MONETAThe Roman Imperial Coin Program

User’s manualFor

Version 2.0

Moneta Authorization Code:

____________________________( See Page 3 )

Numus8530 Clough Pike

Cincinnati, Ohio 45244United States of America

www.numus.com

Copyright © 1999-2009 NumusAll Rights Reserved.

"NUMUS MONETA" FONT KEYBOARD MAP Appendix "A"

Key Key Key Key! ! _ _ k k ¹ Alt+0185" " { { l l º Alt+0186# # } } m m » Alt+0187$ $ | | n n ¼ Alt+0188% % A A o o ½ Alt+0189& & B B p p ¾ Alt+0190' ' C C q q ¿ Alt+0191( ( D D r r À Alt+0192) ) E E s s Á Alt+0193* * F F t t  Alt+0194+ + G G u u à Alt+0195, , H H v v Ä Alt+0196- - I I w w Å Alt+0197. . J J x x Æ Alt+0198/ / K K y y Ç Alt+01990 0 L L z z È Alt+02001 1 M M ¡ Alt+0161 É Alt+02012 2 N N ¢ Alt+0162 Ê Alt+02023 3 O O £ Alt+0163 Ë Alt+02034 4 P P ¤ Alt+0164 Ì Alt+02045 5 R R ¥ Alt+0165 Í Alt+02056 6 S S ¦ Alt+0166 Î Alt+02067 7 T T § Alt+0167 Ï Alt+02078 8 U U ¨ Alt+0168 Ð Alt+02089 9 V V © Alt+0169 Ñ Alt+0209: : W W ª Alt+0170 Ò Alt+0210; ; X X « Alt+0171 Ó Alt+0211< < Y Y ¬ Alt+0172 Ô Alt+0212= = Z Z ® Alt+0174 Õ Alt+0213> > a a ¯ Alt+0175 Ö Alt+0214? ? b b ° Alt+0176 × Alt+0215~ ~ c c ± Alt+0177 Ø Alt+0216@ @ d d ² Alt+0178 Ù Alt+0217` ` e e ³ Alt+0179 Ú Alt+0218Q Q f f ´ Alt+0180 Û Alt+0219[ [ g g c Alt+0181 Ü Alt+0220\ \ h h ¶ Alt+0182 Ý Alt+0221] ] i i · Alt+0183 ^ ^ j j ¸ Alt+0184

MONETAVersion 2.0

copyright Numus, 1999-2009All Rights Reserved.

Moneta (pronounced “Mow-nay-tah”; ‘coinage’ in Latin) is the first of a series of numismatic programs from Numus. Moneta deals with Roman Imperial coins from 27 BC until 498 AD, including the provincial issues (and pre-27 BC coinage of Augustus). It provides the following:

1) A catalog (with images) of your collection, with print-outs for each coin if desired.2) A search-engine for your collection.3) A summary of your collection by material and value.4) A source of reference material for your collection: rulers, denominations, and mints

- over 430 pages of background information5) A route for information about each coin as it enters or leaves your collection through its import/export functions.6) An automatic means of printing ‘flip’ inserts of your own design for your collection.7) A history for your collection, tracking removals.8) A database for your dealers and fellow collectors.9) A mint mark search system of over 7,240 mint marks.*10) An obverse legend search system of over 5,950 obverse legends.*

11) A reverse legend search system of over 15,550 reverse legends.*12) A provincial city identifier search system of over 1,000 names and epithets found on

coins.13) A unique true-type font of Latin & Greek characters, and over 70 mint control marks.14) Compressed data backup and a companion program to restore the data if necessary.15) Report exporting to the internet, word processors, and e-mail via html, rtf (Rich Text File), jpg, bmp, and pdf (Adobe Acrobat) file formats

Additionally Moneta eases your cataloging effort by automatic conversions of differing measurement systems of weight and diameter, drop down lists for obverse legends and obverse descriptions, and an obverse legend finder (from a partial legend). Mint and denomination drop-down lists are in approximately 14 different groupings, eliminating most impossible choices for any ruler. The program provides security through optional passwords and optional substitution codes for costs/values and dates. Extensive customization capability allows you to configure the program to fit your needs via adding, deleting, or changing rulers, mints, denominations, metals, reference categories or legends.

Mostly courtesy of Spink and Son, owners of the copyright on the “Roman Imperial Coinage” series, 10 volumes which are ‘a must’ for collectors.

1

PERSONAL ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Numus wishes to thank Dr. Charles J. Rekow for his many suggestions and unflagging encouragement through the years. Numus also wishes to thank Michael L. Braunlin, the Assistant Librarian of the Classics Library of the University of Cincinnati, for his encouragement and untiring efforts in making reference works available.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Appendix “A” (“Numus Moneta” Font Keyboard Map)....Title page back

Introduction.............................................................................................1Personal Acknowledgments....................................................................2Moneta Technical Reference..................................................................3Data Backup……………………………………………………......…..4The Moneta CD.......................................................................................5Installing/Un-installing Moneta.............................................................5Running Moneta from a Removable Drive...........................................5Moving Moneta to a New Computer.....................................................6The ‘Numus Moneta’ True-Type Font..................................................6The Moneta Philosophy..........................................................................6Exporting Reports...................................................................................7Moneta Overview.....................................................................................8Updating Moneta.....................................................................................8SET UP (Preferences)..............................................................................9ENTRY (Coin Details)...........................................................................13STATS (Statistics)..................................................................................26FILTER (Group Summary)..................................................................28REMOVED (Removed Coin Details)...................................................30R FILTER (Group Summary of Removed Coins)..............................30COMPUDEX (Compudex)....................................................................31REF (Historical Reference)...................................................................34IMAGE (Image Loader/Extractor)......................................................36CUSTOM (Customization Screen).......................................................39IM/EX (Import/Export)........................................................................46“Numus Moneta Data Restoration” program.....................................50

2

Moneta Technical Reference

Moneta Minimum System Requirements: Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows NT, Windows2000, Windows XP, or Windows Vista. Moneta initially requires 23 Megabytes of hard disk space, but since it is a database program the disk requirements will grow with each entry. Each coin requires nearly 1,000 bytes of disk space exclusive of pictures and regardless of how much or how little information is entered for the coin. Therefore an extra megabyte of disk storage will be required for each 1,000 coins entered as a minimum. However, coin pictures can very quickly increase the requirements. The maximum size image that Moneta displays will require 5,000 bytes per picture (JPEG format) in 256 colors at 640x480. Therefore Numus recommends small pictures be used (pictures 60% of the maximum size require only 2,000 bytes per picture in 256 colors).

Screen: Moneta is developed on 640x480 screen resolution (better results are obtained scaling up than scaling down), but automatically adjusts for other screen resolutions. If you desire to change your screen resolution, click the Windows start button, select “Settings”, then “Control Panel”, then “Display”, then “Settings” on the top of the “Display” mini-screen. You will see a slide-bar labeled “Screen Resolution”. Moving that changes the screen resolution after clicking “OK” or “Apply”.

Although resizable, most users run Moneta in full screen mode. In that mode, if the Windows taskbar obscures part of Moneta, you can “right-click” on an un-occupied portion of the taskbar and select “Properties” from the menu which appears. On the “Taskbar Options” tab un-check “Always on top” and click “OK”. With this setting you can display the task bar if necessary by pressing either “Ctrl-Esc” or the “Windows” key. You can also minimize Moneta to the task bar from any of the 11 main screens by clicking the small ‘-’ box in the upper right hand corner of the screen.

Capacity: Moneta uses standard “Paradox” data tables to store its information. The table which stores the coin images has been expanded to allow 2 GB of storage. There are other limiting factors, but the number of coins Moneta can store will vary directly with the amount of pictures inserted in the data, but assuming 11,000 bytes per coin entry, Moneta can currently store over 25,000 coins with images (assuming sufficient space on the hard drive). Keep images as small as possible.

Moneta Authorization Code: Moneta will only start 11 times without an authorization code, which is unique to each computer. Under the terms of the Numus no-nonsense license agreement, Moneta may be used by the purchaser and immediate family and may be installed for their use on all computers under their personal control, although a separate authorization code will need to be requested for each. Upon starting Moneta for the first time, you will receive the message: “Warning! You can only start Moneta 10 more times without an authorization code.” Upon clicking “OK”, an information box will appear which says: “Your validation number is x.”, where the x can represent any number of digits. You are then instructed to contact Numus (with the validation number handy) to receive your authorization code (for future reference you may wish to write your code on the cover of this manual in the space provided). Moneta will then ask for your authorization code, and if you already have it and enter it correctly, a message stating: “Authorization Code is Correct. Future Access Granted.” and you will not be troubled with any more messages upon start-up. However, if you do not have your authorization code, enter it incorrectly, or cancel you will receive the message: “Incorrect Authorization Code, but Courtesy Start Granted.” You will receive that message up until the 11th start, at which time the message: “YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO START MONETA AFTER THIS WITHOUT AN AUTHORIZATION CODE.” will appear. If you still have not received your validation number, subsequent starts will be

3

greeted with the information box displaying your validation number, followed by the box requesting the entry of your authorization code. If you still do not have the proper code, you will see the message: “Moneta will shut down for lack of proper authorization code.”, and Moneta will shut down immediately without moving beyond the start-up screen. When you have your code you can enter it on a subsequent start-up and you will receive the “Authorization Code is Correct. Future Access Granted.” message.

Data Backup: Moneta is a data-base program. As such you will make a large investment of time in the entry of your collection. To safeguard that investment, you must make regular back-ups of your data. Numus can not assume any responsibility for lost data. Numus recommends that you have not only a surge protector on your computer, but also an un-interruptible power supply (UPS) on it as well, since data corruption often results from power problems during file operations. Moneta provides an easy backup and restore means for its crucial files. Details of the backup method are given in the “Custom (Customization Screen)” section in the “DATA BACKUP” box discussion. Details of the restore method are given in the “Numus Moneta Data Restoration” section at the end of this manual. If you wish to back up your data manually, you need to copy all files in the following locations:Under Windows XP and all previous versions of Windows, Moneta data is distributed between the following folders: a) To facilitate the use of the same Dealer data and Contact data by Nomisma or other Numus programs, that data is stored at: <drive>\Program Files\Numus b) The main database is stored at: <drive>\Program Files\Numus\Moneta2\Monetadb

Under Windows Vista, the default locations for Moneta data had to be changed to: a) The main database is stored in a folder with the path: <drive>\users\<username>\AppData\Local\Numus\Moneta2\Monetadb b) To facilitate the use of the same Dealer data and Contact data by Nomisma or other Numus programs, that data is stored in a newly created folder with the path: <drive>\users\<username>\AppData\Local\Numus

All of your changes to your Moneta data are automatically saved to the normal data files when you close the program. Additionally, each time you click on the “New Coin” button on the “ENTRY (Coin Details)” screen your previous entry is saved to your hard drive. Your last entry is always saved (but not backed-up) via the auto-saving routines when you close Moneta.

Read-Only vs. Read/Write: Moneta has over 180 places in which data is viewed and/or displayed. The places you may directly change the data use the Windows color scheme you have selected, and the places where you may view data without directly changing it have navy blue letters on aqua backgrounds. Exceptions to this rule are the “FILTER (Group Summary)” and “R FILTER (Group Summary of Removed Coins)” screens, where the fields which you can not directly edit have gray text on an aqua background, signifying that they are not pertinent to the current filter search anyway.

Dates and Currencies: Moneta is internationalized to handle the date and currency formats selected in the ‘Regional Options’ of the ‘Windows Control Panel’ with the exception of the dd-mmm-yy format. Moneta will change that (for its use only - no other programs are affected) to dd-mm-yyyy (all years are displayed in four digits for any date format). For example, ‘26-Apr-05' will be changed to ‘26-04-2005'. Even though Moneta displays four digit years, years may still be entered as two digits.

4

THE MONETA CD The Moneta CD contains three folders in addition to the root directory containing the installation files. The Manual folder contains PDF & Word versions of this manual. The Version Conversion folder contains a program to be used only once by those converting from Moneta 1.2. The Utilities directory contains a utility for the repair of damaged data files. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO USE THIS UTILITY WITHOUT INSTRUCTION FROM NUMUS.

INSTALLING MONETA Moneta is designed to auto-install. This means that after you have placed Moneta in your CD reader and closed it, after a few seconds you should be able to continue with step 8 in the following sequence. If for any reason Moneta does not auto-install, you may manually install it using the following procedure:

1) Close all programs except Windows.2) Click “Start” on the Windows taskbar.3) Click “Settings”, “Control Panel”.4) Double Click “Progrrams” or “Add/Remove Programs”.5) Click “Install”.6) Insert the Moneta CD.7) Click “Next”.8) Click “Finish” after Windows finds the Moneta disk.9) Click “Next” on the Moneta installation ‘Welcome’ screen after carefully reading it.10) Click “Yes” on the ‘Software License Agreement’ screen if you have read and agree.11) Click “Next” on the ‘Choose Destination Location’ screen after either accepting the default directory (compliant with Windows’ standards) or changing it to meet your

needs. Moneta will install “Numus\Moneta2\Monetadb” sub-directories under the destination directory.

12) After making any changes you wish on the ‘Select Program Folder’ screen, click “Next”.13) On the ‘Start Copying Files’ screen, for an initial default installation you should see:

Setup Type: CompleteTarget Folder: C:\Program Files

The User Information is taken from your computer’s Windows registry, but is not used by Moneta.14) Moneta will then be automatically installed, showing you its progress as it installs.15) It is necessary to restart your computer before running Moneta.

RUNNING MONETA FROM A REMOVABLE DRIVEMoneta v2.0.14 and later will run from removable media as long as Moneta has been installed on the host machine and a valid authorization code entered. If the original installation was below version 2.0.14 then the removable media copy will ask for that computer's authorization code the first time it is run on that host machine. Moneta can also be installed directory to removable media, and then moved to any other machine with Moneta previously installed. The database are not synchronized, however, and only one Moneta program can run on a computer at a time.

UN-INSTALLING MONETA1) Moneta installs a record of its files and thus may be un-installed following standard Windows procedures (steps 1-4 above get you to the un-install programs screen).

Moneta on Windows XP and earlier operating systems will uninstall cleanly, except for two file families which reside in the Numus folder. The two file families, Compudex and DealList, are kept because they will be shared with other Numus products, such as the forthcoming Nomisma (Byzantine). For a completely clean uninstall, these two file families must be deleted manually. On Windows Vista and newer Windows systems the folder (and subfolders) at <drive>\users\<username>\AppData\Local\Numus must be manually removed.

5

MOVING MONETA TO A NEW COMPUTER

If you get a new computer and don't do a complete disk copy from your old one, you can run the Moneta install program on the new computer, and then copy all of the old datafiles to the new computer. Copy all files from the old computer directory "Monetadb" into the new computer "Monetadb" directory. You must also copy all files from the old “Numus” directory to the new computer “Numus” directory. A) For Windows XP and older Windows operating systems the default installation paths are: C:\ProgramFiles\Numus and C:\ProgramFiles\Numus\Moneta2\Monetadb. B) For Windows Vista and newer Windows operating systems the default installation paths are: C:\users\<username>\AppData\Local\Numus and C:\users\<username>\AppData\Local\Numus\Moneta2\Monetadb Please note that a new computer requires a new authorization code, freely given by contacting Numus. Additionally, a hard drive reformat or replacement sometimes requires a free new authorization code.

THE ‘NUMUS MONETA’ TRUE-TYPE FONT

The ‘Numus Moneta’ Font (see ‘Appendix A’ of this manual) is automatically installed and registered by Moneta. All entries which use the ‘Numus Moneta’ font can be recognized by the fact that font help hint appears briefly whenever the mouse cursor is over the entry. This font is designed so that the Latin letters (‘capitals’ to us) are entered without the use of the shift key. The shift key or shift lock makes Greek capital letters available. Note that the Greek letters are mapped to the keyboard according to a Greek keyboard. Because the font contains more symbols than the keyboard has keys, the small Greek letters and some of the Roman control marks are accessed by a special technique using either “Alt” key. Either “Alt” key must be held down while all four numerical digits (the leading zero must be entered) are entered on the numeric keypad at the right of the keyboard. You must have the “Num Lock” on in order to do this. The numeric keys at the top of the keyboard will not work, you must have the “Num Lock” on and use the numeric keypad. After entering the four numeric digits release the “Alt” key and the special character will appear. (On laptop computers it is necessary to activate the ‘numeric keypad overlay’ feature for this. Refer to your laptop’s manual.) Since some Greek and Latin letters have the same form, the Numus Moneta font visually differentiates between Greek and Latin letters by using a serif form for Greek, and a sans-serif form for Latin. Greek legends are uniformly entered using Greek letters, with the exception of variant forms of Upsilon and Sigma, which must use the Latin “V” and “C”, respectively.

THE MONETA PHILOSOPHY

Moneta was designed by an electrical engineer with 30 years of experience in factory automation. The hallmark of modern automation is powerful functionality with underlying complexity controlled via a simple interface. Moneta’s interface is extremely simple: if you can see it you can do it. All controls are either pushbuttons or check boxes. Screen objects with keyboard or mouse accessible features (such as a double-click action) display an on-screen hint when the mouse pointer is over them. Moneta does not use any difficult-to-remember cascading menu selections or multiple-key combinations. It deliberately deviates from Windows standards in that the F1 key does not call on-line help. Instead it is logically assigned to the F1-F11 series of keys which call the 11 main screens of Moneta. The F12 key gives the currently available context-sensitive help in Moneta, calling either the mint finder, Moneta Font help, obverse description builder, or the obverse legend finder depending upon which help-enabled entry the cursor is in (help-enabled entries are denoted by a hint when the mouse pointer is over it, as well as being identified in their respective entries in this manual).

6

EXPORTING REPORTS

Nearly all Moneta reports can be exported in QRP, jpg, bmp, Adobe Acrobat PDF, RTF (compatible with most word processors), and html (the language found in web pages) and xhtml (essentially html but it meets higher standards for predictable structure). To use the report export feature, the report must first be previewed, and that means the "Preview Reports before Printing" box must be checked on the 'SET UP (Preferences)' screen (see the 'SET UP (Preferences)' section of this manual for more detail). The report preview will have a diskette icon at the top of the screen. Clicking on that will produce a 'Save Report' dialog box. In the drop-down list at the bottom of the box are the formats you may select. These formats, along with the Moneta font, allow information to be shared via email, web sites, or word processor files. The formats are:

.QRP - A proprietary format which can only be viewed by other Moneta owners. One file is generated per report. Not recommended for general use.

.htm - Extended HyperText Markup Language is a file which can be viewed by all webbrowsers. This format is suitable for posting on websites, but note that any images will be exported as linked jpg files and those must also be kept with (stored in the same directory as) the xhtml file for proper viewing. This format is text-oriented and as such the person viewing must have the Numus Moneta font installed on their computer to properly view the single-coin oriented reports. For search engine purposes, each xhtml report is given a unique page title. The title is “ruler’s name - Coin no. - Moneta Single Coin Report”. For example a report of a coin of Constantine I, coin no. CONTINE-7 will generate an html page entitled: CONSTANTINE I - CONTINE-7 - Moneta Single Coin Report The .htm file type is used for both html and xhtml (extended html) files. Moneta generates xhtml is much like html, but is much more rigidly structured internally so that it readily lends itself to search engines. It uses the same extension (.htm) as normal html files only because Microsoft Internet Explorer can not handle the .xhtml file extension!

