~ Early Web Links ~

Key's Occasional Blog is a lively personal journal by someone who chronicles their doll collection obsession alongside everyday life events like hurricanes, solar eclipses, and K-pop obsessions. Posts range from doll photography and shopping hauls to surveys, local wildlife encounters, and slice-of-life commentary, making it a charmingly eclectic read.

Kristalle.ch is a virtual crystal and mineral collection created by Olivier Roth of Switzerland, focusing on Alpine minerals, collecting sites, and the Swiss 'Strahlen' tradition of high-altitude crystal hunting. The site features photo reports from mineral shows and exhibitions, collector portraits, museum visits, and a growing gallery of Swiss and Alpine mineral finds.

Dick Johnson's Databank is a comprehensive reference catalog of medals, coins, and tokens created by American artists, featuring artist biographies, auction records, catalog citations, and photos organized alphabetically. Built by D. Wayne Johnson and praised by the Curator Emeritus of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, it serves as the definitive scholarly resource for identifying and researching American medallic art.

Penn Minerals is a dedicated resource for rock and mineral collectors in Pennsylvania, featuring galleries of classic PA minerals, a multi-volume publication called MATRIX Magazine, museum pages, and guides to productive collecting sites. The site also highlights remarkable finds like the Rebersburg Fulgurite, one of the largest ever discovered in Pennsylvania, making it a treasure trove for serious rockhounds.

Oldradios.com is George Kaczowka's dedication to the collection and preservation of vintage tube and transistor radios, featuring his personal collection, a Zenith Stratosphere section, parts resources, and archived issues of a radio newsletter. The site also lists radios for sale and wanted, making it a useful hub for fellow antique radio enthusiasts.

Blaine Reed, a Colorado-based meteorite dealer, runs this long-running sales catalog blog featuring numbered lists of meteorites available for purchase, including carbonaceous chondrites, pallasites, and iron meteorites. Each post reads like a personal letter to collectors, complete with show schedules, Tucson gem show updates, and detailed specimen descriptions that make it a genuine resource for serious meteorite enthusiasts.

KD Meteorites offers practical care tips for meteorite collectors, covering how to prevent rust, manage humidity, and safely handle prized specimens. The site also sells a wide range of meteorite products including slices, jewelry, knives, and gemstones, making it a useful stop for both buyers and collectors.

Coins and Canada is a comprehensive bilingual reference covering Canadian coins, banknotes, tokens, and medals, with price guides, grading information, error and variety documentation, and auction results dating back to 2005. Numismatists will find an extensive catalog spanning provincial coins, Bank of Canada notes, colonial tokens, and even foreign country issues, making it an essential research tool for Canadian currency collectors.

COINSHEET Numismatic Directory, maintained by Bob Johnson since 1995, is a comprehensive link directory for coin collectors covering dealers, clubs, hobo nickels, state quarters, and precious metal price charts. With alphabetically organized listings and live spot price charts for gold, silver, and base metals, it serves as a go-to hub for numismatists researching coins, medals, and bullion values.

The Numismatic Bibliomania Society (NBS) is a nonprofit educational organization founded in 1979 dedicated to collecting and promoting literature about coins, medals, tokens, and paper money. Visitors can explore the weekly E-Sylum newsletter, podcast episodes, a subject and author index, back issues of the journal The Asylum, and membership resources for enthusiasts of numismatic books and periodicals.