Manage my coin collection

How to create my coin collection?

How to create my coin collection?

If you want to exchange coins on Foronum it is highly recommended that you create at least a public coin list. With the list you will be able to display your coin to all collectors and start offering and receiving exchange or purchase proposals.

To create your coin collections you will need to access your control panel "Control Panel

What is the difference between a private collection and a public collection?

As the name suggests, the type of collection will determine how other collectors view your collections.

Public collection: visible to all collectors on your profile and in the coin finder.

Private collection: your collection is only visible to you from your control panel.

Add coins to my collection

To complete your digital collection you must add your coins little by little, this is a time consuming task but it will be very easy to keep your collection up to date. There are two ways to add coins to your collections.

Batch shares

Batch actions will allow you to select multiple items from your listings to apply the different options:
Reserve: will put the selected items in "Reserved" status.
Do not Reserve: just the opposite of the previous one, the selected items will remove their "Reserved" status.
Delete: deletes, permanently, the selected items.
Move to another collection: The selected items may be transferred between collections, to do so, you will first get a dialog to select the destination.
Copy to another collection: The selected elements will be cloned to another collection.
Apply Foronum value: The selected elements will be updated applying the value that Foronum has in its database. This way you can keep your collection with the market value.

Applying market value, according to Foronum

In your collection you will see a column with the name "Value*" this column shows the value that Foronum assigns at that moment to the coin according to the market (remember that the value can change and oscillate according to the market). If you want to assign that value to your pieces, select the items in the list and go to "Actions in Batch", then select "Apply Foronum value" and you will see how the values of your collection will be updated.
This way you can keep your collection at market value.

Export or print your collection

If you want to make a copy of your collection you have the possibility to use any of the buttons that will allow you to export it to Excel or PDF format, or even if you want you can print it if you have configured your printer.

How to contact coin collectors?

To increase your coin collection it is essential to interact with other collectors. In the swaped coins you will have to send messages between collectors. Foronum makes it very easy to contact other numismatists.

Go to the collector's page. You can find according to the criteria you want in the list of collectors.

In the tab you will see a button "Contact" that when you click on it, a pop-up screen will appear to send a message. You can send up to 15 messages per day.

Once you have sent your message, you only have to wait for a reply, you will receive an email notifying you. You will be able to see your sent messages and replies from your control panel: "Control panel > My messages".

What things should you keep in mind when creating a coin collection?

To summarise, they are as follows:

You can manage collections (private and public): Control Panel > Collection Management

The coin information comes from the Foronum catalogue.

Private coin collections are not visible to anyone, they are not visible to users.

The public coin collections will appear in your coin file to exchange, in the coin search engine and in the catalog.

You will be able to add any information about the coins to the catalog to complete your coins.

The coin does not exist in the catalog. What do I have to do to register it?

You must register it in the catalog. To manage the catalog and have access to its administration, the user must be registered. From the user menu you have the "Catalogue management" tab. You have all the information in the foronum catalogue manual.