.jpg - Joint Photographic Experts Group, the most common graphics format, again viewable by all web browsers. Since this format encodes any characters as part of the graphic, image, it is suitable for viewing by anyone on any computer. Only one file is generated per report (no other graphics images need to be linked into it)..pdf - Portable Document Format, a widely used format which preserves text and graphics and is often called ‘Adobe Acrobat format’. This format is text-oriented but the Numus Moneta font is embedded in the file so the report can be correctly viewed by anyone with a pdf reader installed on their computer (although they can see the Numus Moneta font in the document, the font isn't installed on their computer). One file is generated per report..bmp - Bitmap format, the most basic (and largest in file size) of all graphics formats. It encodes any characters as part of the graphic image and thus can be read by any computer. One file is generated per report..rtf - Rich Text File, a format which can be read by most word processors and which also

preserves any graphic images. Since rtf is text-oriented again the person viewing must have the Numus Moneta font installed on their computer to properly view the single-coin oriented reports. One file is generated per report.

In summation, all reports in graphics formats (jpg and bmp) as well as the pdf format are viewable on any computer, while the character-oriented formats (html, xhtml, and rtf) require the Numus Moneta font to be on the viewer's computer. The single coin reports will display on any computer, but the Moneta font will be garbled in html and rtf if the font is not installed. Reports which don't use the Moneta font (all reports except the single coin reports) will always be properly viewable.

7

OVERVIEW OF MONETA

Moneta is comprised of eleven main screens, thirty-eight “mini-screens”, and twenty-two reports. Moneta does not use confusing menus. All of your choices on any screen are visible controls, usually pushbuttons. The main screens are navigated either via clicking on the desired tab at the bottom of each screen or by using the F1 through F11 function keys as indicated by the numbers 1-11 on the tabs. The functionality of each of the main screens is as follows:

1) ENTRY (Coin Details) Screen - This is the main data entry screen and the only screen which displays the complete details of each coin. All of the data about a coin is entered on this screen except for the image which is entered on the image screen.

2) SET UP (Preferences) Screen - This customizes Moneta to suit your particular needs.3) STATS (Statistics) Screen - This displays a spread-sheet style summary of your collection

(or subsets based upon prefixes and/or suffixes of your coin numbers). Show the quantities of your coins based upon ruler and denomination, as well as the cost and value of your collection (or subsets as above).

4) FILTER (Group Summary) Screen - This allows you to search for coins by characteristics such as ruler, denomination, metal, mint, how acquired, when acquired, amount paid, value, category, and reverse legend.

5) REMOVED (Removed Coin Details) Screen - This provides details on all coins which you have removed from your collection, be it through sale, trade, or donation. It also provides the details on the sale, trade, or donation.

6) R FILTER (Group Summary of Removed Coins) Screen - This screen provides the same functionality as the “FILTER (Group Summary) Screen” except that it only operates on coins which you have removed from your collection.

7) COMPUDEX (Compudex) Screen - This provides a “computerized index” card of all of your numismatic contacts, whether they be collectors or dealers. This screen also administrates the “dealer list” for your acquisitions and removals.

8) REF (Historical Reference) Screen - This contains the equivalent of over 430 single-spaced pages of material on the rulers, the coin denominations, and the mint cities. The customizable short summary of each ruler, denomination, and mint city appears on one of the reports which you can generate from the “ENTRY (Coin Details) Screen”.

9) IMAGE (Image Loader/Extractor) Screen - This lets you preview any JPEG, BMP, directly TWAIN-acquired, or clipboard images of your coins, and load them into the proper coin record. It also allows you to extract the images from Moneta to a file or the clipboard.

10) CUSTOM (Customization Screen) - This screen allows you to administrate your lists of rulers, mints, categories, metals, mint marks, legends, denominations, conditions, cities, and obverse descriptions. The compressed backup files are also made on this screen and data can be packed.

11) IM/EX (Import/Export) Screen - This allows you to import coins from a portable medium such as a floppy disk, and to export them to any of the fixed or removable disk storage devices on your computer. Currently “Native” Moneta and CSV formats are supported.

The functionality of each of the mini-screens and the reports follows under the discussions of each of the above main screens.

UPDATING MONETA

Numus has a policy of continuous improvement and offers free upgrades to take advantage of our latest improvements. Those upgrades are posted on our website at:www.numus.com/downloads.htm The upgrades only take a moment to apply and you only need the latest one, since all previous improvements will be included in the latest. You can also access that web page directly by clicking on the “Start: Programs: Moneta2: Moneta2 Free Updates” link (beginning with the Windows start button).

8

SET UP (Preferences) Screen

The “SET UP (Preferences)” screen sets Moneta for your personal data and preferences. Since it contains some personal data and your cost and date codes, its access is password protected. The initial password is “Moneta” (passwords in Moneta are case-sensitive). IF YOU CHANGE THE PASSWORD PLEASE BE SURE TO RECORD IT SOMEWHERE!

The “MONETA Set Up Access” password box is activated anytime someone requests access the “SET UP (Preferences)” screen. The box initially has the password entry field and three controls on it, a “Retain” check box, an “OK” button, and a “Cancel” button. The “Cancel” button closes the password box and denies access to the “SET UP” screen. Incorrect password entries are rejected with the message “Invalid Password. Access Denied.”. There is no maximum number of tries allowed. The “Retain” check box is initially disabled, but once the proper password has been entered it is enabled and can be checked to essentially bypass the password entry. You may wish to do this if you are operating in a secure environment, although once you have initially configured the “SET UP” screen there is little need to return to it. Additionally once the proper password has been entered a check box labeled “Change” appears in the upper right-hand corner. If you check this check box the password box immediately enlarges to show two new fields, the “Enter new password” field and the “Verify new password” field. If you enter a new password you must then confirm it by typing it again in exactly the same fashion (upper and lower case does matter). The length of the password can be essentially unlimited. If the entries match you receive a “Change Successful” message, but you must still click on “OK” to close the password box and move on to the “SET UP” screen. If the entries don’t match you will be informed and the password will not be changed. Since the password box doesn’t automatically close itself you can try to re-enter the new password.

OWNER: The information entered here is used solely for printout purposes, and then only if the “Show on printouts” check box in the “PRINTING” box is checked. The print outs will show as much or as little information as you desire to enter. Experimentation using the report preview mode will allow you to arrive at the proper mix of information (if any) on the printouts which best serves your purposes.

FILE BY: Moneta can assign catalog numbers (coin numbers) in multiple fashions, and it is strongly suggested that you give serious consideration to the system which will best suit you, because re-numbering is done one coin at a time. Coins can be re-numbered at any time on the ‘ENTRY (Coin Details) Screen’ by checking the “Edit” box next to the ‘Coin Number’ label (see the “ENTRY (Coin Details) Screen” section for details). Another way to re-number is to “export and remove” the coin, then import it with the new cataloging system set on this screen. That can be a fast process if the “export/import” target drive is your hard drive, but since “export and remove” is a one-at-a-time process it is still painful if many coins must be re-numbered. The fundamental catalog number structure for Moneta is:

PPPPPPPP-N-SSSSSSSSwhere P and S are optional alpha-numeric characters,

and N is a mandatory positive integer<=999999

In other words, all coin numbers must contain a positive whole number less than or equal to 999999 (In Moneta do not use any separators such as commas in the number). The optional prefix characters (P)

9

and suffix characters (S) can be any printable keyboard characters with a length of up to and including eight characters in both the prefix and the suffix. Typical uses of the prefix or suffix might be your collecting area or initials (e.g. Roman-1-GTS) or possibly a “museum-type” accession number (e.g. Roman-1-1999). Catalog numbers are limited by Moneta to 24 characters, including the mandatory hyphens (this allows 6-digit numbers in addition to the full eight character optional suffix and prefix).

If “Simple Numeric” is selected in the “NUMBERING SYSTEM” box, then the number can assume the following forms, depending upon the “Auto Prefix” and “Auto Suffix” entries:

1) Simply numeric (1,2,3,4,5...) if the “Auto Prefix” and “Auto Suffix” entries are blank.2) Numeric with a constant prefix of up to 8 characters (e.g. Numus-1, Numus-2, Numus-3... if the “Auto Prefix” entry is ‘Numus’ and the “Auto Suffix” entry is blank).3) Numeric with a constant suffix of up to 8 characters (e.g. 1-Roman, 2-Roman, 3-Roman... if the “Auto Prefix” entry is blank and the “Auto Suffix” entry is

‘Roman’).4) Numeric with a constant prefix and suffix of up to 8 characters each (e.g. Collect-1-Coins, Collect-2-Coins, Collect-3-Coins... if the “Auto Prefix” entry is ‘Collect’ and the “Auto Suffix” entry is ‘Coins’).

If “Ruler” is selected in the “NUMBERING SYSTEM” box, the coin number will be assigned using the abbreviation of the ruler as defined on the screen which will open when the “Set Up Abbrev...” button is clicked. The abbreviations may be changed to your taste, and if you change your mind later the program will automatically update all existing entries with the new abbreviation if you answer yes to the dialog box which appears after every accepted abbreviation change. Moneta automatically checks for duplicate abbreviations and restores the old abbreviation if you cause a conflict. When updating the collection with an abbreviation change, Moneta will only change those coins with an automatically assigned ruler abbreviation (to avoid inadvertently changing a prefix or suffix which is accidentally also a ruler abbreviation and to avoid changing deliberately set manual coin numbers). A “pop-up box” will ask whether you wish the ruler abbreviation to be used as the prefix or suffix, and your choice will be entered automatically into the prefix or suffix entry as ‘(Ruler)’, overwriting any previously assigned prefix or suffix, depending upon which you have chosen to receive the abbreviation. The remaining suffix or prefix may optionally be used to assign your own custom characters. If “Ruler” is selected in the “NUMBERING SYSTEM” box, then the coin number can assume the following forms, depending upon the “Auto Prefix” and “Auto Suffix” entries:

1) Numeric with a ruler abbreviation as a prefix (e.g. GALBA-1, GALBA-2, GALBA-3 if three coins of Galba are entered, you have selected the ruler abbreviation to be used as a prefix, and have not specified a suffix).2) Numeric with a ruler abbreviation as a suffix (e.g. 1-GALBA, 2-GALBA, 3-GALBA if three coins of Galba are entered, you have selected the ruler abbreviation to be used as a suffix, and have not specified a prefix).3) Numeric with both a prefix and a suffix (e.g. Roman-1-GALBA, Roman-2-GALBA, Roman-3-GALBA... if three coins of Galba are entered, you have selected the ruler abbreviation to be used as a suffix, and have specified a prefix of ‘Roman’).4) Numeric with both a prefix and a suffix (e.g. GALBA-1-Roman, GALBA-2-Roman, GALBA-3-Roman... if three coins of Galba are entered, you have selected the ruler abbreviation to be used as a prefix, and have specified a suffix of ‘Roman’).

If “Always Increment Numeric” is checked in the “FILE BY” box then each coin regardless of prefix or suffix will have a unique number. For example, if “Always Increment Numeric” were checked and a coin of Trajan Decius were to be entered as above, the Decius coin would receive the coin number of DECIUS-4, 4-DECIUS, Roman-4-DECIUS, or DECIUS-4-Roman. If the “Always Increment Numeric”

10

box is unchecked, then in the above four cases the coin of Trajan Decius would receive the coin number of DECIUS-1, 1-DECIUS, Roman-1-DECIUS, or DECIUS-1-Roman, respectively. The subsequent selection of “Simple Numeric” or “Manual Assignment” will automatically clear the allocation of a prefix or suffix to the ruler abbreviation, while retaining any manually entered prefixes or suffixes.

If “Manual Assignment” is selected in the “NUMBERING SYSTEM” box, the number can assume any of the forms given above, but Moneta will not automatically assign anything - you must type in the coin number each time. A typical application of manual assignment might be the assignment of RIC (Roman Imperial Coinage - a standard reference for attributions) numbers such as RIC VI-123-a2 if the coin in question were RIC volume six, number 123a, and the second example in your collection. The key to remember for manual assignment is that each coin number must be somehow unique. If you try to assign a coin number that is already used, the program will inform you of that and cancel the new entry. NOTE: In manual assignment mode, coin numbers which ambiguously consist of two numerics (separated by the mandatory dash) will be treated as a number and a suffix, not as a prefix and a number. Although for most purposes this doesn’t matter, it is important to remember because it will impact the use of the “Restrict Groups” box on the filtering screens and the “STATS (Statistics)” screen (any restriction will apply only to the second numeric - the suffix, not the first).

SIZE CONVERSION: The information entered here is used by Moneta to configure the entry screen to accept your normal units of diameter entry. The “FROM” selection can be changed at any time with no impact upon already-entered coins, and even the “TO” units can be changed with no impact to already-existing coins since the program stores the “TO” units in effect when each entry was originally made. The “REASONABLE LIMITS” section is used to check for possible errors on the “ENTRY (Coin Details)” screen. If you enter a diameter which is outside of the range you define here Moneta will ask you to check your diameter since it is unusual. However Moneta will only ask one time - cursoring or tabbing through this field afterward will not generate the reminder. To effectively disable this feature you can set the bottom limit to zero and set the top limit to a very large number (e.g. - 1000).

WEIGHT CONVERSION: The information entered here is used by Moneta to configure the entry screen to accept your normal units of weight entry. The “FROM” selection can be changed at any time with no impact upon already-entered coins. The “REASONABLE LIMITS” section is used to check for possible errors on the “ENTRY (Coin Details)” screen. If you enter a weight which is outside of the range you define here Moneta will ask you to check your weight since it is unusual. However Moneta will only ask you one time - cursoring through this field afterward will not generate the reminder. To effectively disable this feature you can set the bottom limit to zero and set the top limit to a very large number (e.g. - 1000).

ATTRIBUTIONS: The entries you make here will be the default prefixes for the six attribution fields on the entry screen. This will save re-typing the same references repeatedly. Typical entries which might be made here are ‘Sear’, ‘BMC’, ‘Cohen’, ‘RSC’, or ‘RIC’. For example, if ‘RSC’ were the first entry, and you entered 234a in the first attribution field of the entry screen, the attribution automatically becomes ‘RSC-234a’. These attributions can be changed at any time with no impact upon existing data since Moneta stores the attribution which was in effect when the entry was originally made. Likewise once an attribution is made, Moneta will no longer automatically assign a prefix, so if you wished to replace ‘RSC-234a’ with ‘LRBC-554' in the first attribution you can do so later even though the default may still be ‘RSC’.

11

PRINTING: Two simple check boxes determine whether to print the owner’s information at the bottom of all reports and whether to preview reports. If “Show Owner Info on Printouts” is checked, all reports will have a footer of as much or as little information as you have entered into the “OWNER” box. If unchecked, the information will not appear on any printouts. If “Preview Reports before Printing” is checked, the reports will be shown on your screen, at which time you can elect to print or simply “close” them. If unchecked, reports are sent directly to the Windows default printer. This feature can be of use during initial familiarization with Moneta, as well as during any modifications of the “Print” reference material (to ensure it will still print within the space allocated). Normally this box will be unchecked, however it must be checked if you wish to export a report to a file format such as html, jpg, bmp, pdf, or rtf. See this manual’s section on ‘Exporting Reports; for more detail.

SECURITY: Moneta provides the following levels of security:

1) Underlying data tables are “doubly” password protected so virtually no one can open them without Moneta.2) Moneta can require an optional password to gain access to the program.3) Moneta can require an optional password to gain access to your price/value and date codes.4) All Monetary numbers can be optionally coded with a substitution code.5) All dates can be optionally coded with an offset substitution code.

Note that while the above passwords and codes will certainly prevent casual “snooping”, they are not sophisticated enough to withstand a concerted “hacker” attack or attempts by governmental authorities. The first check box “Require Password at Startup” if checked requires entering a password before the program will open beyond the initial title screen. If unchecked the program will open for anyone. If checking this option, be aware that loss of your password will prevent your access to the program. Both passwords are the same, and can be changed from the default 'Moneta' by clicking on the 'Change' checkbox on the password dialog when accessing the Setup screen. The two check boxes within the “ENCODE” box determine whether the codes that you have entered for dates and costs (which also apply to values) will be applied to screens only, printouts only, or both. “Printouts” and “Screens” are independent selections. The “COST CODE” box contains two choices, either “No Code” or “Code”. If “No Code” is selected then cost and value amounts will not be encoded regardless of the status of the “ENCODE” box. If “Code” is chosen then a ten-character codeword must be entered. The codeword can not have any repeated letters (e.g. - REGULATORS is not permissible because the letter ‘R’ occurs twice). The amounts will then be encoded as simple substitutions, with 1 being replaced with the first letter of your code, 2 being replaced with the second letter of your code, and so forth until 0 is replaced with the tenth letter of your code. For example, if your code is ‘REPUBLICAN’ then $540.00 would be encoded as $BUN.NN. You can change your code at any time as the encoding is dynamic with the underlying data remaining un-encoded (as far as the Moneta substitution code is concerned). The only problem with changing codes will be printouts made with the old code. Choosing “No Code” will delete any code entry. The “DATE CODE” box works much the same as the “COST CODE” box except for one difference. The date code incorporates an optional ‘Base Year’ offset which is subtracted from the actual year to arrive at the year to encode . If ‘Base Year’ is left blank it has no effect. For example if your date code were ‘REPUBLICAN’ and the ‘Base Year’ were blank, then the date 11/29/1995 would be encoded as RR/EA/RAAB. However, if you choose 1950 as your base year, then 11/29/1995 would become 11/29/45 (1995-1950=45) before encoding, resulting in RR/EA/UB. The base year must be a number between 0 and the earliest year of any “acquisition date” or “valuation date” referred to in your collection. Although the example codes are the same, they can also be different.

12

ENTRY (Coin Details) Screen

The “ENTRY (Coin Details)” screen is the main data entry screen for Moneta as well as serving as the screen where the complete details on any coin can be viewed at one time.

The “New Coin” button is the means to prepare the screen to accept a new coin entry. When clicked it will always give blanks for all of the data entry fields except the “Coin Number”, “Authenticity”, and “Acquisition Date” fields. The “Coin Number” field will assume one of three different states depending upon the status of the “NUMBERING SYSTEM” box on the SET UP (Preferences) screen:

1) If “Simple Numeric” is selected on the SET UP screen then the “Coin Number” field will automatically be filled in with the next available coin number, with any prefixes or suffixes as optionally specified on the SET UP screen. Control will pass to the “Ruler” field, which should always be the first entry because the look-up tables for the denominations, mints, and obverse legends are determined by the entry in “Ruler” (entries into those fields are disabled until the ruler’s name is entered).

2) If “Ruler” is selected on the SET UP screen then the “Coin Number” field will automatically read “(Assigned by Ruler)” and control will pass to the “Ruler” field. After the ruler’s name is selected, the new coin number will appear. Again the ruler’s name should be the first manual entry on the screen. Assigning numbers with the ruler’s abbreviation lends more power to the “STATS (Statistics)” screen in that values and costs by ruler can then be obtained by appropriate settings of the “Restrict Groups” box.

