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Since the site officially launched in late April, visitors from 169 differentcountries have made their way to NumisMaster.com, according to the site s analytics.Aside from English-speaking countries like the United States, United Kingdom,Canada, and Australia, other countries that have shown a particular interest inNumisMaster include Spain, Germany, the Netherlands, Russia, France, India, Italy,Romania, Portugal, Poland, Greece, and Hungary.
NumisMaster features three items of regular interest to coin collectors around theglobe:
-International coin information, including photos, pricing, and other statistics,derived from the acclaimed Standard Catalog of World Coins line of price guides.These guides cover world coin values from 1600 to date, as well as unusual worldcoins.-News from the editors of World Coin News, which has featured coverage of markettrends and coin issues from around the world for more than 30 years.-Blogs from world coin experts such as David Harper, Tom Michael, and Colin Bruce.
It has been rewarding to see coin collectors from all corners of the globe visitNumisMaster to learn more about coins, says NumisMaster director of online businessScott Tappa. For instance, hundreds of visitors from China have, on average,remained on the site for more than 28 page views per visit. A similar number ofvisitors from Chile have remained on the site for more than 21 page views per visiton average.
But NumisMaster s appeal has not been limited to larger countries. The site hasseen traffic from Angola to Zimbabwe, Afghanistan to Zambia, Myanmar to Kyrgyzstan.
Coin collectors worldwide will soon have the opportunity to vote for their favoriteworld coin, as the Coin of the Year People s Choice voting goes live onNumisMaster.com on December 1.
About Krause Publications
Krause Publications, based in Iola, Wis., is the world's largest publisher ofleisure-time periodicals and books on collectibles, sewing and quilting, hunting,and fishing. Chet Krause, a long-time collector of coins, published the first issueof Numismatic News on Oct. 13, 1952, with nearly 1,000 readers. Today, KrausePublications, owned by F+W Publications, offers over 40 periodicals, 10 hobby shows,750 reference and how-to books, and web properties such as NumisMaster.com, theonline coin price database. F+W Publications, an ABRY Partners, LLC company, alsooperates book clubs, conferences, trade shows, interactive media and educationprograms.
ContactS cott TappaEditorial director, NumisMasterscott.tappa@fwpubs .com715-445-4612, ext. 428