What is your favorite online reference?

I wanted to start a thread about online references. I know personally without the internet I would have a lot harder time being able to both identify and price some coins we run across.

So I wanted to ask the simple question... Do you have a favorite reference site on the internet for what you collect? I figured that if we share these ideas we might be able to furthers each others knowledge.

I know we don't all collect the same thing but if your like me... you never know what your going to run into and need a reference for.

I'm going to answer that I find Heritage's auction archives a very valueable resource for fairly pricing most coins. Sometimes you come across obscure coins that may have not sold in some time and it's not such a great resource then but for the popular stuff it's a wonderful resource.

 

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numismedia.com

 

I use numismedia.com, ha.com, PCGS photgradeonline, ngccoin.com.

 

The 'NGC Research' pages specifically are very useful for grading, history, etc. (the Census, Certification, and Price Guide require a membership). CoinLink (coinlink.com) has a free Coin Guide section of U.S. type coins, with history and an overview of technical specs. PCGS CoinFact is excellent, but also requires membership. There are a host of websites with a specific focus, such as world coins, world banknotes, modern U.S. quarters, etc.; too numerous to list.

 

First = Heritage
Second = Heritage
Third = Heritage
Fourth = Heritage
Fifth = PCGS
Sixth = NGC

 

I find that these are the best resources for ancient Roman coins:

Wildwinds - A massive database of ancient coins that have been auctioned. It doesn't have everything under the sun, the majority of Roman coins you find will be here.

Helvetica's RIC lists - This is a large collection of Excel spreadsheets that cover just about every bronze Roman or Byzantine coin from the mid third century onwards. The Romans are listed with their RIC number and rarity as given by RIC, and the Byzantines are listed by Sear number, though some coins unlisted by either source are included as well. This is incredibly useful, and you'll find yourself wishing that there were lists for earlier emperors as well.

Tessorillo.com - This unforunately only covers from 317-498, but it's a site that's unique in that it's designed to help identify coins based on their visual elements rather than just inscriptions. This is invaluable to those who buy uncleaned coins or have some worn, hard to read coins from this period.

 

Another great reference I use for identifying Lincoln cent varieties is www.coppercoins.com A lot of work has gone into that site in the last 10 years or so... and the folks who do the work there are top notch.

 

Well one of them has to be Wildwinds it is one of the best sites around for Roman and Greek plus others

 

I have a section in my bookmarks called reference sites. I guess I'll just post the relevant links here.

Morgan & Peace VAMs

Morgan & Peace VAMs

California Gold

Trail Dies & Wavy Steps

Easy Attribution of Bust Dollars

German Notgeld


There are quite a few other sites I don't have listed here simply because either there isn't a good site for them or there are far superior books that I own to anything on the web.

Anyone got more?

 

I am a big fan of heritage myself, I also like lincolncent.

 

Matt, you forgot www.Lincolncentresource.com as well.

 

I can't believe I forgot CONECA's Variety Vista as well.

 

I agree with the above, really, ha.com is probably the best resource for coins in the world. I've spent many, many hours studying Lincolns and learning to photograde there. I find it interesting to pick a year/date and then study the various die states and grading criteria. I use use ha.com less for pricing than I do for pure research.

After that coppercoins.com and LCR, they are both excellent resources at well.

 

I also thought about EBay's ended item listings. These can be used to determine what similar items have sold for in the past 90 days. The grading that is provided is obviously subjective but if you have a good grasp on grading the coins and the pictures aren't too bad it can be used as well to determine a coins value.

 

I use ebay to determine the market value of my coins. I use coinflation for the bullion value. I think this site is great for getting a true grade of your coins as well as history and other cool stuff.

 

HA.com all the way!!!

 

I just found this while digging around on PCGS's website

http://www.pcgs.com/books/silver-dollars/

Pretty sweet for a free read!

 

agreed... I love to watch random but sometimes really neat iteams on e-bay....hate those sucker deals though

 

I pay the $100 plus a year for CoinFacts. That's like 30 cents per day. I can find most of that same information from other sites but I'm lazy. It brings everything together for me at once.