2026-07-07 Busy Beaver Button Museum The Busy Beaver Button Museum is an online and physical museum in Chicago dedicated to cataloguing over 9,000 pin-back buttons as windows into American cultural history, from political campaigns to advertising and pop culture. With collections browsable by category and decade, special exhibits, and even a Guinness World Record, it is a genuinely fascinating archive for anyone interested in ephemera and material history.
2026-07-07 Calculations and Formulas for Gemstones Dendritics offers interactive calculators for gemstone carat weight estimation, stone identification by specific gravity, and precious metal value in multiple currencies. Built by webmaster JB of Dendritics Inc., the site was recognized by Yahoo as an 'Incredibly Useful Site' and has served jewelers and gem enthusiasts since the late 1990s.
2026-07-07 California Zephyr Virtual Museum The California Zephyr Virtual Museum is a lovingly crafted tribute to the legendary 'Silver Lady' passenger train, maintained by Alan Radecki and John Wilson, covering its history, equipment rosters, timetables, advertising, postcards, memorabilia, and firsthand passenger and crew reflections. With sections on inaugural and final runs, car tours with photos and plans, and coverage of surviving equipment, this is a remarkably thorough archive for railroad enthusiasts and streamliner fans alike.
2026-07-07 Catalogs & Wishbooks A curated digital archive of vintage US retail seasonal catalogs and Christmas Wishbooks, featuring scanned pages from iconic retailers like Sears, JC Penney, and Montgomery Ward. Nostalgia-seekers and collectors will find a treasure trove of holiday wish books spanning decades of American retail history.
2026-07-07 Cedar Rapids Coin Club The Cedar Rapids Coin Club is a nonprofit numismatic organization founded in 1939 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, offering monthly public meetings, educational programs, and coin show listings. The site provides officer contacts, club bylaws, incorporation history, and links to affiliated organizations like the ANA and Central States Numismatic Society.
2026-07-07 Cedrus's Site - Home Cedrus's personal Nekoweb site centers on a growing virtual pet collection featuring dozens of Tamagotchis, Digimon, and GigaPets, with detailed monthly run logs tracking each device. Beyond the vpet hobby, the site also includes pixel art, knitting projects, browser-based game builds, and a strong emphasis on web accessibility.
2026-07-07 Chicago Coin Club The Chicago Coin Club is a century-old numismatic organization founded in 1919, bringing together collectors interested in coins, currency, medals, and tokens through monthly meetings in downtown Chicago. The site offers access to the club's newsletter, special event listings, membership information, and a historical archive of club officers and awards dating back to its founding.
2026-07-07 Chrome Oxide - Music Collectors pages - Home Page - 05/13/2025 Chrome Oxide's long-running music collectors resource covers bands like Rory Gallagher, Fleetwood Mac, the Yardbirds, and Jeff Beck Group with reviews, reference material, and record swap meet listings. Maintained since 1997 and still updated regularly, the site is a deep dive into vintage and classic rock collecting culture with classifieds, band pages, and music news.
2026-07-07 Classic car brochures and owners manuals - The Old Car Manual Project The Old Car Manual Project is a massive free archive of original sales brochures and owners manuals for classic American cars and trucks, spanning from the early 1900s through the 1980s. Visitors can browse digitized promotional materials from iconic manufacturers like Chevrolet, Ford, Cadillac, Chrysler, and more, making it an invaluable resource for collectors, restorers, and automotive history enthusiasts.
2026-07-07 Coin Talk Coin Talk is an active online forum community dedicated to numismatics, where collectors and enthusiasts discuss coins from ancient times to modern commemoratives, share photography tips, and explore the history behind individual pieces. Topics range from German East Africa wartime coins to Admiral Vernon medals, making it a rich destination for both novice and seasoned coin collectors.
2026-07-07 Coins and Canada - Canadian coins, banknotes, values, price guides, errors and varieties 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.
2026-07-07 Coins, Medals, & Tokens by Daniel Carr / Moonlight Mint / Designs Computed Sculptor Daniel Carr sells his original coins, medals, tokens, and fantasy-date over-strikes produced at his private Moonlight Mint facility using a genuine Grabener press from the US Denver Mint. Carr is a serious numismatic artist who designed the actual 2001 New York and Rhode Island state quarters for the US Mint, and his limited-edition pieces range from parody state quarters to silver ingots and prototype dollars.
2026-07-07 COINSHEET Numismatic Directory 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.
2026-07-07 Conder Token Collectors Club – Official site for Conder (British/Irish 18th Century) Token Collectors The Conder Token Collectors Club is the official organization for enthusiasts of British and Irish provincial tokens from 1787 to 1804, named after early cataloger James Conder. The site offers articles, historical journals, a library, membership information, and videos covering the social and economic history reflected in these fascinating 18th-century numismatic pieces.
