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which year should be entered in the field “year”? Is that the year stated on the coin or the year the coin was actually issued?
I prefer the first. The year of issue can then always be stated in the “details” field. Just like in Krause, for example.
However, I come across coins where people use a different year. There are different Spanish coins with the same year, but with different year of issue. This last year is then indicated in an asterisk.
Now I want to see if I can adjust those coins, but maybe a consensus has to be reached first. Maybe something the reviewers can keep an eye on?

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  • August 21, 2010 19:37
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August 21, 2010 19:37

The year mentioned on the coin is the year we use in the catalog.

On Spanish coins with a very large year (1975, 1980 for example), we use the year which is small in the asterisk. That is still the definition above “The year indicated on the coin”.

There are also coins that relate to a specific event (world exhibition or Olympic games for example), which are already minted a few years in advance, but which, in addition to the year of the event, also simply show the year of the coin, also the year of coinage, whatever is stated on the coin, the year we enter. For example, a coin about “Expo ’92” which was minted in 1991. So we enter 1991.

Another example are euro coins from the Netherlands with the years 1999-2001. These were only in circulation in 2002. We simply add them to the years 1999-2001.

The reviewers (me) are already paying attention to this. If it was done wrong somewhere, you can always improve it, that's how Catawiki works.

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  • August 21, 2010 20:10
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August 21, 2010 20:10

As for the coins related to events and the euro coins, I agree with you.
I must confess that I disagree on the Spanish coins. I would prefer the “big” year on the coin and then label the years in the asterisks as a variation.
Anyway, I will conform.
Thanks for the explanation.

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August 21, 2010 23:42

I totally agree with Eric, also what about the Spanish coins.

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November 14, 2011 18:26

At the Coins Managers meeting it was confirmed again:

Enter the year which is on the coin (as far as Christian era).

In Spain we are talking about the year in the small asterisk.

If a coin has 1966 as its year, but it is known that it was only minted in 1968, we still enter 1966. An example are the Dutch Wilhelmina coins from 1948. These were mainly minted in 1949 (if I am not mistaken) but it is generally recognized that we use the year 1948 here.

Eric

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