. I also like the use of real names but then again I have my real name on wiki in my photo contributions and if I wanted to I could have used my real name when registering and people can see I am the one who created the articles I created. I don’t think it will stop people from vadalizing articles though. So I will probably continue using and contributing to wiki…It has it flaws but studies have shown that although often the articles have a few more mistakes than, say, an encyclopedia, they also show that the articles there include far more information than all encyclopedias…sooo…I like.

 

I don't know much about the Krugerrand but wasn't there a big "Ta-do" about not buying them during the appartheid period in South Africa? Anyone remember this or did I just make this up? Anyway, the memory has sort of tainted my interest in them.

 

Hit the wiki link on page 2 of this thread, it discusses this.

"due to the policy of apartheid in South Africa, the Krugerrand was declared illegal to import in many Western countries during the 1970s and 1980s until that system was lifted between 1990 and 1994."

the article is just about Krugerrands but pretty much all trade with SA was suspended for america and most European nations.

 

Drusus,there has been some information about the silver Krugerrand that has been added to the Krugerrand article on Wikipedia.You should go & have a look.

Aidan.

 

I love the admonition: "Wales and Sanger agree that no one should be using Wikipedia — or any other single source — as the final word on a subject, but rather as a starting point for other research." Well, duh?