Is it normally this quiet here? I was expecting some members to be showing off their Morgans, etc.
We don't get a lot of posts on ACF but it seems like it is more than here.
Unfortunately it has become very quiet here in the last few years. It use to be very busy, but members moved on or passed away, sadly. This was part of the reason I invited you guys over here, to try and boost the posts again. I believe Ralf has some new coins he might be posting here soon.
Well I am here, part of the reason it may be dead is some improvements are needed.
The coin chat section is buried behind layers of announcements, welcome threads and some stuff that hasn't been added to since 2010 or 2017.
Move all the coin discussion, identification and show off threads front and top of the page.
World Coin chat, 90% of the World including New Zealand and the UK are relegated to the "Other world coins part". This is very reductive naming and locating and those who understand true castles will see this as like the "oubliette" of the castle.
I am a New Zealander and get a bit tired of seeing my own country and its coins completely reduced to other and like a minor "ward", "department", "atheling" etc. The world exists outside Australia and the USA.
Otherwise I like the layout, I can not understand why it shows modern Thai circulation pieces.
Otherwise its a decent looking board, like I said clean up the zombied stuff, like list of members that was last updated in like 2019. In fact "zombify" or grandfather any thread that has not been added to since 2024, some of the stuff showing is so old, I was still skinny and had Black hair when it came out!
Otherwise lets keep luring new members. This and ACF are a kazillion times better than the moderation and globalist nightmares of Numista and CCF. Plus no ads and no people showing fake Chinese coins or junk.
I'm glad you have come over Tane, I expect to see a lot of posts now.
Moderation on this site is just about non existent. As a castle we work on chivalry, and respect for each other. I'm not sure I have ever seen any disrespect or need for moderation on this forum.
True about NZ, it get's left off the map most of the time.
Terry or Sir Krash, can we create a New Zealand section please.
Maybe Tane can then entice some of his fellow countrymen over. :)
Will have a look at those suggestions tonight and run through them with TKO. I'm not a coin collector, so I don't have much insight into the forum's content. We did archive some of the older content (KOTCT Medallion Quests) into sub-boards, and some other changes were made, but moving more of the active stuff up front is a good idea. Unfortunately there hasn't been much activity prior to this rebuild, so it's difficult to judge which content would be most interesting to members. I've also suggested that most of the boards should be visible to guests. As it is, only two boards are visible, so prospective new members have very little idea of what's on the forum.
Thanks Sir Krash. We look forward to seeing what you and Terry come up with.
One thing I'm seeing is I haven't found any search terms that return this forum in first 10 pages of results. An obvious reason for that is most of the content is hidden from guests. Search engines can only see what guests see, they don't index pages that are only visible to logged in members. All boards should be visible to guests except those that involve site administration. Most guests are bots and spiders, but some are potential members and they're not going to join a forum that doesn't present any interesting content. Almost any search term will return this forum (https://www.coincommunity.com/forum/), it's butt ugly but very active, and you can browse most of their content without registering.
On that forum you will still find post about our humble beginnings...
https://www.coincommunity.com/forum/topic.asp?topic_id=2929&SearchTerms=knights
I was not a member then, but joined a little later. Bobby got upset later, as he was getting emails about the KOTCT that others could not see, and then ended up closing it down, so we started this forum.
Gosh that was a trip down memory lane 2005 and i was 007 to join terry I got that wooden coin and a very nice copper knight coin from terry. I also got the book he wrote as a present and later on a numbered 7 silver coin with the moonsurface on it which was only given to the moderators. I remember on joining i quit the cc mom and dad forum and one of their moderators sent me an email and asked very nicely to stay. I was a very good fotograder and correctly labled an incuse indian as ms63 i think it was. Later i got me a 1909 one
I remember when i joined i had drunk like 6 shots of a single malt whisky and just finished reviewing for the umpteenth time the music film pyw with Lee Marvin
Very nice coin PYW. I loved the movie, Paint Your Wagon.
Glad you enjoyed the trip down memory lane. My Knight number is 023.
Quote from: Tanecoins on September 30, 2026, 10:11:38 PMWell I am here, part of the reason it may be dead is some improvements are needed.
The coin chat section is buried behind layers of announcements, welcome threads and some stuff that hasn't been added to since 2010 or 2017.
Move all the coin discussion, identification and show off threads front and top of the page.
World Coin chat, 90% of the World including New Zealand and the UK are relegated to the "Other world coins part". This is very reductive naming and locating and those who understand true castles will see this as like the "oubliette" of the castle.
I am a New Zealander and get a bit tired of seeing my own country and its coins completely reduced to other and like a minor "ward", "department", "atheling" etc. The world exists outside Australia and the USA.
Otherwise I like the layout, I can not understand why it shows modern Thai circulation pieces.
Otherwise its a decent looking board, like I said clean up the zombied stuff, like list of members that was last updated in like 2019. In fact "zombify" or grandfather any thread that has not been added to since 2024, some of the stuff showing is so old, I was still skinny and had Black hair when it came out!
Otherwise lets keep luring new members. This and ACF are a kazillion times better than the moderation and globalist nightmares of Numista and CCF. Plus no ads and no people showing fake Chinese coins or junk.
I shuffled things around a little bit just to make the familiar visitors look a little harder. If they look harder they may find something they overlooked years ago. The newer visitors will get a look at the
"Tane" touch
I agree, really trying to beef my posts up from 10 to 17.
I got woken up when I realised I had hit post 4,000 on Numista forums and I am at 10 here and 262 on Australian coin forum.
I'm sure if anyone can get this place humming, it's you Tane.
I have already invited a German collector called King, who is being harassed on Numista by some MAGA piece of work called TCon, if he comes, lower the drawbridge if we can.
Very good Tane. The more the merrier.
I'm here! Glad to see everyone!
Quote from: Triggersmob on October 21, 2026, 03:35:50 AMI'm sure if anyone can get this place humming, it's you Tane.
yes it would be nice to have some more posters :)