Because Not Everyone Wants to See All 100 Lines per Page😅 Can We Add Line Tags

I’ve been thinking about this for a while now.
As many of you have probably noticed, some pages on Numista have tons of lines—due to things like proof issues, BU lines, mint marks, and die varieties.

While these details are undeniably important, they can also be overwhelming—especially for users who simply want a cleaner overview, are looking for a specific type (like just circulated coins or replacement notes), or are still just beginners trying to navigate the catalog.

Can we have tags for lines, so that each user can filter out the lines they don’t want to see?

This would make the catalog far more flexible and tailored to individual preferences. Instead of forcing everyone to scroll through every single variation, users could simply hide the lines they’re not interested in—whether that’s proof coins, mint mark differences, BU coins, or limited issues.

Just like we have page tags, a set of line-level tags could be predefined (to keep things clean and consistent),

 for example:

Coins: Circulated, Proof, BU, Mint Mark, Die Variety, Error , …..may be lowest mintage year 

Banknotes: Replacement, Essay Note, Special Issue,  Printer

This wouldn't mean removing any data or comments entirely, but in some cases, certain repetitive comments may no longer be necessary—since the tag would already carry that meaning.

Here is what I have in mind ,,,

A couple similar topics

Search Filter for Coins – Numista

Hide button for "Proof" coins – Numista

Lets not wreck the coin listings like some banknote listings have been wrecked.

Oklahoman

Lets not wreck the coin listings like some banknote listings have been wrecked.

Thanks for jumping in, Ben!

Totally agree—no one wants to wreck anything. That’s exactly why I emphasized this would be a user-side filter, not a structural change to the catalog itself. All the data, all the detail stays exactly where it is. This just lets each user choose how much of it they want to see at a time.

Everyone gets what they want

Hi Teek!

This point is something that should certainly be "on the radar" for discussions in the near future. A banknote page with dozens and dozens of dates, for example, is already something that displeases many people.

A dropdown menu or something similar would be very welcome in these cases. Nothing is lost, and those who want to view a cleaner page would be satisfied. Those who want to see hundreds of lines would also be satisfied. =)

It's a big structural change, but I think it can be discussed. It will just require a little more patience.

Regards,

Vladimir

We are adding more and more width with every additional information. For many pages we already have extremely crowded and  thick lines due to comment section stacking etc.. I am not convinced that the style in the provided example is worth the additional trouble as long as the layout of the Numista catalog pages stays the same.

Also as long as we don't get the individual year line addressing where we also could mark individual year lines as ‘wanted’ such a feature would be severely limited in its potential usefulness.

Idolenz

We are adding more and more width with every additional information. For many pages we already have extremely crowded and  thick lines due to comment section stacking etc..

This is correct. The year lines have more fields each time, and the width is excessive. But the addition of new fields is useful. I published a suggestion to reduce the width. https://en.numista.com/forum/topic169386.html

Perhaps an improvement to the origin post, would be to use abbreviated keys, such as C for Circulation, P for Proof etc, that will help keep the width under control. Adding a key to the top of each input area to help give users an understanding of each abbreviated key, along with a tooltip when you hover over the key will help people further, especially when you're looking at a page like Germany Fed Rep 10 pfennigs.
Then the filtering can still happen, width will still be under control, whilst also a quick and easy colour coded visual component.

Just an idea from me, but I'd very much like to see a filtering system in place where I only see circulated coins, as modern coins from Australia and places can get very cluttered with the non-circulating varieties of the coin (Proofs, special packaging).

vladthiengo

This point is something that should certainly be "on the radar" for discussions in the near future. A banknote page with dozens and dozens of dates, for example, is already something that displeases many people.

 

A dropdown menu or something similar would be very welcome in these cases. Nothing is lost, and those who want to view a cleaner page would be satisfied. Those who want to see hundreds of lines would also be satisfied. =)

 

It's a big structural change, but I think it can be discussed. It will just require a little more patience.

Amazing good to know, I can be very patient 😊

@Idolenz 

Idolenz

Also as long as we don't get the individual year line addressing where we also could mark individual year lines as ‘wanted’ such a feature would be severely limited in its potential usefulness.

Sorry, I’m not sure I understood. Could you clarify it for me?

BPhoenix23

Perhaps an improvement to the origin post, would be to use abbreviated keys, such as C for Circulation, P for Proof etc, that will help keep the width under control. Adding a key to the top of each input area to help give users an understanding of each abbreviated key, along with a tooltip when you hover over the key will help people further, especially when you're looking at a page like Germany Fed Rep 10 pfennigs.
Then the filtering can still happen, width will still be under control, whilst also a quick and easy colour coded visual component.

I agree these are very nice Ideas, thank you for bringing that up

davidhs

 I published a suggestion to reduce the width. https://en.numista.com/forum/topic169386.html

Worth looking into them, in my opinion its all about user data filtering, giving the user the ability to filter the information the way they want