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Wildwinds goes from strength to strength! We have experienced very strong continued growth in site traffic since the re-launch in spring 2009.
Since May 2009, the number of site visits increased to an average of over 25,000 hits per day in February 2016.
In addition, the number of coins on wildwinds has risen from 54,900 (July 2009) to over 72,000 in March 2016.
Dane Kurth (Helvetica)
Administrator
Please note that none of the coins in the database are for sale. Advertising Links from commercial sites will be clearly marked, and may take you to other, separate, websites where items may be purchased.The WildWinds website has been created as a reference and attribution resource in the field of ancient numismatics. For requests to use an image please contact Dane and PROVIDE THE FULL URL OF THE IMAGE IN QUESTION The url is the address (http://www.wildwinds.com........jpg), and information about how the image will be used. Requests without the url cannot be considered for reasons of time. Contact Dane: email Dane. |
Since the re-launch in spring 2009, the number of site visits increased to an average of over 25,000 per day in February 2016. The Wildwinds site offers a unique opportunity to access this worldwide market of collectors, researchers and numismatists – and with such phenomenal growth, the benefits of advertising here will only increase: email Advertising Enquiries |
FORUMS
Forum Ancient Coins - a great place to go.
lamoneta.it - Network di numismatica per i collezionisti di monete
Muntenbodemvondsten NL: The Dutch ancient coins forum. Almost everyone is multilingual (Dutch, English, German, some French).
ONLINE AUCTIONS
IDENTIFICATION HELP
Helvetica's RIC lists, Dozens of xls lists to precisely identify your Roman (and some Greek and Provincial) coins. Practise first using the short "how to" pdf.
BEWARE OF FAKES!
Check coins BEFORE you buy, unless you are buying from a reputable dealer. Not all ebay sellers with good feedback are reputable ! Modern fakes are being brought into the West by the thousand by Bulgarian immigrants. When in doubt, join Forum Ancient Coins and ask!
Fakes Information Centre on Calgary Coins
ONLINE COLLECTIONS AND DATABASES
RPC Online at the Ashmolean Museum
The Museum of Roman Countermarks
Ancient Imitations of Roman Republican Denarii
The Alexandru Marian Collection of Domitian Coins
Heather Howard's online Collection at aeqvitas.com
The Zeno Oriental and Arabic Coins Database
NUMISMATIC BOOKS ONLINE
Archive.Org, archive website for numerous numismatic book pdfs, including the BMC Greece volumes, Imhoof, Mionnet, AMNG etc.
Digital Numismatic Library: the world's largest list of links to digital numismatic books
Historia Numorum online and much more (Ed Snible).
GENERAL NUMISMATICS ETC
Frederic Weber's Website of Roman Coins, articles and collection (French and English)
RG's Getting Started with Ancient Coins
ArtAncient: Antiquities, Coins & Artifacts
Coin Update - Daily Coin Collecting News
Brad's Introduction to Ancient Coins
NON-ANCIENT COINS
USA Coinbook.com, US coins, coin supplies and US coin literature
For advertising opportunities contact email Advertising Enquiries
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For coin questions, corrections, identification help, requests for the use of an image (please provide the full URL of the image in question), contact Dane: email Dane. Please do not send me images of your coins to ask whether I think they are genuine or fake, as I simply do not have the time involved to search for die matches etc.
For technical questions and comments: email Webmaster.
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