I've often found it tedious to add coins on Coinbrag. In the past I would use the add page and then after going through the motions, the coin was already entered into the database. Other times I go through the trouble of searching for a coin in the database only to find out the coin has not yet been submitted. At that point I can go back to the add page and go through the motions to add the coin I want.

There had to be a better, faster way and today I have implemented just that. First, you can still add coins like you normally would. Now there is also a new way to do it while searching. The best part is when you click the add link from the search, part of the info is filled out on the add page. So if you were browsing 1 Farthing coins from Ireland and wanted to add one, all you'll need to add is year and if applicable then the mint and/or variant features.

Hope the rest of you find this as helpful as I do. My "to do" list is still a mile long and many more changes coming.

As you were probably aware, the Lincoln memorial reverse was retired in 2008 and there were 4 new reverses issues in 2009. If you weren't aware, check the news archives for my older reports.

There were 18 designs that were in the running and a winner has been chosen. Behold! The new Lincoln cent reverse:
What do you think? Honestly I liked Design #9 but I don't think the winner (Design #13) was is that bad. It fits with the current boring design of most U.S. coins. Am I wrong? Feel free to comment with your thoughts below.

For the first time in about 2 years I have updated the Content Management System (CMS) for CoinBrag. This doesn't mean much for most of you except that a few bugs have been corrected and things should run a lot smoother. Any time you update a program or website, there's always the danger of new problems so if something doesn't look like it's running right, please let me know!