3) If “Manual Assignment” is selected on the SET UP screen then the “Coin Number” field will automatically read “(Manual Assignment)” and control will pass to the “Coin Number” field for you to enter the new coin’s catalog number. Note that this is the only time you can change the catalog number, and once you press the “Enter” key you can not edit the “Coin Number” field. If you discover a mistake in the coin number after leaving “Coin Number” you should delete the entry and start a new one. If you have completed all of the information entry an easier alternative is to export and import the coin to/from your hard drive, which gives you the opportunity to give the coin a new number upon importation (assuming “Manual Assignment” is still selected on SET UP). Upon leaving the “Coin Number” field control will pass to the “Ruler” field. The Coin Number entry is limited to 24 characters. The “Edit” check box to the right of the “Coin Number” label allows you to change the coin number at any time. Checking the box selects the “Coin Number” for entry and visually alerts you to that fact by turning the background from aqua to white. You may then manually type in any valid coin number (Moneta will of course check the number when you try to enter it and re-position the cursor in the entry if the number is invalid or already used in either the collection or the removed coins). The new number is entered either by un-checking the “Edit” box, pressing the ‘enter’ or ‘tab’ keys, or clicking on another entry field. If you attempt to leave the screen while a manual edit is still pending, the edit will be canceled. The edit will also be canceled if you click any of the buttons (‘Find’, ‘Print’, etc.) or leave the current coin by using the “Navigator buttons”. The “Edit” check box will automatically un-check itself after a successful edit when you click in another entry field or you press the ‘enter’ or ‘tab’ keys. If the Coin Number which you changed was already in the 2x2 print list, the print list will be changed accordingly. If the number wasn’t in the 2x2 print list, a new entry in that list will be made.

The “Ruler” field is perhaps the second most important entry (after the coin or catalog number), since the denomination, mint, and obverse legend drop-down selection lists will auto-configure based upon the ruler entry. The ruler may either be selected from the drop-down list or manually entered. The entry is strictly limited to the choices available in the drop-down list, and the closest entry to what you have already typed will automatically appear after every letter you enter. The ruler choices on the drop-down list may be changed on the “CUSTOM” screen using the buttons in the “RULERS” section. Note that after approximately two seconds between letters it is assumed that you have made an error and wish to re-enter, so the next letter after a two-second pause will be treated as the first letter of a new ruler.

13

The “Metal” field is automatically filled in once the denomination is selected. Any automatic entry can be manually changed after the denomination selection is made, but if a new denomination is selected the metal will be overwritten with the default metal of the new denomination. The default metal for each denomination is set on the “CUSTOM” screen using the “METAL-DENOMINATION LINK” pushbutton. The choices on the metal drop-down list itself may be changed on the “CUSTOM” screen using the buttons in the “METALS” section. The “Metal” field is not a tab stop, meaning that the only way to make a manual entry there is to select it with the mouse and then type in the metal’s name. Note that the entry is strictly limited to the selections available from the drop-down list, and that a two-second pause in typing will again result in the assumption that you are beginning a new metal. NOTE: The only exception to the default metal-denomination link is the ‘antoninianus’ (or “Aurelianus”) denomination for rulers beginning their reign after 253, in which case the default metal-denomination link (normally ‘Silver’) is automatically over-ridden and ‘Billon’ is entered.

The “Denomination” field can filled either by selecting from the drop-down list or by typing in the denomination. Again the entry is strictly limited to the selections available from the drop-down list, and a two-second pause in typing will again result in the assumption that you are beginning a new denomination. The choices on the denomination drop-down list itself may be changed on the “CUSTOM” screen using the buttons in the “DENOMINATIONS” section.

The “Authenticity” field can be filled either by selecting from the drop-down list or by typing in the denomination. It automatically defaults to ‘Genuine’ when you click the “New Coin” button, but you can then either select from the drop-down list or enter your own description (15 characters maximum). The entry is not limited to the drop-down list selection and therefore no provision is made to change that list. Additionally since any entry is allowed no effort is made to complete your typing with the closest available list selection.

The “Condition” field contents can either be manually typed or selected from the drop-down list, with the descriptions being limited to a maximum of 12 characters. This is intended for the basic grade of the coin, and typical entries might be ‘FDC’, ‘VF/F’ (to describe the obverse and reverse condition separately), or ‘VF for type’. Any modifiers, such as ‘Rough surfaces’, ‘Jade-green patina’, ‘Flan crack at 5 o’clock’, etc. are intended to be included in the “Notes” field. You may customize the drop-down list contents from the ‘CUSTOM (Customization) Screen’.

The “Mint/City” field works in conjunction with the checkbox next to the word “City”. The checkbox is not a tab stop since it will not necessarily be used for each entry. This checkbox can be used to force the Mint/City box to display either a mint (one of the Imperial mints, or a city (one of the approximately 600 provincial mints). The checkbox actually functions in three fashions: a) If checked, a new coin entry will default to the Provincial City listing (meaning the drop-down list will contain all of the provincial cities which struck coinage), or if unchecked a new coin entry will default to an imperial mint list. b) Your “checked” or “unchecked” selection is maintained until you change it, BUT if you display an existing entry, Moneta2 will automatically sense what you have previously entered (a city or an imperial mint) and display it in black type, while the inactive choice (mint or city) will be grey. Note that the box itself does not “check” or “uncheck” with each entry displayed - it remains your default. c) Should you wish to change a currently displayed entry, you can simply check or uncheck the box with the entry displayed and you can force the box to be whatever

14

you desire for that entry. Note that if you make a city selection, Moneta will automatically fill in “Provincial Mint” in the non-visible ‘Mint’ field. Moneta does not attempt a city history for each of the 600 provincial mints, so a generic history for a ‘Provincial Mint’ has been provided, and that will be the default for the so-called ‘single-coin reference report’. For a new coin if the checkbox is not checked, the mint entry can filled either by selecting from the drop-down list or by typing in the mint (after each character your typing will be completed with the list entry which is the closest match). Again the entry is strictly limited to the selections available from the drop-down list, and a two-second pause in typing will again result in the assumption that you are beginning a new mint. The choices on the mint drop-down list itself may be changed on the “CUSTOM” screen using the buttons in the “MINTS” section. Help in determining the mint can be obtained by pressing the “F12" key when the cursor is in the “Mint” field. The “F12" key will call the “Moneta Mint Finder” mini-screen and after entering the mint and control mark information and clicking the “Search” button Moneta will provide a list of possible mints with the years of issue. The control marks entries are single-line entries rather than the “tall” entry boxes on the “ENTRY (Coin Details)” screen. This facilitates the entry of the control marks, since appearance within the field is not important to the Moneta search engine. WHAT IS IMPORTANT is that the control marks be entered in the proper entry field (the left, center, or right fields) and that they be entered from left to right, top to bottom in the case of multiple lines of control marks in a single entry field. For example if the right control mark on a coin were to consist of three lines of marks (e.g. - “AB” on the topmost line, “C” on the second line, and “DE” on the bottom line), then you would simply type “ABCDE” (in that order) in the right control mark search entry. After the search is complete, double-clicking one of the mint choices and will result in that mint and years being transferred to the “Mint”, “Struck between”, and “and” entries on the “ENTRY (Coin Details)” screen. If you don’t wish that to happen either click the “Done” or “Cancel” buttons. You may wish to complete the mint mark and control mark information on the “ENTRY (Coin Details)” screens first since Moneta will suggest those entries as the starting point for your search if they exist and that will save you typing in the Moneta font. The operation of the various search options is detailed under the “Find a Mint Mark” button of the “CUSTOM (Customization Screen)” section of this manual. The font help screen is available from the “Moneta Mint Finder” mini-screen by pressing the “F12" key any time the cursor is in the mint mark entry or any of the control mark entries. Notice also that when in the “City” field, a search screen, the “Moneta Provincial/Colonial City Identifier” is accessible by using Ctrl-F12 (holding down the Control key and then pressing the F12 key). Note this screen is also accessible from the “Custom 10” screen (using the “Find a Provincial City Button”). Accessing the City Identifier from the entry screen enables you to return the city and reverse legend you have identified to the proper places on the entry screen, whether or not your entry screen is set to receive them. In the event you are not set properly (for example you have the “Mint” field showing instead of the “City” field), you will be asked whether you want to transfer the data. If you answer yes your entry screen will be configured properly. If the legend you want returned conflicts with the legend you already have entered, you will also be asked whether you really want to return the new legend. The two data transfers are independent of one another. Note that on the City Identifier, spaces are optional, and up to two asterisks (*) may be used to signify missing portions of the legend (one asterisk represents one or more missing letters in a row) and the ‘8’ key (a backward sigma in the Moneta font) can be used to signify a missing character or characters when the number is known (each ‘8’ represents one character). Additionally, since on provincial coinage the form of the Greek letter ‘upsilon’ is sometimes seen as ‘Y’ and sometimes as ‘V’, a checkbox is provided to search for both forms. As with all Moneta legend searches, no asterisks or 8’s are necessary to signify missing fragments at the beginning or end of a legend.

15

The “Struck between” and “and” entries will automatically be filled with the dates of coinage of the selected ruler, and will be automatically updated based upon information from the mint mark entry, the obverse legend entry, and the reverse legend entry. For new entries where the person (or her husband in the case of women) did not rule, the dates are left blank for manual entry as determined by other references. The era (BC or AD) will automatically default to AD since that is when the vast majority of Roman Imperial coinage was struck, but it can be manually changed. The years themselves may be either manually entered, adjusted by the “spin controls” (up-down adjusters) to the right of the date, or adjusted by using the “up” and “down” arrow keys. Dates ranging from 1 to 2100 may be entered (2100 allows for the entry of modern counterfeits and reproductions). When the time period is known more specifically (e.g. - a month or season of a year) the details may be entered in the “Notes” field. Note that the “Moneta Mint Finder” screen can also be called from the “Struck between” and “and” fields whenever the cursor is in them by pressing the “F12" key (see the above paragraph on the “Mint” entry). This can help to narrow the possible time frame of the coin.

The “Diameter in (units)” (where units may be Dec. Inches, Sixteenths, Thirty-Seconds, Sixty-fourths, or mm) field will only appear if the information you entered in the “SIZE CONVERSION” box on the “SETUP” (Preferences) Screen indicates that you will enter the diameter measurement in units different from that which you wish the final measurement to be. If it is visible, enter the measurement in the field and Moneta will automatically convert to the desired units in the field below, entitled “Dia. (Units)”, where units may be either Dec. In. or mm. Moneta will automatically make a reasonability check on your entry and prompt you to verify if the final diameter after conversion is outside of the diameter limits you set on the “SET UP (Preferences)” screen. If the information you entered in the “SIZE CONVERSION” box indicates no conversion is necessary then this field will not appear on your screen. Note that when this field does appear the final diameter field is skipped in the normal tab order and can not be entered unless its “Edit” box is checked.

The “Dia. (Units)”, where units may be either Dec. In. or mm, field will always appear although it is only in the normal data entry order when the “SIZE CONVERSION” box on the “SETUP” (Preferences) Screen indicates that the “FROM” and “TO” units that you have chosen are the same. If the units are different then the field will be filled with an automatically calculated diameter as indicated above. The final measurement can be edited if desired by checking the “Edit” box immediately below and making the change. Note that the “Edit” check box only appears when the “FROM” and “TO” units are different. The “Edit” check box will automatically un-check itself when you press the ‘enter’ or ‘tab’ keys after completing your edit. Moneta will automatically make a reasonability check on your entry and prompt you to verify if the final diameter after conversion is outside of the diameter limits you set on the “SET UP (Preferences)” screen. Note that when the value is set to mm AND the denomination is “Provincial Ae”, a sentence will be added to the “Notes” field stating that since the original names of Provincial Ae denominations are almost never known, the coin is commonly known as an “Ae xx”, where xx is the rounded value of the diameter in millimeters. This note is only added when the “Notes” field is blank – otherwise it is assumed that the issue has been dealt with in a note of your creation. Feel free to modify or delete the sentence.

The “Weight in (units)” (where units may be Grains, Av. Ounces, or Troy Ounces) field will only appear if the information you entered in the “WEIGHT CONVERSION” box on the “SETUP” (Preferences) Screen indicates that you will enter the weight measurement in units different from grams. If it is visible, enter the measurement in the field and Moneta will automatically convert to grams in the field below, entitled “Weight (gm)”. Moneta will automatically make a reasonability check on your entry

16

and prompt you to verify if the final diameter after conversion is outside of the weight limits you set on the “SET UP (Preferences)” screen. If the information you entered in the “WEIGHT CONVERSION” box shows no conversion is necessary this field won't appear. Note when this field does appear the “Weight (gm)” field is skipped in the tab order and can't be entered unless its “Edit” box is checked.

The “Weight (gm)” field will always appear although it is only in the normal data entry order when the “WEIGHT CONVERSION” box on the “SETUP” (Preferences) Screen indicates that the “FROM” and “TO” units that you have chosen are the same. If the units are different then the field will be filled with an automatically calculated weight as indicated above. The final measurement can be edited if desired by checking the “Edit” box immediately below and making the change. Note that the “Edit” check box only appears when the “FROM” and “TO” units are different. The “Edit” check box will automatically un-check itself when you press the ‘enter’ or ‘tab’ keys after completing your edit. Moneta will automatically make a reasonability check on your entry and prompt you to verify if the final diameter after conversion is outside of the weight limits you set on the “SET UP (Preferences)” screen.

The “Die Alignment” field entry is the number of circular degrees (0-359) by which the reverse die is rotated with respect to the obverse die. A number exact to the nearest degree may be manually entered, or the value may be adjusted in 15-degree increments either by the “spin controls” (up-down adjusters) to the right or the “up” and “down” arrow keys. Visual feedback is given by the rotating arrow which appears below the field. Moneta recognizes the difference between a 0 degree die alignment (meaning no die rotation) and a blank field meaning the information has not been entered or has been deleted. The print-out for a blank field will indicate “N/R”, meaning “not recorded”. When the cursor is in the “Die Alignment” field, a miniscreen to help understand the concept can be called by pressing the F12 key.

The “Category” entry is a thematic means of classifying your coins for easy retrieval and printouts. The field can be filled either by selecting from the drop-down list or by typing in the category (after each character your typing will be completed with the list entry which is the closest match). Again the entry is strictly limited to the selections available from the drop-down list, and a two-second pause in typing will again result in the assumption that you are beginning a new category. The choices on the category drop-down list itself may be changed on the “CUSTOM” screen using the buttons in the “CATEGORIES” section.

The “Legends” drop-down box is not a tab stop since it will not normally be manipulated with each new coin. This box only accepts one of the five entries from its drop-down list (‘All’, ‘Imperatorial’, ‘Latin Imperial’, ‘Colonial’, and ‘Greek Prov.’). It controls which legends will be visible in both the obverse and reverse legend drop-down lists. ‘All’ will display for the selected ruler every legend in the Moneta2 database. ‘Imperatorial’ will only display legends only for the time period between the Republic and 27BC (currently this only impacts Augustus – known as Octavian in the Imperatorial period - though astute Moneta users will see a foreshadowing of Moneta3!). ‘Latin Imperial’ will only display the Latin legends used at the Imperial (rather than provincial) mints. These are the legends which Moneta 1.2.x presented. ‘Colonial’ will only display Latin legends from cities which gained “colony” status under the Empire. Since the majority of these colonies were populated by Roman military veterans or Italian emigrants, the coinage of these colonies normally used Latin legends. ‘Greek Prov.’ will only display the legends of the provincial mints which struck in Greek. This is the vast majority of the provincial mints. It should be noted that while Moneta2 comprises a corpus of known Imperial, Imperatorial (as far as is currently covered), and Colonial legends, the bewildering array of Greek legends used by nearly 600 cities over nearly 300 years does not currently allow a corpus of those legends to be presented. A

17

great number of obverse legends is presented, since they can be common to several cities, but very few Greek reverse legends are currently presented. A notable exception is that Moneta2 does have a corpus of the reverse legends of the Alexandria, Egypt mint, with the exception of the reverses which simply comprise a date. The legends box was created to allow the student of the coinage to see comparative legends, as well as to allow the Roman Imperial collector who has no interest in provincial coinage, for example, to filter out those thousands of legends and only select from the subset of the legends which interest him/her.

The “Obverse Legend” can either be manually typed or selected from the drop-down list (you are not restricted to the selections available in the drop-down list, however if you start to type the legend and then drop down the list, the closest legend to what you have already typed will be highlighted). When the cursor is in the “Obverse Legend” field you can obtain help in finding the proper legend by pressing the ‘F12' key (whatever legend you have already entered is automatically transferred to the ‘Obverse Legend Finder’ mini-screen). The operation of that mini-screen is described in the “CUSTOM (Customization Screen)” section of this manual. Once you have determined the proper obverse legend you can automatically transfer both the ruler and it to the “Obverse Legend” field by double-clicking on the legend you want transferred. You can perform this operation at any time when in ‘Simple Numeric’ or ‘Ruler’ number assignment modes, although when in ‘Manual Assignment’ mode the coin number must be assigned before attempting to use the ‘Obverse Legend Finder’. Since the “Obverse Legend” field uses the Numus Moneta font for entries, typing Shift-F12 (holding the shift key down and then typing the F12 key) will call the font help screen. Upon leaving the “Obverse Legend” entry, Moneta will attempt to locate the legend in its database and find the dates when the legend was used. It will then compare the dates with the “struck from” and “struck to” entries and replace either or both if the new dates provide a narrower “window”. Not all legends are currently dated. Note that any legends manually typed are subjected to the following automatic conversions: lower-case letters become upper-case letters, ‘W’ is not allowed, ‘I’ is substituted for ‘J’, and ‘V’ is substituted for ‘U’. The “Obverse Legend” is limited to 70 characters. All characters will print on the 2x2 flip inserts if the ‘folded’ flip option is selected, but only about the first 55 will print if the ‘flat’ flip option is selected.

The “Obverse Description” can either be manually typed, selected from the customizable drop-down list initially containing 21 of the most common bust types, or composed using the “Obverse Description Builder” which is opened by pressing the ‘F12' key when the cursor is in the “Obverse Description” field. Note that the initial drop-down list actually contains 31 entries for the 21 bust types because abbreviated descriptions are also provided for the 10 bust types which would exceed one line on a printed flip (in case you wish to limit the obverse description to one line using the flip designer). The abbreviated descriptions are visually obvious because they all use the ampersand (&) in place of the word “and” The “Obverse Description Builder” will use the contents, if any, of the “Obverse Description” field as its starting default. The description built on the “Obverse Description Builder” screen will automatically transfer to the “Obverse Description” field when you close the builder screen. The obverse description is limited to 100 characters and all will print on the 2x2 coin flip inserts if the ‘folded’ flip option is selected and the maximum three lines are devoted to it. You can modify the drop-down list from the ‘CUSTOM (Customization) Screen’.

