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List:       tellico-users
Subject:    Re: Feature request: Numista lookup by N#
From:       Robby Stephenson <robby () periapsis ! org>
Date:       2023-09-28 13:39:51
Message-ID: CACFDV65jW0A-qLFyiR1egwtqDpZ961hUzk174m6EN=gAnc1nYA () mail ! gmail ! com
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On Wed, Sep 27, 2023 at 10:18 PM Cliff Bar <klfjoat@gmail.com> wrote:

> Ah. The first things I was looking to catalog were banknotes. I'm a
> few hundred in and never thought to try N# for coins, mostly bc the
> drop-down says "Keyword".
>

True, I can understand that confusion. Numista happens to include N# in
their generic (i.e. "keyword") search interface, so Tellico benefits from
that.


> > The default Tellico coin collection template doesn't lend itself well to
> banknotes. I'll have to think about that a bit more, and then update the
> Numista search accordingly.
>
> All I needed to do to alter the coin template to work with everything
> I wanted was...
> * add a "Type" choice field with the allowed values Banknote, Coin,
> Exonumia
> * add a "Serial Number" simple text field
>

Interesting, maybe it wouldn't be too difficult to expand the Numista
results to include banknotes in Tellico then. I'll take another look,
thanks.

Robby

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<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">On Wed, Sep 27, 2023 at 10:18 PM Cliff Bar &lt;<a \
href="mailto:klfjoat@gmail.com">klfjoat@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><div \
class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px \
0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Ah. The first things I was \
looking to catalog were banknotes. I&#39;m a<br> few hundred in and never thought to try N# for \
coins, mostly bc the<br> drop-down says \
&quot;Keyword&quot;.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>True, I can understand that confusion. \
Numista happens to include N# in their generic (i.e. &quot;keyword&quot;) search interface, so \
Tellico benefits from that.</div><div>  </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px \
0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"> &gt; The default \
Tellico coin collection template doesn&#39;t lend itself well to banknotes. I&#39;ll have to \
think about that a bit more, and then update the Numista search accordingly.<br> <br>
All I needed to do to alter the coin template to work with everything<br>
I wanted was...<br>
* add a &quot;Type&quot; choice field with the allowed values Banknote, Coin, Exonumia<br>
* add a &quot;Serial Number&quot; simple text \
field<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Interesting, maybe it wouldn&#39;t be too difficult \
to expand the Numista results to include banknotes in Tellico then. I&#39;ll take another look, \
thanks.</div><div><br></div><div>Robby  </div></div></div>



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