I'm looking at websites to enter my collection into for record keeping. I know Numista and someone suggested NGC's site. Is there one in particular you'd recommend for world coins? Especially world coin values as a lot of the other sites are US centric. I would especially love something that keeps track of values even if just estimates based on rough grade. Thanks!
http://www.tantaluscoins.com/index.php Here's my world grid http://www.tantaluscoins.com/coins/grid155.php
I use Numista. The only issue is some are not listed, especially if you have more uncommon issues. But, good news, is you can make a page yourself and have a referee approve it. I use the ngc site to look up KM#s, mintage figures, etc. But it is only useful for inventory purposes if your coins are certified. Unfortunately, I haven't found any good sites that have price guide information for everything, though NGC and Numista have a lot, they are often inflated.
I have been using UCOIN for my inventory. It has several helpful methods of looking up coins as well as trading with a world-wide audience.
Numista seems to be the most comprehensive (broadly) to me, but I think it'll always be a case of people who are interested in the deeper details will probably have their own website/book/whatever and not bother with trying to update Numista. https://onlinecoin.club/ is another option but I'm not sure how comprehensive it is.
You are correct, especially if a person has a specialty. I have a copy of the Krause catalogue for German coins because of my interest in German States coinage. Plus a couple specialty sites I visit for those coins as well. The big draw back with creating a page on Numista is it's not a quick thing usually, especially if the coin was minted for several years or with different mint marks. I myself have not made pages simply because it would take so long to enter say, 20 line items. For world coins and this is kind of cheating, I often look the coin up on ma-shops or VCoins. Many times in the descriptions they have reference numbers in them. Especially helpful for me when more esoteric pieces come up, ones lacking a Krause entry usually, but are found in Merseberger, Saurma, etc. But, if a person is a generalist, Numista gets the job done quite well I think.