The “Reverse Legend” can either be manually typed or selected from the drop-down list (you are not restricted to the selections available in the drop-down list, however if you start to type the legend and then drop down the list, the closest legend to what you have already typed will be highlighted). When the cursor is in the “Reverse Legend” field you can obtain help in finding the proper legend by pressing the ‘F12' key (whatever legend you have already entered is automatically transferred to the ‘Reverse

18

Legend Finder’ mini-screen). The operation of that mini-screen is described in the “CUSTOM (Customization Screen)” section of this manual. Once you have determined the proper reverse legend you can automatically close the legend finder and transfer the legend to the “Reverse Legend” field by double-clicking on the legend you want transferred. Since the “Reverse Legend” field uses the Numus Moneta font for entries, typing Shift-F12 (holding the shift key down and then typing the F12 key) will call the font help screen. Notice also that when in the “Reverse Legend” field, a search screen, the “Moneta Provincial/Colonial City Identifier” is accessible by using Ctrl-F12 (holding down the Control key and then pressing the F12 key). Note this screen is also accessible from the “Custom 10” screen (using the “Find a Provincial City Button”). Accessing the City Identifier from the entry screen enables you to return the city and reverse legend you have identified to the proper places on the entry screen, whether or not your entry screen is set to receive them. In the event you are not set properly (for example you have the “Mint” field showing instead of the “City” field), you will be asked whether you want to transfer the data. If you answer yes your entry screen will be configured properly. If the reverse legend you want does not match the legend you already have entered, you will also be asked whether you really want to return the new legend. The two data transfers are independent of one another. Note that on the City Identifier, spaces are optional, and up to two asterisks (*) or 8’s may be used to signify a missing portion of the legend (one asterisk represents one or more missing letters in a row – the ‘8’ represents exactly one letter and may be repeated as many times in a row as necessary). The ’8’ key appears in the Moneta font as sort of a backward sigma. As with all Moneta legend searches, no *’s or 8’s are necessary to signify missing fragments at the beginning or end of a legend. Upon leaving the “Reverse Legend” entry, Moneta will attempt to locate the legend in its database and find the dates when the legend was used. It will then compare the dates with the “struck from” and “struck to” entries and replace either or both if the new dates provide a narrower “window”. Not all legends are currently dated. Note that any legends manually typed are subjected to the following automatic conversions: lower-case letters become upper-case letters, ‘W’ is not allowed, ‘I’ is substituted for ‘J’, and ‘V’ is substituted for ‘U’. The “Reverse Legend” is limited to 62 characters. All characters will print on the 2x2 flip inserts if the ‘folded’ flip option is selected, but only about the first 55 will print if the ‘flat’ flip option is selected.

The “Control Marks” fields are automatically entered in the Numus Moneta ‘True-Type’ font. These fields are intended to be used for the reverse control marks and/or mint marks primarily used in the late third, fourth, and fifth centuries. The occasional obverse control mark is best handled in the “Notes”. The exergual mark is limited to 10 characters, which may either be directly typed using the “NUMUS MONETA FONT KEYBOARD MAP” found in ‘Appendix A’ of this manual, or composed using the “Moneta Control Marks Help” screen which appears if the ‘Shift-F12' key combination is pressed when the cursor is in the field. The marks selected on the “Moneta Control Marks Help” screen can be copied and then pasted into the “Control Marks” fields using the special “Paste” button which is only enabled after characters are copied on the “Moneta Control Marks Help” screen. The marks in the reverse field are usually split into the default left and right field marks, divided by the reverse figure(s) as depicted by the vertical line. Control marks up to three wide and three high may be entered (stacking the control marks may require the use of inserted ‘spaces’). The marks will stack when the width of the field is reached - do not use the ‘Enter’ to begin a new line as the ‘Enter’ key will cause you to leave the field. If the coin has a centered control mark, click the box labeled “Center” and the screen will configure to accept a centered control mark, entered in the same way as the left or right marks are. The left, right, or centered control marks may either be directly typed using the “NUMUS MONETA FONT KEYBOARD MAP” found in ‘Appendix A’ of this manual, or composed using the “Moneta Control Marks Help” screen which appears if the ‘Shift-F12' key combination is pressed when the cursor is in one of the fields. Pressing the ‘F12' key when the cursor is in any one of the mint mark or control marks fields will

19

display the Mint Finder mini-screen, and transfer any mint or control marks you’ve already entered to it. Once you’ve determined the full mint mark, if you click on the mint mark before clicking on the “Done” button, the mint name and mint and control marks will automatically transfer to the proper fields on the “ENTRY (Coin Details)” screen. Either, none, or both of the dates may transfer, depending upon whether Moneta can narrow the already entered date range (‘Struck From’ and ‘To’ fields) on the “ENTRY (Coin Details)” screen by using the new date information. The “L Obv” and “R Obv” entries to either side of the reverse mintmark fields are for documenting the single character marks which are sometimes found on mid-fourth century and later bronzes (usually behind the bust, which can be either left or right facing). All known marks are in the drop down lists for each side, but should new ones be found they can be entered since these boxes allow any entry using the Numus Moneta font.

The “Reverse Description” is a manual entry field of virtually unlimited length, although keeping the legend to about 160 characters will enable you to see all of it without ‘cursoring’ up and down. The folded 2x2's will only print approximately the first 115 characters in the reverse description.

The six “Attributions” fields will automatically prefix whatever is above the field, which is determined by the entries you make in the “ATTRIBUTIONS” box on the SET UP (Preferences) screen. For example, if ‘RSC’ were the first entry, and you entered 234a in the first attribution field of the entry screen, the attribution automatically becomes ‘RSC-234a’. These attributions can be changed at any time with no impact upon existing data since Moneta stores the attribution which was in effect when the entry was originally made. Likewise once an attribution is made, Moneta will no longer attempt to automatically assign a prefix (unless you have cleared the previous entry and left the field), so if you wished to replace ‘RSC-234a’ with ‘LRBC-554' in the first attribution you are free to do so at a later date even though the default may still be ‘RSC’. You may wish to leave one of the attribution fields on the SET UP (Preferences) screen blank, since then its related field on this screen will not auto default to anything (Hence making it easier to enter the occasional reference which is not among your standard works but may have been given to you when you purchased the coin, for example). The attributions can be up to 15 characters in total, including any prefix and the ‘dash’, although the screen will only display approximately 13 characters without moving to the field and cursoring left or right.

“Notes” is a manual entry field designed to capture any information about the coin not otherwise entered on this screen. Such information might include any counter-stamps, provenance, or under-types for overstruck coins. It has a virtually unlimited length, although again approximately only the first 115 characters will print out on the 2x2's if the ‘folded’ flip option is selected. Since the “Enter” key moves to the next control, a line break can be created using Ctrl-l, or a new paragraph using Ctrl-p.

“Acquisition Date” defaults to the current date when a new coin number is assigned, although you can manually override that by either typing or using the “date-picker” arrow. It accepts input either in un-encoded or encoded format as determined by the settings in the “SECURITY” box on the “SET UP (Preferences)” screen, although the “date-picker” only works in un-encoded mode. If you have selected and entered a date code and opted to have your screens encoded, then your input must be in code (which is case-sensitive) separated by your normal date separator (either ‘/’ or ‘-’). If you have either selected “No Code” or have opted not to encode your screens, then your date input must be in numbers separated by your normal date separator (either ‘/’ or ‘-’). The date format is as you have selected on your Windows operating system defaults. If you enter a two-digit year Moneta interprets years 00-14 as 2000-2014 and years 15-99 as 1915-1999. You have instant knowledge of how Moneta interprets the year since Moneta always displays four digit years. If you are cataloging a very old collection and some coins

20

were acquired before 1915, simply enter the full year (four digits).

“Acquired From” is a field which must be filled from an entry from your dealer list, which you create on the “COMPUDEX” screen. The dealer list forms the contents of the “Acquired From” drop-down list. If you elect to type in the name, after each character Moneta will complete your typing with the closest selection form the list, and a two-second pause in typing will again result in the assumption that you are beginning a new name.

“Price” is a manual entry field which accepts input either in un-encoded or encoded format as determined by the settings in the “SECURITY” box on the “SET UP (Preferences)” screen. If you have selected and entered a cost code and opted to have your screens encoded, then your input must be in code (which is case-sensitive). In either event if you elect to use cents or their equal in foreign currency you must use the currency separator (‘.’ in the case of cents), otherwise the input is assumed to be a whole number. If you have either selected “No Code” or have opted not to encode your screens, then your input must be in numbers. The currency format is as you have selected on your Windows operating system defaults.

“Value” is a mnaul entry field which accepts input either in un-encoded or encoded format as determined by the settings in the “SECURITY” box on the “SET UP (Preferences)” screen. If you have selected and entered a cost code and opted to have your screens encoded, then your input must be in code (which is case-sensitive). In either event if you elect to use cents or their equal in foreign currency you must use the currency separator (‘.’ in the case of cents), otherwise the input is assumed to be a whole number. If you have either selected “No Code” or have opted not to encode your screens, then your input must be in numbers. The currency format is as you have selected on your Windows operating system defaults.

“Valuation Date” is the date at which the value you entered was valid. For example, if a coin similar to yours sold at auction on July 1, 1991 for $150, then you would enter $150 in the “Value” field and 7/1/91 (assuming mm/dd/yy date format) in the “Valuation Date” entry. It defaults to the current date when a “Value” is entered and accepts input either in un-encoded or encoded format as determined by the settings in the “SECURITY” box on the “SET UP (Preferences)” screen, although the date-picker is only available in un-encoded mode. If you have selected and entered a date code and opted to have your screens encoded, then your input must be in code (which is case-sensitive) separated by your normal date separator (either ‘/’ or ‘-’). If you have either selected “No Code” or have opted not to encode your screens, then your date input must be in numbers separated by your normal date separator (either ‘/’ or ‘-’). The date format is as you have selected on your Windows operating system defaults. If you enter a two-digit year Moneta interprets years 00-14 as 2000-2014 and years 15-99 as 1915-1999. You instantly know how Moneta interprets the year since Moneta always displays four digit years. If you’re cataloging an old collection and coins were acquired before 1915, simply enter the full year (four digits).

The “Navigator” bar (the device in the upper right hand corner with four arrows and an ‘X’ on it) enables you to quickly move through your collection. From left to right the functions are:

1) The left arrow terminating in a bar will take you to the beginning of your collection.2) The left arrow will take you to the preceding coin in your collection.3) The right arrow will take you to the following coin in your collection.4) The right arrow terminating in a bar will take you to the end of your collection.5) The ‘X’ will cancel any edits you have made to your coin data on the current screen.

The symbols on all of the five buttons comprising the “Navigator” are only dark when they can be used,

21

and gray otherwise. For example when the program is first loaded, all are gray (disabled) since there are no coins in the collection and no edits to cancel. The “Navigator” is sometimes programmatically disabled, such as when the program is expecting a manual entry in the “No.” field. Edits on the screen can be canceled anytime the ‘X’ is dark, but leaving the screen or pressing any of the buttons at the top of the screen results in the edits being applied to the coin and the ‘X’ being disabled.

The “Print” button prints a single coin printout (on the Windows default printer) of all of the detail on your screen when you click the button with your mouse. Information you have left blank will appear as ‘N/R’ (not recorded) on the printout. Any images of your coins will print whether or not they are currently visible on your screen.

The “Print Ref.” button prints a single coin printout of all of the detail on your screen when you click the button with your mouse, and adds six lines of background material to each of your ruler, mint, and denomination entries. Information you have left blank will appear as ‘N/R’ (not recorded) on the printout. Any images of your coins will print whether or not they are currently visible on your screen.

The “Print Acq. Info” check box determines whether your acquisition information (acquisition date, from whom, and price) will print on the above two reports. The value information (value and the date of valuation) is also controlled by this check box. The acquisition and value information will print out only if this box is checked, and will simply not print out if this box is unchecked. The “Delete Coin” button acts on the coin you currently have displayed. It will first ask for confirmation that you wish to delete the coin (by coin number), and if you answer ‘Yes’ the coin will be permanently deleted from your collection. If you answer ‘No’, no action will be taken.

The “Remove” button allows you to transfer a coin from your collection to a record of coins that you once owned but have parted with. Moneta calls that record your ‘removed’ coins. When you click on the button the “Removal Information” dialog box appears with the coin number appearing in the top entry to confirm your choice. The coin number can not be edited. The “Date Removed” will default to the current date, but if the removal occurred in the past it can be changed. The “Removal Method” can be any description up to ten characters and the five perhaps most common are available for quick pick from the drop-down list (“Removal Method” defaults to perhaps the most common, “Sold”, upon entry). The “Price Received” is a manual currency entry field. The “Recipient” must be selected from the contents of the drop-down list, which is simply your “dealer list”. Note that in this context anyone who receives your coin is considered a dealer, whether they are in the strict sense or not. This is to maintain the ability to accurately search the removed coins by their recipient. Otherwise, for example, if Tom Schroer (operating a coin shop called “Coins”) received five of your coins and you variously entered him as Coins, Thomas Schroer, Tom Schroer, T. Schroer, or Bud (his nickname), you would have a difficult time finding which coins he received. However by forcing the entry to always be consistent (whatever you entered into the dealer list), the search is accurately accomplished. Upon completing as much or as little of the information as you desire, the transfer can be completed by clicking “OK” or canceled by clicking “Cancel”. Moneta allows you to easily transfer coins from your removed coins back into the collection (that transfer is done on the “REMOVED” screen via the “Return” button.

The “Find” button locates and displays coin entries by their coin (or catalog) number. Moneta will automatically suggest the current auto prefix and/or suffix to minimize your typing. If you wish to keep the suggestion, either click the mouse on the insertion point of the actual number itself, or press the ‘left’ or ‘right’ cursor keys. If you do not wish to use the suggestion, merely begin typing the coin

22

number which you desire. Note that this search operation is somewhat case-sensitive in that Moneta first attempts to find an exact match for your request (paying attention to upper and lower case), but if that fails Moneta will search for an entry which matches your request (except for case). Example: if you have coin numbers 1-ConGall and 1-CONGALL and you search for 1-ConGall or 1-CONGALL you will find the exact match, but if you search for 1-congall you will find 1-CONGALL (since no exact match was found, and 1-CONGALL was the first entry found which matched regardless of case).

The “Clone” button allows you to create an exact duplicate entry (except images are not copied) of the coin that is currently displayed on the screen. This can help if you have a number of similar coins to enter. When creating a clone, do not click the “New Coin” button — simply clicking on the “Clone” button will provide all of the “New Coin” functionality. If the coin number assignment mode is simple numeric (with or without suffixes or prefixes), the duplicate entry is created with the next available coin number, and then you can edit at will. If the assignment mode is manual, Moneta waits for you to assign a number manually before proceeding automatically to fill in all of the data, after which you can again make the necessary edits. If you have a ruler-based assignment scheme, the program will first suggest the ruler on the copied coin, but you can either hit “enter” to accept or you can change the ruler, with the resulting change in dates of reign, etc. The new coin number will be based upon whatever ruler you select.

The “2x2" button displays the mini-screen which allows you to print your coin information in a format which can be cut and inserted into a nominal 2"x2" coin flip or envelope. The “Two x Two Printing” mini-screen displays which coins are in the queue to be printed, allows you to add coins to the queue, delete coins from the queue, select various “Print Options”, and call the ‘Flip Designer’ mini-screens. Coins are automatically inserted into the print queue upon their entry into your collection via the “NEW COIN” button on the “Entry (Coin Details)” screen or importation via the “IM/EX (Import/Export)” screen. Two different styles of flip liners are supported, called the “Flat Flip” and the “Folded Flip”. Both styles are fully customizable by using the ‘Flat Flip Insert Designer’ and ‘Folded Flip Insert Designer’ mini-screens. .

“Print Options”: “Partial Pages” - If “Partial Pages” is checked in the “Print Options” box then all coins in the queue will be printed upon request. If “Partial Pages” is not checked, only complete pages will be printed, and any remaining coins will be kept in the queue until sufficient coins are added to print a full page or until “Partial Pages” is checked, when they can all be printed. This option is primarily for those using pre-printed stock who don't wish to run a sheet if only a few coins will be printed on it. The informational display on the mini-screen conveys the current status of what can be printed at any given time. “Flip Style” - Two styles, Flat and Folded, are supported. The Flat style prints on one side on a standard 2x2 insert, while a Folded Flip is intended to be folded in the middle after printing, thus effectively utilizing the front and back of a flip. See details below. “Flip Width” - Since there is no exact size standard for 2x2's, Moneta allows you to select from two sizes, 42 mm (1.65") and 45 mm (1.77") wide. The wider flip allows slightly more text per line, although the difference is minimal. Select whichever size best suits your flips. The sample flip in the flip designers doesn’t reflect this option, although actual printing will. “Print Cost or Value” and “Print Acq. or Valuation Date” - These options only apply if the “Cost or Value Info” line is selected on the Flip Designer screens (it is selected in the “default” design, the way Moneta ships). The “Cost or Value Info” line allows you to print a monetary value and a date on the flip, and the “Print Cost or Value” and “Print Acq. or Valuation Date” boxes allow you to separately select which pieces of information to print (or not print) on that line. You can mix or match the Cost, Value, Acquisition Date, and Valuation Date on the “Cost or Value Info” flip line. Besides the obvious

23

flexibility, this option allows you to readily print a flip for a coin if you intend to sell it and want to use the Value information on the flip instead of your cost. If you select “Neither” in both boxes, your “Cost or Value Info” flip line will be blank. “Print ‘a’ or ‘v’ for acq. or value” - When checked this box instructs Moneta to add an ‘a’ after any cost or date which is based on acquisition information, and a ‘v’ after any cost or date which is based on valuation information. If you’ve selected a “standard” style for yourself and then wish to deviate from it for any reason, the ‘a’ or ‘v’ can prevent confusion over which was used on a particular flip. “Print 'Acquired From' data” - When checked Moneta will add the 'Acquired From' name field after date and cost/value information (if they are checked) on the 'Purchase or Value Info' line set on the flip designers. This data can be a tight fit on the line, and to try to maximize available space, Moneta will truncate any cost/value data by eliminating any trailing 0's (e.g. $12.00 will be printed as $12, but $12.25 will still be printed as $12.25). In extreme cases the 'Acquired From' data may not completely fit, but Moneta will print as much of the name as can fit on the line. The name, telephone number, and Internet information is only printed if the “Show on printouts” check box is checked in the “Owner” box on the “Set Up (Preferences)” screen. You will be asked after each actual printing operation (not just a preview) whether it’s OK to delete all entries in the print queue. This allows you to easily re-try after a printer malfunction or a set-up mistake. The status of your coding settings (from the “SET UP” (Preferences)” screen) combined with your selections in the “Print Cost or Value” and “Print Acq. or Valuation Date” boxes on this mini-screen are displayed to you in the third line of message texts. Coins may be manually added to or deleted from the print list by using the “Add a Coin” or “Delete a Coin” boxes. The coin in either case is first either typed in the box or selected from the drop-down list and then actually added or deleted by clicking the “Add” or “Delete” buttons. If you wish to clear the entire list the “Clear 2 x 2 Print List” in the “Delete a Coin” box will delete all entries from the list after confirmation. The “Print” button prints the flips directly to the Windows default printer, or shows a preview, depending upon the settings for print previewing on the “SET UP” (Preferences) screen. The “Done” button has no purpose other than to close the mini-screen. The “Flat Flip” is intended primarily for those who wish to print a logo or other customized information on the reverse of the flip. As such Moneta restricts itself to printing only on one side of the paper and prints the following information (default configuration):

line 1: Coin number line 8: Reverse legendline 2: Ruler and dates of reign line 9: Reverse legendline 3: Metal and denomination line 10: Attributionsline 4: Mint/Provincial City and dates struck line 11: Nameline 5: Weight and diameter line 12: Telephone numberline 6: Obverse legend line 13: Purchase or Value Infoline 7: Obverse legend

Twenty “Flat Flips” may be printed on standard 8.5"x11" paper.

