Coin Characteristics

A coin is usually a piece of hard material, generally metal and usually in the shape of a disc, which is issued by a government to be used as a form of money. Along with banknotes, coins make up the cash forms of all modern money systems. Coins are usually used for lower-valued units, and banknotes are usually used for the higher values; also, in most money systems, the highest value coin is worth less than the lowest-value note.

The following characteristics of coins are available in the Collection Studio:

Supported fields

• Face value (nominal)
• Country
• Currency
• Emission year
• "In Circulation" flag - When you select non existed country in collectible edit dialog, automatically the "In circulation" flag is set off.
• ID in your collection (catalog)
• Storage
• Number according to Krause catalog
• External number
• Income date
• Income from (donator)
• Number of duplicates
• Price - shows the price you have paid for given coin;
• Catalog price - shows catalog price for given coin;
• Buying comments
• Images - unlimited number of images, photos or scans.
• Mint - name of the industrial facility which manufactures coins (and may be paper money too) for currency.
• Coin Type, For example - Commemorative - Commemorative coins are legally issued coins with a design intended to commemorate or draw attention some event or person. They are so called to distinguish them from regular issue coinage. For more details see "Coins Types" article.
• Material
• Weight
• Diameter
• Thickness
• Revers rotation - Coin orientation is a feature of coins. When viewing one side of a coin with coin orientation, the coin must be flipped about its horizontal axis in order to see the other side the correct way up. In other words, the image on one face of the coin is upside-down relative to the other.
• Type of the herd
• Regional issue flag
• Region
• Barcode - Barcode data for fast access to the collectible entry using barcode reader;
• Links - unlimited number of web links;
• Quality condition of the coin according to grading standard.
• Comments - notes and comments about given coin; See, Comments for more details about work comments.
• Status - status of the collectible: in collection, loaned, lost, private, coming and etc;

 Note:  Additionally, you can log 5 independent characteristics for all coin's information. To setup titles for them, open "Options" dialog.

See also

• All Item Types - read about registered types of item in Collection Studio;
• Collectible Types - read all about registered fields for each collectible type in CS.

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