HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!!
I wish everyone the best for 2011 and want to take the time to thank everyone for their patronage & help throughout this past year. Personally I look forward to talking, discussing, and sharing numismatic topics with all of you going into the new year.
2011 looks to be an interesting year for collectors with a new U.S. Mint Director to be announced in January to replace outgoing Director Moy. The U.S. Commemorative program has two planned releases with the United States Army & Medal of Honor commemorative coins and both look to be popular amongst collector & non-collectors alike. And on the circulation front we can expect a new batch of the America the Beautiful quarters as well as the 3 ounce silver bullion versions.
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Looking back at 2010 one story that wormed its way into almost all collecting conversations was precious medals and in particular silver. Normally when talking precious metals most people talk gold which did have a good year ending up 24% but silver was up a whopping 76% making 2010 the Year of Silver.
Here at Typesets.Wikidot.com, 2010 was our fourth year and I couldn't be prouder of where we are. The site continued to steadily grow and here are just of few highlights of what was accomplished last year:
- More than 156,000 visits (more than double from 2009)
- Received a large donation of photographs from our friends at the Coin Collectors Unite site
- Coin descriptions went from 153 to 250 (our goal for the year was 200 so nice job everyone).
- Added 2 new U.S. Coinage Acts
- A new article on how to make Safe-T flip inserts
- A new article on how to create a One From Every Country theme set
Going forward for the site all fees have been paid so the site will continue for another year which translates into even more growth. The goal for the site this year will be very mild in comparison to years past and that goal will simply be to move us from 250 coin descriptions up to 300.
Additionally, the site has grown so much in 2010 that I can no longer maintain it by the proverbial seat of my pants and mistakes, typos, errors, or broken links that were not fixed quickly I apologize. One of my resolutions for 2011 is to become more organized and to start this off I created a “To-Do” page. As ideas or suggestions pop up I will modify the page to add a “wish list” tab so we don't lose any great ideas any of you may have.
Regards & Best Wishes for the Upcoming Year
Ken