The “Folded Flip” conveys more information and is intended to be folded in half after printing. They show the following information (default configuration):

Front Backline 1: Coin number line 14: Reverse legendline 2: Ruler and dates of reign line 15: Reverse legendline 3: Metal and denomination line 16: Reverse legendline 4: Condition line 17: Reverse description

24

line 5: Mint/Provincial City & dates struck line 18: Reverse descriptionline 6: Weight and diameter line 19: Reverse descriptionline 7: Obverse legend line 20: Comments/notesline 8: Obverse legend line 21: Comments/notesline 9: Obverse legend line 22: Comments/notesline 10: Obverse description line 23: Attributionsline 11: Obverse description line 24: Nameline 12: Obverse description line 25: Telephone numberline 13: Purchase or Value Info line 26: Internet address

The “Flip Designer” button on the “Two x Two Printing” mini-screen automatically calls either the “Folded Flip Insert Designer” mini-screen or the “Flat Flip Designer” mini-screen, depending upon whether you have the “Flat Flips” or “Folded Flips” selected in the “Print Options” section of the “Two x Two Printing” mini-screen. The two flip designs are independent of each other, and you may switch back and forth at any time without losing your designs. Designs may of course be modified at any time. The “Folded Flip Insert Designer” mini-screen presents a sample flip at the bottom of the screen and a series of 26 drop-down boxes and 26 associated check-boxes at the top. Each of the boxes and check-boxes is labeled with a line number corresponding to a line on the flip insert (indicated by the blue numbers to each side of the sample flip). The sample flip is completely filled out with all possible data (including the longest obverse and reverse legends in the Imperial series), but always is un-encoded. In addition to the 26 available lines detailed above under the “folded flips” discussion, the following four lines are available to you: 1) Mint Mark 2) A Blank line 3) Category 4) Die Alignment The “Mint Mark” line prints the coin’s mint and control marks in the Numus Moneta font on one line by printing either the left control marks (if any) or the middle control marks (if any) followed by two spaces and then the mint mark. The right control marks (if any) are printed two spaces to the right of the mint mark. If no mint mark information is available the line “Mint Mark” line will be blank, although for purposes of the flip designer the designation “N/A” appears. By clicking your selection in the drop-down box (the ‘up’ and ‘down’ arrows also work) for a particular line on the flip, you assign that information to the flip design and the sample flip dynamically adjusts to show you the look of your new design. By checking or un-checking the boxes marked “Center”, the associated line on the flip will be centered or left-justified, and again the result of your design will be dynamically displayed. Feel free to experiment, because at any time you can always reset to the Moneta default setting by simply clicking and confirming the “Restore Default Flip” button. The “Add ‘Roman’ before:” box encloses three choices: “Coin Number”, “Denomination”, and “No, don’t use ‘Roman’”. Some people prefer to include the Empire on the flip, and the two most popular choices are before the coin number (generally on the top line of the flip) and before the denomination (a natural choice for English speakers). Others feel ‘Roman’ unnecessarily clutters the flip. In any event, you have control over the three choices, and again the flip will dynamically configure to show you the look of your new design. The ‘Ruler’ line will always appear in bold font regardless of where it appears on the flip. Note that although three lines are available for both obverse and reverse legends, over 95% of Roman legends will safely fit into two lines. The availability of the blank lines is a powerful feature that allows you to reserve space for any manual entries to the flip, such as mint or control marks. The “OK” button makes your changes take effect on subsequent flip printing. The “Cancel” button nullifies any changes you made to the design since opening the mini-screen and closes the screen, reverting to your previous design for flip printing. The “Flat Flip Insert Designer” mini-screen works identically to the “Folded Flip Insert Designer” mini-screen, although only 13 lines are available to you.

25

STATS (Statistics) Screen

The “STATS (Statistics)” screen enables you to see how many coins are in the collection, their cost, their value, and their distribution by denomination and ruler. The information displayed on this screen is dynamically built from your data each time you enter the screen in order to guarantee accuracy. While MONETA is building the new summary the message “:::::::: AUTO-UPDATING :::::::::” will appear and the cursor will turn to an hourglass. The use of the “Restrict Groups” box enables the collection to be broken into pieces for the purposes of this screen. This screen operates only on the coins in your collection as distinct from any removed coins. NOTE: The statistics are derived from the total coins meeting the “Restrict Groups” criteria, not from the table display, which may be only a subset of the restricted coins, depending upon your use of prefixes and suffixes.

The “Coins in the Collection” is the number of coins currently in your collection.

The “Restricted Group Coins” is the number of coins which are in the current statistical group which may or may not be restricted by prefixes and/or suffixes as determined in the “Restrict Groups” box. If the box is unchecked or both the prefix and suffix are blank, then the “Restricted Group Coins” number will be the same as the “Coins in the Collection”. Otherwise the “Restricted Group Coins” will indicate how many coins in your collection meet the criteria defined by the “Restrict Groups” box.

The “Restrict Groups” box can be used to look at subsets of your collection based upon the prefixes and suffixes, if any, which you have chosen to assign as part of the coin number. For example, perhaps your child shares your interest in Roman coins and you both use Moneta to catalog your coins. If your initials are ‘GTS’ and your child’s are ‘NPS’, then setting the prefix (for example) to either GTS or NPS depending upon whose coins are being entered will result in two “groups” of coins which can be separated on both the statistics screen and the “GROUP” screen by the use of the “Restrict Groups” boxes. Furthermore if the ruler’s abbreviation is used as a prefix or suffix, then you can easily get statistics by ruler as well as by initials. The prefix or suffix you enter will not take effect until you check the ““Restrict Groups” check box. Un-checking the box results in the entire collection being analyzed, but the prefix and/or suffix is not cleared - they are retained until the next time the box is activated. When the “Restrict Groups” is either checked or unchecked the message “::::::::: FILTERING :::::::::” will appear and the cursor will turn to an hourglass.

The “Total Cost” is simply the sum of the “Price” field information from the “ENTRY (Coin Details)” screen. However it may or may not be restricted to a subset of the collection as discussed above. The “No” field next to “Total Cost” is the number of coins which had a non-zero price entered. The “Total Cost” field can appear in your cost code depending upon your “SECURITY” settings on the “SET UP (Preferences)” Screen.

The “Average Cost” is simply the “Total Cost” divided by the number of coins in the collection or subset which had a non-zero price associated with them. The “Average Cost” field can appear in your cost code depending upon your “SECURITY” settings on the “SET UP (Preferences)” Screen.

The “Total Value” is simply the sum of the “Value” field information from the “ENTRY (Coin Details)” screen. It may or may not be restricted to a subset of the collection as discussed above. The “No” field next to “Total Value” is the number of coins which had a non-zero value entered. The “Total Value” field can appear in your cost code depending upon your “SECURITY” settings on the “SET UP (Preferences)” Screen.

The “Average Value” is simply the “Total Value” divided by the number of coins in the collection or subset which had a non-zero value associated with them. The “Average Value” field can appear in your cost code depending upon your “SECURITY” settings on the “SET UP (Preferences)” Screen.

26

The table which displays the distribution of your collection by ruler and denomination can assume four forms depending upon which era you are interested in and what you want displayed. For simplicity’s sake Numus has used the Diocletianic coinage reform of 294 as a dividing line between denominations. Hence the “Coinage Era of Table” box allows you to select “Pre-Diocletianic Reform” or “Post-Diocletianic Reform” rulers and denominations to be displayed. The “Table View” box allows you to select either a “Full” or a “Summary” view. In “Full” view all information will be displayed, including rulers and/or denominations which are presently not in your collection. “Summary” view deletes the columns and rows for which there are no coins in the collection or restricted group. In other words, it ignores denominations and rulers when there are no representative coins. For most collectors this will be a much more compact summary of the relevant table data. If it’s not there, you don’t have it! When the “Coinage Era of Table” or the “Table View” selection is changed the message “::::::::: FILTERING ::::::::” will appear and the cursor will turn to an hourglass. Since some rulers ruled both before and after 294, for a complete summary of the Tetrarchs it will be necessary to view each era. For example Diocletian’s antoniniani will be displayed if the “Pre-Diocletianic Reform” selection is made, and his folles will be displayed if the “Post-Diocletianic Reform” selection is made. Double-clicking on a “cell” (box) in the table will automatically switch to the “FILTER (Group Summary)” screen and set the search criteria to “Coin”, the “Ruler” and “Denomination” filters to the ruler and denomination in which you are interested, and clear the “Mint” filter. The setting of the “Restrict Groups” box is not changed. Remember that from the “FILTER (Group Summary)” screen a double-click on a coin will take you to the “ENTRY (Coin Details)” screen and display all of the information entered on that coin.

The “Print Table” button will give a printout of the current display in the table. The era and any other restrictions on the data are also printed out.

The “Print Stats” button will give a printout of the number of coins in the collection, the cost and value data (including the number of coins from which the data was derived), and any group restrictions which were applied to the cost and value data.

27

FILTER (Group Summary) Screen

The “FILTER (Group Summary)” screen is the main “search-engine” of the program. It allows searches using different specific parameters in four broad areas:

1) Parameters concerning the coin’s ruler, denomination/metal, and/or mint.2) Parameters concerning the purchase source, date, and/or price/value.3) The coin’s category.4) Parameters concerning the coin’s reverse legend and/or ruler.

All of the above may also be restricted further through the use of the “Restrict Groups” box as discussed in the “STATS (Statistics)” screen instructions. Note however that the “Restrict Groups” boxes on the two screens are completely independent of each other and each only impacts the data on its screen. Any box when left blank functions as a “wild card” and will match all coins. A very powerful feature of Moneta is that whenever you double-click on a coin in the results table, Moneta will automatically take you to the “ENTRY (Coin Details)” screen and display the detailed record of that coin. (Its details will also automatically be displayed if you single-click on the coin and then manually go directly to the “ENTRY (Coin Details)” screen.) Your filter criteria are saved and when you return to the FILTER (Group Summary) screen the display table is automatically updated. While that updating is occurring the message “+ Auto-Updating +” will appear and the cursor will turn to an hourglass briefly. The column widths in the results table can be temporarily changed to suit your needs by positioning the cursor at any line between the column headings (in the column headings area of the table), clicking when the cursor assumes the “horizontal move” shape, and dragging (with the mouse button still down) until the column assumes the desired size. The columns will re-assume their pre-assigned widths after a new search by another area (Coin, Purchase, Category, or Reverse Legend) is made. The search results may be sorted by the data in nearly all of the reported columns by clicking on the column title. This feature does not work for the attribution column or the reverse legend searches. The column sortation is lost when leaving the page, but can be re-established by again clicking on the desired column title after re-entering the page. Any printouts reflect the current sorted results.

The “Matches Found” message in the upper left hand corner indicates how many coins in your collection satisfied all of your search criteria.

If “Coin” is selected you may search by the following attributes of the coin: “Ruler”, “Denomination” or “Metal”, and “Mint” or “City”. Note that in each case your search must be for an entry in the drop-down list. Since “Denomination” and “Metal” can be mutually exclusive (and “Denomination is essentially a sub-set of “Metal”) it is only logical to search by one of those attributes at a time. Likewise with the “Mint” and “City” fields. Note that the search is dynamic in the sense that as you change any of the search fields the results table updates automatically. Leaving a search field blank eliminates that field from the search criteria. When the screen is updating its data per your new filter criteria the message “+ FILTERING +” will appear and the cursor will turn to an hourglass.

If “Purchase” is selected you may search by the following attributes of the coin: “Dealer”, “Acquisition Date”, and “Value” or “Price”. “Value” or “Price” bear little relevance to each other and thus only one at a time is used in the search. Note that “Acquisition Date”, “Value”, and “Price” are all ranges (“From”-”To”). The “Value” and “Price” fields can require input in your cost code depending upon your “SECURITY” settings on the “SET UP (Preferences)” Screen. The ranges under “Acquisition Date” work as follows:

Both “From” and “To” are blank - Any date is found.“From” is blank and “To” is not blank - All dates before “To” are found.“From” is not blank and “To” is blank - All dates after “From” are found.

28

Both “From” and “To” are not blank - All dates between “To” and “From” are found.The ranges under “Price” work as follows:

Both “From” and “To” are blank - Any price is found.“From” is blank and “To” is not blank - All prices less than “To” are found.“From” is not blank and “To” is blank - All prices greater than “From” are found.Both “From” and “To” are not blank - All prices between “To” and “From” are found.

The ranges under “Value” work as follows:Both “From” and “To” are blank - Any value is found.“From” is blank and “To” is not blank - All values less than “To” are found.“From” is not blank and “To” is blank - All values greater than “From” are found.Both “From” and “To” are not blank - All values between “To” and “From” are found.

If “Category” is selected you may only search for a category from the drop-down list. If left blank this selection will show all of the coins in your collection (as will any of the other selections if all of their search fields are left blank).

If “Rev. Ins.” is selected you may search by “Ruler” and “Reverse Legend”. The “Ruler” must come from the drop-down list or may be left to accept any ruler. The “Reverse Legend” search may either be an exact or partial match depending upon whether the “Exact” check box is checked or not. “Wildcard” letters embedded in the entry are not supported.

Note that all of your entries are retained if you make another selection, they simply appear dim and can not be changed. All entries will be saved when you close the program.

The Weight and Diameter statistics for the “Av” (average) and “S.D.” (standard deviation) are only calculated when a search is made by a denomination, since otherwise an average weight and diameter have no relevance. The standard deviation of a set of numbers is a measure of how close each individual number is to the average. A small standard deviation reflects fairly consistent weights and diameters, while a larger standard deviation implies that the weights and diameters have a wide disparity. The “#” field gives the number of samples for which a weight or diameter was recorded. These statistics are ‘read only’ and can not be modified by you. The Diameter statistics will be displayed in the units which you have currently selected on the “SET UP (Preferences)” “SIZE CONVERSION” “TO” box, but since Moneta stores the units in which any entry is made, an automatic conversion in the calculations ensures that the data is correct based upon all of your data even if some was entered in units different from the current selection.

The “Print” button prints the contents of the results table and the applied search criteria.

The “Thumbs” button opens a full-sized screen that displays the coin number, attribution, and a small combined image (reverse and obverse - if they exist) for each coin returned in the current search results. Please note that this is a very graphics intensive procedure and thus the screen may take a while to show if the numbers of coins are great – be patient. A double-click on any coin image or label will close the “Thumbs” screen and go to the “Entry” screen where the details of that coin will be displayed. Once the “Thumbs” screen shows, a printout showing the thumbs and the applied search criteria may be made by clicking on the “Print” button. This printout can be previewed, sent straight to the printer depending upon your settings on the “Setup” screen “Printing” section, or even saved to disk to share with friends.

29

REMOVED (Removed Coin Details) Screen

The “REMOVED (Removed Coin Details)” screen displays the details of coins which have been removed from your collection, including the removal information of when, to whom, how, and for how much. Since this screen is actually “history”, you can not edit any of the coin’s details. Your editing capability is limited to the “Notes” and the details of the removal (e.g. - the “Date Removed”, “Removed To”, “Price Received”, and “How Removed” entries). For ease of use the information on this screen is in the same approximate position as the equivalent information on the “ENTRY (Coin Details)” screen. Note, however, that the “Mint / City” field will automatically sense whether an Imperial Mint or a provincial city has been entered and will display the appropriate information. The label will automatically change to reflect what is being displayed, an Imperial mint or a provincial city. Likewise, the “Control Marks” fields will also automatically configure to display either a central control mark or marks in either the left or right (or both) fields.

The “Find” and “Delete Coin” buttons work the same way as the equivalent buttons on the “ENTRY (Coin Details)” screen, only these of course only operate on removed coins.

The “Navigator” bar (the device in the upper right hand corner with four arrows) works the same way as the “Navigator” bar on the “ENTRY (Coin Details)” screen, except that this bar works on the removed coins and lacks the “X” button. The “X” button was used on the “ENTRY (Coin Details)” screen to cancel edits. Since this screen is mainly read-only the cancel edits feature was not implemented.

The “Return” button is used if a removed coin rejoins the collection. You will be asked to confirm that you wish to return the coin because although you can always remove the coin again, the original removal details will be lost in the operation.

Note that all date entries and cost/value entries may appear encoded according to the “SET UP (Preferences)” screen settings in the “SECURITY” box.

R FILTER (Group Summary of Removed Coins) Screen

The “R FILTER (Group Summary of Removed Coins)” screen works precisely the same way as the “FILTER (Group Summary)” screen, except this screen operates only on your removed coins, and a double click will display the coin details on the “REMOVED (Removed Coin Details)” screen. “R FILTER” stands for “Removed Filter”.

30

COMPUDEX (Compudex) Screen

The “COMPUDEX (Compudex)” screen serves two purposes:1) A “computerized index” of your classical numismatic contacts (friends, dealers, etc).2) A means of administering your “dealer list”.

Entries are divided into two general classes, individuals and businesses. The entries in the compudex are not required to be unique, for example you may enter two or more people named “John Smith”. However if you need to enter the name into the dealer list, you must make the name unique by using a middle initial, nickname, or some other means since the “dealer list” does require a unique name (for accurate searches). You will need to enter the name into the “dealer list” if that person or entity (perhaps a company, museum, college, etc) is either the source of any of your coins or the recipient of any of your coins. The two general classes, individuals and businesses, are differentiated by the name fields and by the presence on a business entry of main and alternative contacts fields. A business has a single name field and a person has first and last name fields.

The “New Person” button configures the screen to accept the entry of a person, meaning “First Name” and “Last Name” entry fields will appear at the top center of the screen and the “Company” field will not appear. The “Contact Person” and “Alternate Contact” entry fields also will not appear. The entry into every field is completely manual except for the grayed “Last Date Revised” field just above the table. The “Last Date Revised” field is automatically maintained by Moneta. The only required entry is either the first or last name, otherwise you may fill in as much or as little information as you wish.

The “New Company” button configures the screen to accept the entry of a company, meaning the “Company” entry field will appear at the top center of the screen and the “First Name” and “Last Name” entry fields will not appear. The “Contact Person” and “Alternate Contact” entry fields will also appear. The entry into every field is completely manual except for the grayed “Last Date Revised” field just above the table. The “Last Date Revised” field is automatically maintained by Moneta. The only mandatory entry is the company name, otherwise you may fill in as much or as little information as you wish.

The “Find Company” button will locate and display the details for the company name you enter into the dialog box which appears when you click the button. In case several companies have the same name the “Find Next” button is enabled whenever the “Find Company” search has been successful in finding an exact match. The “Find Next” button automatically uses the same search criteria to see if any other entries match the company name you entered. If an exact match is not found, Moneta will inform you and then locate the closest match (case is always ignored). The table of companies will automatically also go to the found record.

The “Find Person” button will locate and display the details for the person’s name you enter into the dialog box which appears when you click the button. In case several people have the same name the “Find Next” button is enabled whenever the “Find Person” search has been successful in finding an exact match. The “Find Next” button automatically uses the same search criteria to see if any other entries match the person’s name you entered. If you enter a full name “Find Person” will attempt to find a first name and last name entry which matches. The “Find Person” search is very flexible since if you simply enter a single name it will search both the first and last name entries to find matches. If an exact match is not found, Moneta will inform you and then locate the closest match (case is always ignored). The table of people will automatically also go to the found record.

The “Find Reference” button will locate and display any people or companies for which any part of the “Reference” entry matches your entry in the dialog box which appears when you click the

31

button. The “Reference” field is an opportunity to enter keywords which can be used to later locate the person or company. Typical examples might be “roman, parthian” (to indicate a dealer specializing in Roman and Parthian coins), “flips, books” (a dealer selling numismatic books and coin flips), or “france, celtic, roman” (a friend living in France who collects Celtic and Roman coins). Note that for technical reasons this field will convert any entries to lower case. Your entry in the dialog box can be in any case. Again the “Find Next” button is enabled after an initial successful search to locate any further matches. The table of people and companies will automatically also go to the found record.

