Template talk:Infobox Coin

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Contents 1 Mintmarks 2 Catalog Number 3 Optional troy oz and inch parameters added 4 Inscriptions

[edit] Mintmarks

How about addin a section for mintmarks, or put it into years of minting? Joe I 17:02, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Catalog Number

In the templete. How many coins actually have one there? Dime doesn't. And what catalog? Joe I 12:22, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Optional troy oz and inch parameters added

I added an optional mass in troy oz and diameter and thinkness in inches field. I thought that would be useful considering that many coins are 1 troy oz. You can see how this looks at American Buffalo (coin) or below. MJCdetroit 16:25, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

Here are the entry fields from that article:

{{Infobox Coin |
  Country             = United States |
  Denomination        = $50 |
  Value               = $800 (Proof), 4-5% above spot (Bullion) |
  Unit                = [[United States dollar|U.S. dollars]] |
  Mass                = 31.108|
  Mass_troy_oz        = 1.0001 |
  Diameter            = 32.7 |
  Diameter_inch       = 1.287  |
  Thickness           = 2.95 |
  Thickness_inch      = 0.116  |
  Edge                = Reeded |
  Composition         = 99.99% (24K) [[Gold]] |
  Years of Minting    = 2006–Present |
  Catalog Number = BA6 |
  Obverse             = 2006 American Buffalo Proof Obverse.jpg |
  Obverse Design      = [[Native Americans in the United States|American Indian]] |
  Obverse Designer    = [[James Earle Fraser]]'s design of the [[Indian Head nickel|Buffalo nickel]] was modified for the American Buffalo coin. |
  Obverse Design Date = [[1913]] |
  Reverse             = 2006 American Buffalo Proof Reverse.jpg |
  Reverse Design      = [[American Bison|American Buffalo]] |
  Reverse Designer    = [[James Earle Fraser]]'s design of the [[Indian Head nickel|Buffalo nickel]] was modified for the American Buffalo coin. |
  Reverse Design Date = [[1913]]
}} 

[edit] Inscriptions

Would like to add an Inscriptions line, preferably under the Design line. Inscriptions stated within the design feild clutter and confuse the actual design. Lots of work changing back and forth, so wanted to ask ya'll first.. Joe I 20:00, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

I can do that. I would also like to add orientation. Just a question, what kind of values would this "inscription" have? --ChoChoPK (球球PK) (talk | contrib) 08:09, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

Basically just the same as the "design" field. One or two lines to write the short phrases. See Marine Corps 230th Anniversary Silver Dollar for a crowded design field. As for orientation, what would be the easiest way to express that? Simply "up" or "down" or "reversed" or "horizontal"? Joe I 08:15, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

Coin v.s. medallic --ChoChoPK (球球PK) (talk | contrib) 09:43, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

Ahh, I see. So simply an "orientation" field with "coin" or "medallic" as the value within? Sounds easy enough. Maybe add it in with edge and composititon, since it's a built-in feature of the coin. No problems. Joe I 09:52, 8 November 2006 (UTC)