The “Find Next” button will only be enabled after a successful search for either a person or a company. Even though it is enabled and will continue a search using the last criteria you established by using either the “Find Company” or “Find Person” buttons, you can still begin a totally different search at any time by again using the “Find Company” or “Find Person” buttons.

The “Print Companies” button gives an abbreviated printout of the companies in your compudex.

The “Print People” button gives an abbreviated printout of the people in your compudex.

The “Print All” button gives an abbreviated printout of all of the entries in your compudex.

The “Add to Dealer List” button will put the current compudex entry into your dealer list. A person or company must be in your dealer list before you can complete the “Acquired From” or “Removed To” data on the “ENTRY (Coin Details)” screen and the “Removal Information” mini-screen. If a compudex entry is already in your dealer list the “Now in Dealer List” check box will be checked. For people Moneta will concatenate the first and last names to make a single name in the dealer list. NOTE: The combination of the first and last names can not exceed twenty characters including spaces. The “Delete from Dealer List” button will remove the current compudex entry from your dealer list, but it will first check to ensure the current compudex entry is not referenced in either your collection or your removed coins. If it is, then you will have to first delete or change those references. Moneta does not allow you to create “orphan” records that can not be found with its search engine. The “Delete List & Compudex” button not only removes the current compudex entry from the dealer list, but also deletes it completely from the compudex. Again, both removals are contingent upon the entry not being referenced in either your collection or your removed coins. The “Table Display” box controls whether the table will display all of the compudex companies or all of the people with some of their most important data. This can be helpful if you simply can’t remember a name in order to do a search, but you would recognize the name if you saw it! You can not change anything in this display, but by clicking on the desired entry Moneta will automatically bring up that entry on the full screen. The data fields and their maximum length are:

“Last Name” - 20 characters “First Name” - 25 characters“Company” - 25 characters “Street Address” - 35 characters“City” - 20 characters “State” - 10 characters“Postal Code” - 15 characters “Country” - 25 characters“Business Phone” - 20 characters “Home Phone” - 20 characters“Fax” - 30 characters “Reference” - 35 characters“Contact Person” - 20 characters “Alternate Contact” - 20 characters“E-mail” - 40 characters “Website” - 40 characters“Notes” - essentially unlimited

32

As mentioned above, the “Reference” field is very special since it is searchable, and the “Notes” field is special since its length is essentially unlimited and can be used for any alpha-numeric information. The “E-mail” field and the “Website” field function identically for greater flexibility. Although they are labeled “E-mail” and “Website”, either field may be used for either purpose. Entries in those fields are made in underlined blue text to show in typical internet format that is a “link”. Double-clicking on either field will open your system’s default internet browser or e-mail program. If you’ve entered a website, the browser will open and take you to the website, and if you’ve entered an e-mail address the “new message” or composition window will open pre-addressed to your entry. The format if you’re entering an e-mail address is the usual myfriends@theiraddress.whatever (e.g. - moneta@numus.com). To save typing, for websites Moneta assumes a prefix of “http://www.” so only enter the name of the website itself (e.g. - numus.com, not www.numus.com or http://www.numus.com). Note that Moneta forces all entries in the “E-mail” and “Website” fields to be in internet-standard lower case.

The totals shown just above the table on the lower left tell how many people or companies are in the compudex and thus how many entries will be in the table. The totals have nothing to do with the “Find” buttons.

33

REF (Historical Reference) Screen The “REF (Historical Reference)” screen contains both in-depth and summary information on Roman rulers, mints, and denominations. Some collectors have printed out this material to preface sections in binders. The selection between those three reference topics is made in the “SUBJECT” box at the top center of the screen, but the default selection at start-up will always be “Rulers”. You may either browse through the material using the “Navigator bar” just beneath the “SUBJECT” box or you may move directly to a reference of particular interest by using the drop-down box to the right side of the “Navigator bar”. The drop-down box will attempt to match any typed entry with an available selection after every character is typed. A two second delay between characters will result in the assumption that you wish to begin a new entry. The screen is essentially divided into two parts by a black bar with three buttons and a display of the clipboard contents on it. The region above the black bar is the Moneta reference material and is labeled “REFERENCE” along its right side. This material has been compiled by Numus from over 140 reference works and is available to you for information and excerpts. The region below the black bar is labeled “PRINT” along its right side and is what appears on the printouts generated on the “ENTRY (Coin Details)” screen when you click on the “PRINT REF.” button. The “Search Rulers” button can actually assume three labels, “Search Rulers”, “Search Denoms”, and “Search Mints”. The labels will automatically switch depending upon your selection in the “SUBJECT” box. When clicked the button will ask for what text you wish to search for. Note that at present this search is case sensitive and will find not only whole words but also partial word matches. For example, a search for “Galatia” will not only find all occurrences of “Galatia” but also all occurrences of “Galatians”. The search is only made through the references in your currently selected “SUBJECT”, which is why the button re-labels itself. However, your search entry is retained and is the default for your next search, so a complete search of all three categories is easily accomplished. If the initial search is successful, the “Search Again” button is enabled, and will find all further occurrences. The “Search Rulers” button is always enabled to enable you to begin a new search at any time. However, once the “Search Again” button has determined that there are now further occurrences of your search text, it will inform you and disable itself until a new search is successfully begun. Note that as with nearly all Moneta controls, the “Search Rulers” button and the “Search Again” buttons have “accelerator” keys assigned to them which allow you to operate them from the keyboard. “Accelerator” keys can be recognized by an underlined character in the label. In the case of these two buttons the keys are Alt-S and Alt-A, respectively, meaning, for example, that holding down the Alt key and repeatedly pressing the “S” key will accomplish the same thing as repeatedly clicking on the “Search Again” button. The “Navigator” bar (the device just below the “SUBJECT” box with four arrows and an “X” on it) lets you browse through the reference material. From left to right the functions are:

1) The left arrow terminating in a bar will take you to the beginning of the material.2) The left arrow will take you to the preceding entry in the material.3) The right arrow will take you to the following entry in the material.4) The right arrow terminating in a bar will take you to the end of the material.5) The “X” cancels any pending changes you have made to the “PRINT” material. The changes

you make to the “PRINT” material will become “permanent” if you leave the screen or move to another reference entry, and can no longer be canceled by the “X” (which will be gray when no changes can be canceled). The “REFERENCE” material is protected against editing. It is intended to educate and serve as a basis for a customized “PRINT” paragraph. When your cursor is in the “REFERENCE” area the only function enabled is the “Copy” button (the standard Windows key combination “Ctrl-C” also works). The “PRINT” material is what appears on the printouts generated on the “ENTRY (Coin Details)” screen when you click on the “PRINT REF.” button. The area allocated on the printout is closely matched to the area on your screen. Notice that when the cursor is in the “PRINT” material all three

34

buttons in the black bar are enabled (“Copy”, ”Cut”, and “Paste”). The standard Windows key combinations (Ctrl-C, Ctrl-X, and Ctrl-V) also work. The “Clipboard Contents” display shows you what you will get if you do a “Paste” operation at any time. Numus encourages the customization of the “PRINT” material to suit your tastes. Although Numus spent many hours to convey the most pertinent information in the six lines available, others will certainly have better ideas or wish to emphasize certain aspects. Do not be afraid to experiment, since at any time you can always restore the initial Moneta text by clicking on the “Restore Default” button. If you change your mind about changes you have made in a particular session you can click on the “X” in the “Navigator bar” and cancel all pending changes. The “Restore Default” button will first prompt for confirmation, and if confirmation is received it will over-write anything in the “PRINT” material with the original Moneta text. The “Print Reference” button gives you a printout of the Moneta “REFERENCE” material suitable for binding in a loose-leaf notebook along with other printouts from Moneta. This button serves two functions, and will re-label itself to show its current function. Normally, with the “Print Reference” label showing, it will print the entire text of the current reference entry you are viewing. However, should you select only a portion of the reference entry (via left-clicking and dragging with the mouse) it will re-label itself “Print Sel. Text” and the printout will only contain the text you have selected. This function auto-cancels after each such printout or when you no longer have a text selected. Note the selected text must be over 20 characters for this function to operate, in order to allow normal search functions (which select the search word or words) to operate without automatically triggering the ‘print selected text’ mode. The “View Mint Map” button calls a map of the Roman world overlaid with the names and locations of the known Roman Imperial mints. If the button is clicked while viewing Rulers or Denominations, the map opens and highlights Rome as a default (its location dot will flash for approx. 5 seconds). If the button is clicked while viewing Mint information, the map opens and highlights the mint of interest. Once the map is open, clicking the “Show All Imperial Mints” button displays all of the mints, and double-clicking any one of the names closes the map and returns you to the ‘REF’ screen with that mint selected. If all mints are showing, the “Show All Imperial Mints” button is relabeled as “Show One Mint” and clicking it will again show only the mint of interest. Clicking the “Done” button will close the map and return you to the ‘REF’ screen set to what you were last viewing. If you add or change any rulers, denominations, or mints on the “CUSTOM (Customization Screen)” the changes will be reflected on the drop-down lists on the “REF (Historical Reference)” screen and you may enter new material for them in the “PRINT” section.

35

IMAGE (Image Loader/Extractor) Screen The “IMAGE (Image Loader/Extractor)” screen allows you to insert and extract images of your coins. You can insert images from three sources: files in either bitmap (.BMP) or JPEG (.JPEG or .JPG) format, images from the Windows clipboard, or directly from a TWAIN-compliant device such as most scanners, digital cameras, and frame-grabbers. The main operational part of the screen is in the gray box on the bottom half of the screen. The top half of the screen assures that you’re loading the proper image into the proper coin, shows the image (read back from your database to prove the insertion worked), and contains the extraction controls. Note that this screen only works on coins still in your collection. If a coin is among the removed coins, pictures can not be inserted.

To insert bitmap or JPEG files, begin by selecting the drive where the files are. Once you’ve selected the drive, the directory list box displays the first level of the drives directory and you can then continue to define the path by double-clicking on it in the directory list box. Note that the “Image” screen opens by default to a sub-directory of Moneta called “Roman Coin Images”. Moneta created this directory to allow a convenient place to store coin images if you do not use the TWAIN-device option. If you wish to save your images in any other directory you can easily do so by clicking on the “Set Default Directory” button (the “default directory” is the directory that the “Image” screen will open to when you start Moneta). The “Set Default Directory” button opens a mini-screen where you can set another default directory if you wish. If the directory does not already exist Moneta will offer to create if for you. The OK button makes any changes and closes the screen. The Cancel button closes the screen, ignoring any changes. Any bitmap or JPEG files found in the default directory or as you set the path to the files will be displayed in the large box (the file list box) to the right of the drive box and directory list box. Once you think you’ve located the coin image you can preview it by single clicking it in the file list box. It will appear in the box labeled “Preview” to the right of the image files list. To insert an image from the Windows clipboard, you must have already done a “copy to clipboard” operation in whatever program you originally had the image. Then simply click the “Preview Clipboard Image” button below the file list box and the image will appear in the “Preview” box. Any file selected in the file list box will be de-selected during this operation to minimize confusion as to what you are viewing.

To import an image directly from a TWAIN-compliant device, you must first select the device using the “Select Source...” button from the “Get image directly from a Twain device” box. This button calls a dialog box which displays all TWAIN-compliant devices on your computer. After selecting one and clicking OK, the “Acquire Image” button is enabled, and clicking this button will acquire an image from the device and display it in the Preview box. Moneta bypasses the TWAIN-device user-interface, so you must have already set the device’s image characteristics (size, colors, etc.). Once a device is selected, a new image will be acquired for preview each time the “Acquire Image” button is clicked.

The entry into which you wish to place the image must already have been created on the “ENTRY (Coin Details)” screen. If you are coming directly to the IMAGE screen from the “ENTRY (Coin Details)” screen the current coin on the “ENTRY” screen will be automatically displayed to facilitate the entry of images for new coins. You can also call a coin entry onto the screen by using either the “FIND COIN” button (it works identically to the “FIND COIN” button on the “ENTRY (Coin Details)” screen) or the “Navigator bar” (general operation also described in the “ENTRY (Coin Details)” section) in the lower right hand corner of the gray box. All of the fields above the gray box are simply to ensure that you are loading the proper picture into the proper coin entry. The top two fields on the left of the screen (to the left of the obverse picture display) show the obverse legend and obverse description of the coin. The next two fields on the left of the screen (to the left of the obverse picture display) display the reverse legend and reverse description of the coin. The three fields on the right of the screen (“Ruler”, “Denomination”, and “Coin”) are further verification of the proper coin.

36

Once an image is in the “Preview” box, the actual insertion is accomplished by clicking either the “Load Obv” or “Load Rev” buttons. At any time any image you have loaded into Moneta can be replaced (using the “Load Obv” or “Load Rev” buttons) or erased (using the “Clear Obv” or “Clear Rev” buttons). All images, bitmap or JPEG, are automatically converted to JPEG format for internal storage in the database (your original image file is not changed), saving considerable file space as JPEG’s are typically only 25% the size of the bitmap. The maximum image size in pixels which can be fully displayed is noted on the screen under the “Maximum viewable image” label, which changes with your screen resolution. The "Load Obv and Rev from a Single Image" button can be used if the previewed image shows both the obverse and reverse of the coin (common for coins sold on-line). Clicking the button results in Moneta first determining whether the images are combined horizontally or vertically and then loading the left (or top for vertically combined images) half of the image into the Obverse image and the right (or bottom) half of the image into the Reverse image. If the combined image was produced carefully this often produces good results, but if the coin appears too small and is surrounded by a lot of border area, then image cropping (see below) can improve results. Moneta internally stores your entire original image (converted to JPEG format), and automatically reduces or enlarges it to best fit the viewable area each time the program calls it. This provides the best image quality should you change your screen resolution in the future. Displayed images maintain their original aspect ratio*, with Moneta resizing them to display the largest possible image within the allowed area. Coin images taken with screen capture devices will normally have an aspect ratio between 1.24 and 1.34, and Moneta specially treats those aspect ratios to ensure the largest coin image is available, but the coin must be approximately centered in such images. In the case of 640x480 resolution true aspect images - showing a round coin - will be 105 high by 140 wide, although only 115 pixels of the horizontal 140 are viewable. You can enter larger images, but the excess won’t be displayed and the files will enlarge the data tables and thus decrease performance. As stated in the introductory pages of this manual, images are best kept as small as is practical. Images will display at maximum size regardless of changes in screen resolution or whether they were imported from a system with a different resolution. Should you wish to extract an image from Moneta, the “Extract Reverse Image” and “Extract Obverse Image” boxes in the upper-right part of the screen enable you to save a JPEG or bitmap image to its own file or a bitmap to the Windows clipboard. This is useful in the case of imported coins, images inserted directly from a TWAIN-compliant device, or if you wish to delete your original images to save drive space, but then need to recover one or more. The “to File” buttons open a typical “Save” dialog box, and you may then select the directory, the filename, and your desired format (.jpg, .jpeg, or .bmp). Upon clicking “Save” the file is created. The “to Clipboard” buttons create a bitmap file on the Windows clipboard, which can be pasted into word processors, etc. This operation only holds one image at a time, and any previous image is overwritten with the new one. The “Extract Combined Image” box combines the obverse and reverse images into a single JPEG or bitmap, which also can be saved to a file or the clipboard. If “Horizontal” is selected, the reverse will be added to the left of the obverse; “Vertical” puts the reverse beneath the obverse.

Image cropping is a way to remove unwanted background from an image - essentially "trimming the edges"to allow the final image to show more coin and less background. To crop you must first have an image presentin the preview box, since the cropping operates on that image. To begin, click on the "Crop Image..." buttonwhich will call a mini-screen entitled "Moneta Image Cropping". The image in the preview box is copiedautomatically to the new mini-screen and enlarged (though it will almost never fill the entire available area – its size is dependent upon the dimensions of the original image file). It’s important to note that image cropping will *not* affect your original image file, and indeed will not even be updated to the preview on themain Imaging screen. The cropped image is only used on the mini-screen to load images into Moneta and is discarded when the Image Cropping mini-screen is closed. On the Image Cropping mini-screen there are two "spin boxes" on each side of the copied image. One ofthe boxes is labeled "Coarse" and the other "Fine". The coarse controls move the associated edge of theimage by approximately 2% of the screen per click. The fine controls move the associated edge 1 screen pixelper click. The cropped image is formed within the movable edge lines. When you get within certain aspectratios that seem likely to become a split image, Moneta puts a dashed line on the image showing where the

37

split will occur. To the left of the screen there is information dealing with your present cropped image aspectratio, since certain aspect ratios can be enlarged more than others in Moneta. When you are satisfied with the position of the lines, click the "Preview Cropped Image" button and a reduced image is displayed in the "Cropped Image Preview" region. That allows you to see the actualimage borders the program will use to fill the images in Moneta. If you’re not satisfied simply makeadjustments to the image border lines using the "spin boxes" and click the "Preview Cropped Image" buttonagain. Continue the process until you’re satisfied with the previewed image. After you have removed all of the background that you want, you can load the image(s) into Moneta in the same manner as on the main Imaging screen. Clicking the "Load Obv" button will load the previewed image(scaled appropriately) into the obverse image of the coin selected on the Imaging screen and close the "Image Cropping" mini-screen. The "Load Rev" button operates identically, but on the reverse image. The "Load Obv and Rev from a Single Image" button performs identically to the corresponding button on themain Imaging screen except that it also closes the "Image Cropping" mini-screen. Clicking the "Cancel" button closes the "Image Cropping" mini-screen without taking any further action.

* aspect ratio is the image width in pixels divided by the image height in pixels

38

CUSTOM (Customization Screen)

The “CUSTOM (Customization Screen)” is perhaps the most visually unappealing, yet perhaps the most powerful screen on Moneta. This screen allows you to change the underlying data tables of Moneta to suit your preferences in spelling and names, as well as enabling you to add or subtract underlying data as best suits your collection.

The areas which you can impact are broken down into six sections with a seventh section being reserved for improving performance. The seven sections which allow you to customize the underlying data are in the “CATEGORIES”, ”RULERS”, ”METALS”, ”OBV. LEGENDS”, “DENOMINATIONS”, “MINTS”, and “MINT MARKS”. The “PACK DATA TABLES” section is for improving performance for those who are constantly adding and removing or deleting coins from the collection.

The “CATEGORIES” box contains three buttons labeled “Add a Category”, “Change a Category”, and “Delete a Category”. The “Add a Category” button shows a mini-screen for entering a new category of up to 20 characters. The “Change a Category” button shows a mini-screen into which you select the category to change from a drop-down list of your existing categories. You then enter what you wish to change it to and Moneta will automatically change any occurrences of the original in both your collection and your removed coins to the new category, as well as changing it in the master category list. The “Delete a Category” shows a mini-screen which asks you to select the category to delete from a drop-down list of your existing categories. It will then check both your collection and your removed coins to ensure that the category is not used there. If it finds any instances of usage it will inform you as to whether your collection, your removed coins, or both contain the references and cancel the request. If you really still wish to delete the category you will first have to first eliminate any references to it among your coins and then delete it. This is done for data integrity purposes so that no “orphans” are created which can not be found using the search engine. Confirmation is required to delete a category.

The “CONDITIONS” box contains three buttons labeled “Add a Condition”, “Change a Condition”, and “Delete a Condition”. The “Add a Condition” button shows a mini-screen for entering a new condition of up to 12 characters. The “Change a Condition” button shows a mini-screen into which you select the condition to change from a drop-down list of your existing conditions. You then enter what you wish to change it to and Moneta will ask if you wish to automatically change any occurrences of the original in both your collection and your removed coins to the new condition. Regardless of your answer, Moneta will always change the master condition drop-down list. The “Delete a Condition” shows a mini-screen which asks you to select the condition to delete from a drop-down list of your existing conditions. Since condition is not a search criterion, Moneta will always allow the deletion of any condition from the drop-down list. Confirmation is required to delete a condition.

The “DENOMINATIONS” box contains three buttons labeled “Add a Denomination”, “Change a Denomination”, and “Delete a Denomination”. The “Add a Denomination” button calls a mini-screen on which you must first enter the denomination which you wish to add (twenty characters maximum). If the denomination is eight characters or less Moneta automatically suggests the name as the abbreviation unless it’s already used. In any event, the “Abbreviation to Use” must be eight characters or less. The “Add Denomination to Ruler” entry must be selected from the drop-down list since it makes no sense to add a certain denomination to each ruler in the time-span covered by Moneta. This drop-down works like most in Moneta where a match will be attempted after each letter you type and a two-second lapse will result in the assumption of a new entry. When you press the “Enter” key after making the ruler selection you will see a list of rulers appear under the heading of “Note That This Denomination Will be Made Available for the Following Rulers:”. This information is to remind you each addition of a denomination will generally impact several rulers since for simplification Moneta internally divides rulers into several

39

groups who issued similar denominations. Note that not every ruler in every group may have issued every denomination associated with that group but it does narrow the choices to those which are mainly possible. You may “Cancel” your addition at any time. The “Change a Denomination” button calls a mini-screen on which you first pick the “Denomination to Change” from a drop-down list which functions as the one described above. When that selection is made the “Abbreviation” box is filled in with the current abbreviation for that denomination. Next the “Change To” entry must be manually made (twenty characters or less). The “Abbreviation” may then be changed if you wish. The “Scope of Change” box may be clicked to either select “All Rulers” or a specific ruler. If a specific ruler is chosen you will see a list of rulers appear under the heading of “Note That This Denomination Change Will be Made for the Following Rulers:”. As in “Add a Denomination”, the denomination selection for these rulers will also be affected by the name change. If you wish to make a universal change, such as ‘Assarion’ for ‘As’, simply click on “All Rulers” and all lists and references both in your collection and in the removed coins will change. If you are satisfied with your entries, click on the “OK to Change” button. You may “Cancel” your change at any time. The “Delete a Denomination” button calls a mini-screen on which you must first pick the “Denomination to Delete” from a drop-down list which functions as the ones described above. The “Scope of Change” box may then be clicked to either select “All Rulers” or a specific ruler. If a specific ruler is chosen you will see a list of rulers appear under the heading of “Note That This Denomination Deletion Will be Made for the Following Rulers:”. As in “Add a Denomination” and “Change a Denomination”, the denomination lists for these rulers will also be affected by the deletion. If you wish to make a universal deletion click on “All Rulers” and the denomination will be removed from all denomination lists for all rulers. In either case, Moneta will first check to make sure that making the requested deletion will not leave “orphan” coin entries. After clicking the “OK to Delete” button confirmation is still required to make the deletions. You may “Cancel” your deletion at any time.

The “METALS” box contains four buttons labeled “Add a Metal”, “Change a Metal”, “Delete a Metal”, and “Denomination-Metal Link”. The “Add a Metal” button calls a mini-screen which allows you to add a new metal of up to eleven characters and checks to ensure it is not a duplication of an already existing metal. You may “Cancel” your addition at any time. The “Change a Metal” button calls a mini-screen which allows you to pick the metal you wish to change from a drop-down list of the existing metals. You then enter the new name into the “Change To” field (again 11 characters maximum), and after clicking the “OK to Change” button Moneta will change any references to the old name to the new name in the metal list and throughout your data files. You may “Cancel” your change at any time. The “Delete a Metal” button calls a mini-screen which allows you to select the metal to delete from a drop-down list of the metal currently in your metals list. Moneta will first check to ensure that the metal that you wish to delete is not used in your collection or removed coins before allowing you to delete the metal. You may “Cancel” your deletion at any time. The “Denomination-Metal Link” button calls a mini-screen which allows you to change the default metal associated with a particular denomination. This information is used by Moneta on the “ENTRY (Coin Details)” screen to fill the “Metal” field once the “Denomination” has been entered. On the mini-screen you set the new default metal for any particular denomination by selecting from a drop-down list which appears when you click on the metal of any denomination. Once the denomination-metal links are the way you want click the “Done” button. Note that changing the default metal of a denomination only affects future defaults, it does not change any of the metals in your collection or removed coins.

The “MINTS” box contains three buttons: “Add a Mint”, “Change a Mint”, and “Delete a Mint”. The “Add a Mint” button calls a mini-screen on which you must first enter the mint which you wish to add (twenty characters maximum). The “Add Mint to Ruler” entry must be selected from the drop-down list since it makes no sense to add a certain mint to each ruler in the time-span covered by Moneta. This drop-down works like most in Moneta where a match will be attempted after each letter you type and a two-second lapse will result in the assumption of a new entry. When press the “Enter” key after

40

making the ruler selection you will see a list of rulers appear under the heading of “Note That This Mint Will be Made Available for the Following Rulers:”. This information is to remind you that each addition of a mint will generally impact several rulers since for simplification Moneta internally divides rulers into several groups who struck at similar mints. Note that not every ruler in every group may have struck at each mint associated with that group but it does narrow the choices to those which are mainly possible. You may “Cancel” your addition at any time. The “Change a Mint” button calls a mini-screen on which you must first pick the “Mint to Change” from a drop-down list which functions as the one described above. Next the “Change To” entry must be manually made (twenty characters or less). The “Scope of Change” box may be clicked to either select “All Rulers” or a specific ruler. If a specific ruler is chosen you will see a list of rulers appear under the heading of “Note That This Mint Change Will be Made for the Following Rulers:”. As in “Add a Denomination”, the mint selection for these rulers will also be affected by the name change. If you wish to make a universal change, such as ‘Roma’ for ‘Rome’, simply click on “All Rulers” and all lists and references both in your collection and in the removed coins will change. If you are satisfied with your entries, click on the “OK to Change” button. You may “Cancel” your change at any time. The “Delete a Mint” button calls a mini-screen on which you must first pick the “Mint to Delete” from a drop-down list which functions as the ones described above. The “Scope of Change” box may then be clicked to either select “All Rulers” or a specific ruler. If a specific ruler is chosen you will see a list of rulers appear under the heading of “Note That This Mint Deletion Will be Made for the Following Rulers:”. As in “Add a Mint” and “Change a Mint”, the mint lists for these rulers will also be affected by the deletion. If you wish to make a universal deletion simply click on “All Rulers” and the mint will be removed from all mint lists for all rulers. In either case, Moneta will first check to make sure that making the requested deletion will not leave “orphan” coin entries. After clicking the “OK to Delete” button confirmation is still required to make the deletions. You may “Cancel” your deletion at any time.

The “MINT MARKS” box contains three buttons labeled “Add a Mint Mark”, “Delete a Mint Mark”, and “Find a Mint Mark”. The “Add a Mint Mark” button calls a mini-screen on which you can add a mint mark. The only required entry is the mint name, after which all other entries are optional since you may not know the dates it was used and a “blank” mint mark is legitimate. The “Delete a Mint Mark” should only be used to correct a mistake you may have entered. It calls a mini-screen where you may select the mint mark to delete and then delete it by clicking the “OK to Delete” button. The screen is best used by first selecting the mint for which you wish to delete a mark (since this narrows your search considerably), and then the mint mark which you wish to delete. The drop-down box can be opened to the vicinity of the mint marks which match your interest. As you move through the mint marks they will be displayed in the normal mint mark/control marks fashion on the mini-screen. When you have found the one you wish close the drop-down box and click the “OK to Delete” button. You may cancel your deletion any time prior to pressing the “OK to Delete” button by clicking the “Cancel” button. The “Find a Mint Mark” button calls a mini-screen and after entering mint and control mark information, setting any desired options, and clicking the “Search” button Moneta will provide a list of possible mints with the years of issue. The control marks entries are single-line entries rather than the “tall” entry boxes on the “ENTRY (Coin Details)” screen. This facilitates the entry of the control marks, since appearance within the field is not important to the Moneta search engine. WHAT IS IMPORTANT is that the control marks be entered in the proper entry field (the left, center, or right fields) and that they be entered from left to right, top to bottom in the case of multiple lines of control marks in a single entry field. For example if the right control mark on a coin were to consist of three lines of marks (e.g. - “AB” on the topmost line, “C” on the second line, and “DE” on the bottom line), then you would simply type “ABCDE” (in that order) in the right control mark search entry. If you click on any mint found, the entry fields will reconfigure to give a visual representation of the complete mint mark. This mini-screen (when called via the “Find a Mint Mark” button) is not inter-active with any other screens, so you will have to manually note the results achieved there. If you want to transfer information about a mint mark to the “ENTRY (Coin Details)” screen, you should summon the mint finder from that screen and then double-

41

click the desired entry to transfer the information. The Mint Mark search options are as follows: “Search For:” - The search can be for the entire mint mark, or any portion or portions of it. “Search Type:” - The search can be for an exact or partial match, although there are no “wild-cards”. A partial match will be found if the marks that you’ve typed match any part of the Moneta mint mark database. For example a partial search on the exergual mark “CON” would find not only “CON”, but also “TCON”, “CONST”, “PCONST”, etc. The search type will be applied to all parts of the mint mark checked in the “Search For:” box. “Optional Date Limits” - The search can be narrowed to only find mint marks falling between certain years. This can eliminate a lot of “clutter” if necessary. Leaving all of the mint mark and control mark fields empty when searching invokes a special feature, in that by setting date limits all mint marks active within that time frame will be displayed. This feature is active regardless of whether you’ve set an exact or partial search type. Since Moneta only knows when a mark was first and last used, no guarantee is made that all of the marks found will necessarily have been active in a particular year (sometimes marks were discontinued for a year or more before being revived), only that they could have been.

The “OBV. DESCRIPTIONS” box contains three buttons labeled “Add an Obv Description”, “Change Obv Description”, and “Delete Obv Description”. The “Add an Obv Description” button shows a mini-screen in which you enter a new obverse description of up to 100 characters. The “Change Obv Description” button shows a mini-screen into which you select the Obverse Description to change from a drop-down list of your existing Obverse Descriptions. You then enter what you wish to change it to and Moneta will ask if you wish to automatically change any occurrences of the original in both your collection and your removed coins to the new Obverse Description. Regardless of your answer, Moneta will always change the master Obverse Description drop-down list. The “Delete Obv Description” shows a mini-screen which asks you to select the Obverse Description to delete from a drop-down list of your existing Obverse Descriptions. Since Obverse Description is not a search criterion, Moneta always allows the deletion of any Obverse Description from the drop-down list. Confirmation is required to delete an Obverse Description.

The “OBV. LEGENDS” box contains three buttons labeled “Add an Obv Legend”, “Delete an Obv Legend”, and “Find an Obv Legend”. The “Add an Obv Legend” buttons calls a mini-screen on which you should first select the ruler from the drop-down list for whom you are adding the legend. This drop-down works like most in Moneta where a match will be attempted after each letter you type and a two-second lapse will result in the assumption of a new entry. The “Obverse Legend to Add” field (limited to 70 characters) will automatically change any entries to upper-case and will change J’s to I’s, U’s to V’s, and will reject W’s (to ensure a match with the Roman alphabet). When both the ruler and the new legend are filled in the “OK to Add” button will be enabled. If you wish to create an entry with no obverse legend, you should enter ‘[ANEPIGRAPHIC]’. You may “Cancel” your addition at any time. The “Delete an Obv Legend” button calls a mini-screen on which you should first select the ruler from the drop-down list for whom you are deleting the legend. This drop-down box works the same way as described above. The “Obverse Legend to Delete” must be chosen from its drop-down box, which functions the same as the ruler drop-down. When both the ruler and the legend to delete are filled in the “OK to Delete” button will be enabled. You may “Cancel” your deletion at any time. The “Find an Obv Legend” button calls the “Obverse Legend Identifier” mini-screen in which you type whatever portion(s) of the obverse legend you can be sure of and press the “Enter” key. Moneta supports both asterisk (*) and (8) ‘wildcards’ (the ‘8’ will appear in the Moneta font as a sort of backward sigma). The ‘*’ indicates that there is at least one letter missing. Since it is often difficult to ascertain how many letters are missing, in Moneta an asterisk means at least one letter is missing and maybe more. The ‘8’ means exactly one letter is unknown. It may be repeated as many times in a row as needed – but be certain that the number or 8’s do match the number of your unknown letters. Do not use

42

*’s or 8’s at the beginning or end of a search string as Moneta assumes them. Moneta supports the use of up to two wildcards in a search string – and considers a string of multiple 8’s to be a single wildcard occurrence (do not run *’s and 8’s together – it makes no sense). For example, P*DIVI*OAVG will return a single legend of Hadrian – as will P8888DIVI*OAVG. Additionally, since on provincial coinage the form of the Greek letter ‘upsilon’ is sometimes seen as ‘Y’ and sometimes as ‘V’, a checkbox is provided to search for both forms. The “Ruler” box, if a ruler is selected, will restrict results to that ruler (if blank it has no effect). A table will appear in the large blank area which will give all of the known possibilities, excluding legends on medallions. Click the “Done” button when you have your information. The legend and ruler you identify on this screen can not be automatically copied to anywhere else; if you wish to load the ruler and the legend directly into the “ENTRY (Coin Details)” screen you should go to that screen, position the cursor in the ‘Obverse Legend’ field, press the “F12" key, and repeat the search (double-click an legend to close the mini-screen and return the information to the “ENTRY (Coin Details)” screen).

The “Provincial Cities” box contains three buttons labeled “Add a Provincial City”, “Delete a Provincial City”, and “Find a Provincial City”. The “Add a Provincial City” button shows a mini-screen in which you can enter a new provincial city of up to 30 characters as well as optionally entering the ancient region (up to 25 characters) of the city. Anything entered as a city’s region will automatically appear in the drop-down lists appended to the city after a comma, e.g. – “city, region”. The “Delete a Provincial City” button shows a mini-screen where you select the provincial city to delete from a drop-down list of your existing conditions. This mini-screen is usually only used to correct mistakes in the addition of a city. Moneta will first check to make sure that making the requested deletion will not leave “orphan” coin entries in either the collection or the removed coins (entries that still have the provincial city name used). You will receive either an “OK to delete” message or a message explaining where the “orphaned” coin is located. If there is a problem, you must first change the city in the coin record before returning to delete the city. After clicking the “OK to Delete” button, confirmation is still required to make the deletions. You may “Cancel” your deletion any time before confirming the deletion. The “Find a Provincial City” button calls the “Moneta Provincial/Colonial City Identifier” screen.

The “REV. LEGENDS” box contains three buttons labeled “Add a Rev Legend”, “Delete a Rev Legend”, and “Find a Rev Legend”. The “Add a Rev Legend” buttons calls a mini-screen on which you should first select the ruler from the drop-down list for whom you are adding the legend. This drop-down works like most in Moneta where a match will be attempted after each letter you type and a two-second lapse will result in the assumption of a new entry. The “Reverse Legend to Add” field (limited to 62 characters) will automatically change any entries to upper-case and will change J’s to I’s, U’s to V’s, and will reject W’s (to ensure a match with the Roman alphabet). When both the ruler and the new legend are filled in the “OK to Add” button will be enabled. If you wish to create an entry with no reverse legend, you should enter ‘[ANEPIGRAPHIC]’. You may “Cancel” your addition at any time. The “Delete a Rev Legend” button calls a mini-screen on which you should first select the ruler from the drop-down list for whom you are deleting the legend. This drop-down box works the same way as described above. The “Reverse Legend to Delete” must be chosen from its drop-down box, which functions the same as the ruler drop-down. When both the ruler and the legend to delete are filled in the “OK to Delete” button will be enabled. You may “Cancel” your deletion at any time. The “Find a Rev Legend” button calls the “Reverse Legend Identifier” mini-screen in which you type whatever portion(s) of the obverse legend you can be sure of and press the “Enter” key. The wildcard use is exactly the same as detailed above for “Find an Obv Legend”. For example, AV*TIS*XXX will return a single legend of Constantius II – as will AV*TIS888888888XXX. Additionally, since on provincial coinage the form of the Greek letter ‘upsilon’ is sometimes seen as ‘Y’ and sometimes as ‘V’, a checkbox is provided to search for both forms. The “Ruler” box, if a ruler is selected, will restrict results to that ruler (if blank it has no effect). A table will appear in the large blank

43

area which gives all the known possibilities, excluding medallion legends. Click the “Done” button when you have your information. The legend identified on this screen can not be automatically copied to anywhere else; if you wish to enter the legend directly into the “Reverse Legend” field on “ENTRY (Coin Details)” screen you should go to that screen, position the cursor in that field, and press the “F12" key to repeat the search (double-click a legend to close the mini-screen and return the information to the “ENTRY (Coin Details)” screen).

The “RULERS” box contains three buttons labeled “Add a Ruler”, “Change Ruler Information”, and “Delete a Ruler”. In Moneta a ruler is anyone for whom coins were issued whether or not they actually held the throne. The “Add a Ruler” button calls a mini-screen which is itself titled “Add a Ruler”. The ruler's name can be up to 20 characters long, and it will automatically enter in upper-case letters since Moneta uses upper-case for ruler names. The field will accept W, J, and U since most people prefer modern spellings to the ancient Roman ones. A check against your existing rulers is made to prevent duplication, and you will receive a message if there is a conflict. If the name is 8 characters or less it will automatically be suggested as the abbreviation. The “Reign Began”, “Reign Ended”, “Year Born”, and “Year Died” are all optional information and if used must be years. The ancient date convention Moneta uses is the year (for BC the year followed by a space and BC). AD is assumed if BC is not stated (Moneta removes any ‘AD’ or ‘CE’ entries, and changes BCE to ‘BC’). The “Nickname” is optional and can be up to 28 characters long. This field is typically used by Moneta for the nicknames of the actual occupants of the throne and to identify the relationships to rulers of people who never held the throne (e.g. - “Wife of Trajan”). The “Uses the same denomination list as the ruler:” and “Uses the same mint list as the ruler:” fields are to allow Moneta to associate a mint and denomination list with the new person. The boxes marked preview allow you to see exactly what mints and denominations will be available for any given mint or denomination list. In any event the “MINTS” and “DENOMINATIONS” boxes allow you to alter any of the mint and denomination lists. When a minimum of the “Name”, “Abbrev.”, “Uses the same denomination list as the ruler:”, and “Uses the same mint list as the ruler:” are properly entered the “OK to Add” button will be enabled. Upon clicking the “OK to Add” button the ruler will be entered in the ruler list and a new entry will be made in the reference material tables so you may enter the “PRINT” material on the “REF (Historical Reference)” screen. You may “Cancel” your entry at any time. The “Change Ruler Information” button calls a mini-screen which is itself titled ““Change Ruler Information”. This screen is virtually identical to the “Add a Ruler” screen except that it has a drop-down box at the top of the screen from which you select the ruler whose information you wish to change, and Moneta then completes the informational entries with its current information. After you change as much or as little as you like you click the “OK to Change” button which will be enabled if the essentials of “Name”, “Abbrev.”, and the Mint and Denomination lists are filled in. The ruler’s information will be changed in the collection, removed coins, and reference entry. You may “Cancel” your changes at any time. The “Delete a Ruler” button calls a mini-screen which is itself titled “Delete a Ruler”. Select the ruler you wish to delete from the drop-down box and Moneta will automatically check both your collection and your removed coins to again ensure a ruler is not removed from the ruler list when he/she is still referenced in the data files. If a reference is found Moneta will inform you where the problem is (the collection or removed), but if no references are found Moneta will inform you that deletion is OK. A confirmation will still be required after you click the “OK to Delete” button. You may “Cancel” your deletion at any time. The “PACK DATA TABLES” box contains one button labeled “Pack Data Tables”. This is normally not necessary for most collectors, but if there are a lot of removals and deletions from your collection it can pay to occasionally click on this button. Databases normally do not always reclaim space left by deleted or removed data until specifically told to (but in some instances the database will use the space for new coins). This button reclaims most unused space and thus slightly improves performance by making the database smaller. There are also some data integrity checking routines built in. There is nothing you need to do except click it and wait until you receive the “Data Table Packing

44

Completed OK.” message. This button has no appreciable effect unless the number of coin removals and deletions approaches a thousand, so for the average collector it’s nothing to worry about.

The “DATA BACKUP” box contains one button labeled “Backup Data”. This calls a mini-screen entitled ‘Moneta Data Backup’, which lets you to make compressed (ZIP format) backups of your data. This screen contains a drive drop-down box, a directory box, and a file list like that found on the “IMAGE (Image Loader)” screen. You use the drive box and the directory box to pick a “destination directory”, or the directory where your backup files will be written (it must already exist). If you wish to backup to a CD, Moneta does not do that directly, but the “Automatically use Windows CD Burning folder” checkbox tells Moneta to find and use the Windows “CD Burning” folder as the destination directory, The Windows “CD Burning” folder is the location Windows looks at to determine if any files are to be burned to a CD. If you select this option and make a backup, when your CD burner is selected in either Windows Explorer or “My Computer” the zipped files will appear as “Files Ready to be Written to the CD” (files in this folder also cause Windows to remind you that files are waiting to be burned to a CD). A right mouse-click then gives the option to “Write These Files to the CD”. The CD burning functionality in Windows began with Windows XP, so Moneta running under earlier versions of Windows will ignore the CD Burning folder checkbox, with a message informing why if you do click it. The “Files to Backup” contains a list of the file groups which can be backed-up, as well as check boxes and red/white indicators. The indicators (on an aqua background to show they can only be read, not changed) are red for file groups which have changed since your last backup, and white for those which haven’t. Moneta automatically checks the “backup” boxes associated with the files that have changed, but you have control over the selections. Once you accept Moneta’s recommendations or check the boxes for the data you wish to backup, you click the “Backup Selected Data” button to start the backup process. The only files which routinely change as your collection and contacts grow are the first two, the “Collection and Removed Files” and the “Compudex and Dealer List Files”. The others rarely need to be backed-up (only when you change the underlying data). When you’ve checked all the data you wish to backup, click the “Backup Selected Data” button. Any existing backup files will be overwritten with your new data. A “Backup successfully completed.” message appears after a successful backup and the red indicators will turn to white for those files you backed-up. The “Done” button closes the mini-screen. Note that sometimes a single change can make as many as three of the file groups out of date. For example, changing a ruler’s name impacts not only the drop-down lists, but also the Obv. And Rev. Legend file group and the Ruler Reference file group.

The large files (the Reference files, the Mint Mark file, and the Obv. and Rev. Legend file) have been broken out separately to allow for minimum backup time, since they will seldom change.

The ideal backup is to removable media (Zip disks, CD’s, etc.) since they can be stored off-site to safeguard your data even in the event of the loss or destruction of your computer. However, even a backup to another directory of your hard drive will provide rather quick protection against possible data corruption.

The “Numus Moneta Data Restoration” section of this manual details how to restore the data which you backed-up using the ‘Moneta Data Backup’ mini-screen, should that ever be necessary.

45

IM/EX (Import/Export) Screen

Moneta is not a “one-way street”. Your time is valuable and Moneta both minimizes and protects your time investment through its import and export capabilities. The “IM/EX (Import/Export)” screen gives you the ability to share or transfer Moneta records of your coins with other people and vice-versa. Additionally, in the (hopefully!) highly unlikely event that you wish to transfer your collection to another program you can retrieve all of your data. Moneta features two types of import/export operations. The first is “native” Moneta format and the second is Comma-Separated Variable (CSV) format.

What is “Native” Moneta? “Native” Moneta format is the easiest and most complete method, although it is intended for small quantities of coins at a time. For example, if you sell a coin you could export that coin’s information to a floppy disk to give to the recipient of the coin. Conversely if you obtain a coin accompanied by a Moneta file all you have to do is import that file into your program. Native Moneta format is the most complete since it imports/exports the coin images, which the CSV format is unable to do. It is also the easiest since all you do is select the drive and Moneta creates or finds the files as necessary. The Native Moneta export files are in ‘Paradox’ table format. ‘Paradox’ tables are widely used because of the richness of their data types, encryption, and referential integrity (e.g. - they are used by the Corel WordPerfect Suite). Many data-oriented products such as databases and spreadsheets can import Paradox tables directly.

What is CSV? CSV format is intended mainly for importing coin data which you may have already entered into another non-Moneta program, although it can be used to export all of your Moneta data (except images) into a format which some other programs can read. Images can be singly exported using the “Extract Obverse Image” and “Extract Reverse Image” buttons on the “IMAGE (Image Loader)” screen. Simply stated, CSV files consist of each item of data in the source record, converted to text and separated by commas. Each new record is indicated by “Return” and “Line Feed” non-printing characters. Some CSV’s use the convention of surrounding each true text item with quotation marks and not using them on numeric entries. Moneta can handle either format in the import mode, although its CSV export files do not use any quotation marks. CSV export files are in simple ASCII format and may be viewed (and edited) with any text editor such as “NotePad” or “WordPad”. However, CSV files should not be edited or viewed with a word processor such as “WordPerfect” or “Word”, since such programs typically insert formatting characters into the file which corrupt the data. CSV files typically bear either a “.csv” or a “.txt” file extension. Moneta uses “.txt”.

Flips for Imported Coins All coins imported by Moneta in any mode are automatically added to the print-queue list on the “Two x Two Printing” mini-screen which is displayed by the “2x2" button on the “ENTRY (Coin Details)” screen. If you do not intend to print new flips it is wise to clear the “flip list” from the “2x2" button on the “ENTRY (Single Coin)” screen to conserve resources.

General Operation When you first enter the “IM/EX (Import/Export)” screen, Moneta will automatically scan the drive currently selected in the “Select Drive” box to ensure that all messages about disk availability and Moneta Import/Export files are accurate. The message “:::::::: AUTO-UPDATING DRIVE CONTENTS ::::::::” will appear above the “Select Drive” box while the update is in progress. Note that all messages about whether a Moneta file exists refer to “Native” Moneta files, since Moneta doesn’t know what you have chosen to name any CSV files. “Native” Moneta Procedures The first control on the IM/EX (Import/Export) screen is the drop-down box labeled “Select Drive”.

46

The drop-down selections will be all of the valid drives for your computer. This selection informs Moneta what drive you wish to import from or export to. This is confirmed by the message which will appear in the upper right-hand corner of the screen stating “Import/Export will be from/to Drive ‘x’”. Upon your selection of a drive, Moneta will inspect it to see if the drive is ready, and if so how much free space is on the drive and whether there is a Moneta import/export file already on the drive. While the computer is busy inspecting the drive, the message “:::::::::: UPDATING DRIVE CONTENTS ::::::::::” will appear above the “Select Drive” box. If the drive is not ready, Moneta will inform you and default back to the last ready drive you selected. If the drive is ready and there is no file you will simply receive the message “There is currently no Moneta Import/Export file on Drive ‘x’”. If the drive is ready and there is a Moneta import/export file on the drive, a window will open up beneath the “Select Drive” box and some of the basic data about the coin(s) will be displayed to give you an idea of what coins the file contains.

All exportation of coins in Native Moneta is done one at a time, although you can export as many coins as you wish to the same file. If you wish to export a coin you must first decide whether you wish to simply give a copy of a coin’s file to someone or whether you wish to export a coin’s file and remove it from your collection, as for instance if you sold the coin to someone. In either case you must also decide in the “Purchase / Removal Information Options” box whether to export the acquisition details you have entered for the coin or not. Specifically, if this option is set to “Export” then the dealer you obtained it from, the price paid, the date acquired, and its value as of a specified date will be exported if you have entered that information for the coin. Conversely if you select “Don’t Export” then all of the above data will be withheld from the export file. The “Export” and “Don't Export” buttons also operate on the CSV export files (for a Removed CSV export, the export of the how removed, price received, removed to, and date removed will filled with blanks). In any event, either the “Export a Coin” or the “Export & Remove a Coin” button will first ask you to enter the catalog (or coin) number of the coin you wish to export. The ‘find coin’ process works the same as the others in Moneta in that it first attempts an exact match and if that fails it will attempt to find a match by ignoring the case (capital or small letters) of your request. If Moneta can not find the coin you requested it will inform you and cancel the export operation. Otherwise it will display the coin it has found and ask for confirmation to proceed (It will display the exact case-sensitive form of what it found). If there was no Native Moneta import/export file on the drive and you confirm the operation it will continue the export and then display the contents of the export file for your information. If there already is a Native Moneta import/export file on the drive it will ask you whether you wish to overwrite the existing file. If you reply no it will ask again if you wish to add to the existing file. If you answer “yes” to adding to the file it will complete the operation and show you the resulting file for your information. If you answer the first question that you wish to overwrite the existing file, it will then complete the export and show you the resulting one-entry file you have just created. If there is an existing Native Moneta import/export file and you do not wish to overwrite it, Moneta will cancel the export operation. If you select the “Export & Remove a Coin” button the action is identical to the above except that after the export operation the same “Removal Information” mini-screen that is called from the “ENTRY (Coin Details)” screen by the “REMOVE” button will appear. You complete this mini-screen in the same manner as on “ENTRY” and the coin will then be placed among your removed coins.

In the “IMPORT” box there are initially four items, the “Import All” button, the “Import a CSV File”, the “Print Import Record” button, and the “Current Assignment Mode” box. The “Current Assignment Mode” box is aqua with navy text because it is only for your information and can not be changed here. If you wish to change its settings you must go to the “FILE BY:” box on the “SET UP (Preferences)” screen. If the “Current Assignment Mode” is either “Simple Numeric” or “Ruler-based”, then a Native Moneta import operation is completed by clicking the “Import All” box. As the coins are imported they are automatically assigned the next available catalog number based upon your collection and removed coin records. The new assignments are shown for your information in a table which appears below the

47

import controls. The table shows the coin numbers that were imported and the new numbers that were automatically assigned to them. If you wish a printout for your records click on the “Print Import Record” button. This can help with your record-keeping (marking your numbers on invoices, etc.). If your “Current Assignment Mode” is “Manual”, when you click the “Import All” button you will first get a warning that you need to have your new numbers ready, and a question whether you want to proceed or not. A negative reply cancels the import. If you wish to proceed, a “Cancel Manual Import” button will appear at the bottom right-hand corner of your screen to still allow you to cancel at any time. After you manually enter the new coin numbers, Moneta will not only check to ensure a valid coin number, but also check to ensure that you don’t duplicate a coin number or any of your existing coin numbers. Moneta will focus on and ask you to re-enter any coin numbers that are found to be problems. The column widths in the assignment table can be temporarily changed to suit your needs by positioning the cursor at any line between the column headings (in the column headings area of the table), clicking when the cursor assumes the “horizontal move” shape, and dragging (with the mouse button still down) until the column assumes the desired size. After you have successfully entered your manual numbers, you must click the “Finish Manual Import” button to complete the import. The “Print Import Record” button will give you a printout of your new assignments in manual mode just as it did in the automatic modes.

CSV Procedures Note that in general it is a good idea to back-up your data prior to attempting a CSV import, since Moneta generally has no control over the quality of the imported data. Note also that a ruler-based import without always incrementing the numeric part of the coin number can require a substantial amount of time, so please be patient. An importation of 1500 coins in that mode requires over four minutes on a Pentium 166. The importation time is actually somewhat exponential, so that for very large imports (more than 2,000 coins at a time) in that mode it is wise to use a text processor to break a large CSV import file into two or more smaller files. CSV exportation from Moneta exports the collection and the removed coins, but into separate files. The “Export Collection CSV File” as well as the “Export Removed CSV File” buttons call a standard “Save-As”-style dialog box where all that need be done is specify the drive and desired filename and click ‘OK’. (This selection over-rides the normal message regarding the normal target drive for Native Moneta exports/imports.) Clicking “Cancel” or simply closing the box by using the “X” in the upper right-hand corner of the box results in the export operation being canceled. The Moneta CSV export file does use quotation marks around text entries containing spaces, and all entries have any embedded commas removed so as not to confuse any importing program. The information which Moneta exports for each coin in the collection is in the following order:

1) Coin number 2) ruler 3) condition 4) authenticity5) denomination 6) metal 7) mint 8) attribution #19) attribution #2 10) attribution #3 11) attribution #4 12) attribution #513) attribution #6 14) category 15) assignment 16) Provincial City17) weight 18) diameter 19) measure 20) mint mark21) left control mark 22) mid control mark 23) right control mark 24) obv legend25) obv description 26) rev legend 27) rev description 28) notes29) struck from 30) struck from era 31) struck to 32) struck to era33) die alignment 34) left obv Mark 35) right obv Mark 36) dealer37) acquisition date 38) cost 39) value 40) valuation dateAdditionally, if the export is of the Removed coins, then the following four fields are added:41) how removed 42) removed to 43) date removed 44) price received

The assignment item is of value only to another Moneta program, and the measure item is the units of the diameter. The other fields are self-explanatory. The “Purchase / Removal Information Options” box also operates on CSV exports, with the result that items 36-44 are simply represented by commas if the “Don’t Export” option is selected.

48

The “Import a CSV File” button calls the “Moneta CSV Import” screen. This screen has six buttons on it, of which four are always active, namely the “Setup CSV File Import”, the “Import Moneta CSV - ONLY!”, the “Reset Item Assignments”, and the “Cancel” buttons. The “Cancel” button will always cancel any import in progress and return to the “Import/Export” screen. The “Import Moneta CSV - ONLY!” button is only to be used if you know for certain that the CSV file was generated by another Moneta program. It will first warn you that the import file must have been generated by another Moneta program, and then create a standard “Open”-style dialog box where you select the drive and the file. The “Moneta CSV Import” screen then processes the file data and activates the “OK to Finish” button. Upon clicking that button you are returned to the “Import/Export” screen where the new coin numbers are assigned and the coins actually merged into your collection. The standard import information is displayed in the “Import Table” box and can be printed. The “Setup CSV File Import” is the way to start an import of information generated by a non-Moneta program. It begins by creating a standard “Open”-style dialog box where you select the drive and the file. It then opens the file and displays the first line in the aqua box which is then labeled “The first line of your data.” Each information item in the first line is labeled by Moneta with an Item number. You must then use the drop-down boxes to tell Moneta which of 29 possible pieces of information each item represents. The number of drop-down boxes enabled will correspond with the number of items in the aqua box. Moneta will dynamically check to ensure that you assign each item to a unique piece of information. You do not have to assign each item to any piece of information, however Moneta requires that one item is always assigned to the Moneta “Coin Number” (this is required for the “Import Report”). If you do not assign an item, it will simply not be imported. When you have assigned as many items of information as you desire, you click the “Begin CSV File import” button which was activated when you opened the import file. This button checks to ensure the “Coin Number” was assigned and then assembles the information into Moneta format. When it is finished the “OK to Finish” button is enabled, which returns to the “Import/Export” screen where the new coin numbers are assigned and the coins actually merged into your collection. Again, the import information is displayed in the “Import Table” box and can be printed. The “Reset Item Assignments” button can be used to completely clear any existing assignments (which normally default to their last assignments).

Non-Moneta CSV Import File Requirements: Non-Moneta CSV import files must consist of the coin information only, no “headers” or labels. Moneta can handle both the quotation mark and the non-quotation mark CSV formats. You should use a text editor to view the data to ensure that it is entirely only the data, and that each line contains the same number of information items. Currently only the first 28 items of information can be imported (and assigned to one of the most likely common 29 data fields in Moneta), but that is well beyond the normal amounts of information available. Moneta automatically handles standard unit information in any weight or diameter data, as well as standard era abbreviations in the “struck from” and “struck to” data.

49

Numus Moneta Data Restoration

Numus Moneta Data Restoration is an entirely separate program from Moneta because if a file gets damaged or deleted Moneta will sense that and in some instances refuse to run. If Moneta does open with a bad data file, there are still system prohibitions against writing over a file that is ‘in use’. The error box which displays will usually give the name of the file which is missing or corrupted, and then you can check the list below to see which backup file to restore. The program, Moneta2DataRestore.exe, is installed by the Moneta installation program in the ‘Moneta2’ directory along with Moneta.exe (the ‘executable’ main Moneta program). It can be started two ways: 1) Click the Windows ‘Start’ button, then click ‘Run’, then type the full path to the program ( the default installation path is “c:\Program Files\Numus\Moneta2\Moneta2DataRestore.exe”. 2) Using Windows Explorer you can locate the program and double-click on it. If you need to search for it you can open Explorer, then click “Tools”, “Find”, “Files or Folders”, and then search for “Moneta2Data*.*” from the root directory of the drive where Moneta is installed.

The first task in restoring data is to locate the backup files. You should know where they are from your use of the backup mini-screen in Moneta. Use the drive box and the directory box to select the source directory, and you should see the backup files listed in the “Files in Selected Directory” box. Then check (click on) the files which you wish to have restored in the check boxes labeled “Files to Restore”. The files and the data which they contain are as follows:

“Collection and Removed Files” (ColFile.ZIP) is all files with the following in the name:MOMASTER, PURCHASE, DETAILS, REMOVED, Rdetails

“Compudex and Dealer List Files” (CdexFile.ZIP) is all files with the following in the name:COMPUDEX, DealList

“Denomination Reference File” (DenFile.ZIP) is all files with ‘DenHist’ in the name.

“Drop-Down and Misc. Files” (DropFile.ZIP) is all files with the following in the name:CityList, Conditions, Denom, MastRef, Metals, Mints, ObvDes, Rulers, Pre, Prefer, Post, SetFlips

“Mint City Reference File” (MintFile.ZIP) is all files with ‘MintHist’ in the name.

“Mint Mark File” (MMFile.ZIP) is all files with ‘MSearch’ in the name.

“Obv., Rev., and City Legend Files” (InsFile.ZIP) is all files with the following in the name:Provincial, OInscrip, RInscrip

“Ruler Reference File” (RuleFile.ZIP) is all files with ‘RulerBio’ in the name.

When you’ve selected the files to restore, click the “Restore Selected Data” button and all of the files in the group(s) you’ve selected will be written over the existing Moneta data files. The program knows where the Moneta data files are by checking the Windows Registry. A “Restore successfully completed.” message appears if the restoration worked properly. The only purpose of the “Done” button is to close the program.

50