2026-07-07 Custom Knives, Custom Knifes, Damascus Knives, Handmade Knives, handmade knife CustomKnives.com was the premier destination for handmade and Damascus knife collecting, operated by A.T. Barr since 1997, featuring listings from dozens of renowned knifemakers along with fine handle materials, engraving, and scrimshaw work. The site served as a marketplace and resource for collectors, with sections for fixed blades, recently sold knives, and detailed maker profiles before the domain was sold to BladeHQ in 2011.
2026-07-07 Dar al-Kutub Dar al-Kutub is a bilingual Arabic-English electronic catalog of 6,500 numismatic pieces from the Egyptian National Library, including Islamic coins, glass weights, dies, and medals. Compiled by Dr. Norman D. Nicol and Dr. Sherif Anwar, it features color images, mint maps, and searchable inscriptions, making it the most comprehensive digital catalog of this collection ever published.
2026-07-07 Decoration || Stickers and Collecting Stickers fanlisting: Decoration is a fanlisting dedicated to stickers and sticker collecting, welcoming fans from around the world to add their names to a growing list of 72 members across 22 countries. Listed at The Fanlistings Network under both the Objects and Hobbies & Recreation categories, it is a simple but charming community hub for anyone who loves stickers.
2026-07-07 DiceCollector.com - GAMESCIENCE DiceCollector.com presents a detailed profile of Gamescience Corp., the legendary dice manufacturer founded by Louis Zocchi, covering the company's full history from its 1965 origins through its iconic precision dice and the award-winning D-Total. Visitors will find a rich account of Gamescience's wargame publications, trademark history, and the engineering behind some of the most collectible polyhedral dice ever produced.
2026-07-07 Doremi Doremi's colorful Neocities home blends blog updates with a showcase of personal collections including My Little Pony figures, a lolita fashion wardrobe, and a photo gallery. The site reflects a fun mix of early-2000s internet nostalgia and modern fandom interests, with a strong thread of My Chemical Romance love running through it all.
2026-07-07 DVD Nerd DVD Nerd is a passion project dedicated to reviewing and appreciating the often-overlooked artistry of physical media, from disc art and menus to case design and bonus features. Creator dvdnerd makes the case that DVDs and Blu-rays offer a richer viewing experience than streaming, filling a gap on the internet where detailed physical media reviews are surprisingly rare.
2026-07-07 Element [Cayleigh's Collective] Element is Cayleigh's fanlisting collective, showcasing the 221 fanlistings she has joined through The Fanlistings Network. The site is a simple hub with affiliate links and navigation to her full fanlisting index.
2026-07-07 Elgin Coin Club, Elgin, Illinois The Elgin Coin Club is a numismatic collectors organization based in Elgin, Illinois, hosting monthly meetings, annual coin shows, auctions, and member bourse sales for hobbyists in the Chicago metro area. Maintained by communications chairman Michael Kahn, the site includes a newsletter index, membership information, club history, and resources covering coins, tokens, medals, paper money, and ancient coinage.
2026-07-07 Encased Coins Dot Info - Home Page Bruce Perdue's comprehensive reference site dedicated to encased coins, a niche area of numismatics covering coins pressed into aluminum or other encasements bearing advertisements and good luck mottos. Visitors will find detailed variety guides, a newsletter archive, checklists, and articles covering specific series like the 1901 Pan American Expo and Stork Club encased cents.
2026-07-07 Fakies - My Little Wiki My Little Wiki is a comprehensive collector's encyclopedia dedicated to My Little Pony, and this page dives deep into the world of 'fakies,' the off-brand knockoff pony toys that have fascinated collectors for decades. With detailed entries on dozens of manufacturers, authenticity guides covering stamps, paint, and hoof markings, and hundreds of reference photos, it's an invaluable resource for anyone trying to identify a suspicious pony in their collection.
2026-07-07 Five Chime Consultants Airhorn Guide Five Chime Consultants maintains an exhaustive reference guide to North American diesel locomotive air horns, covering manufacturers like Nathan Airchime, Leslie Controls, and Wabco across dozens of specific models from the 1950s through 1980s. Founded in 1990 to preserve vintage railroad horn sounds, the organization has hands-on history leasing restored horns to excursion trains and museums, lending this informational site a depth of real-world expertise.
2026-07-07 Flags of the World Flags of the World (FOTW) is a massive collaborative vexillology encyclopedia cataloging flags from every nation, region, organization, and historical period imaginable. A member of the International Federation of Vexillological Associations since 2001, the site includes a dictionary of vexillology, flag bibliographies, colouring books, and highlights on current flag events worldwide.
2026-07-07 G1, G2, G3, G4, G5 My Little Pony Reference & Identification Guide Strawberry Reef is a comprehensive My Little Pony reference and identification guide covering all generations from G1 (1983) through G5, built by a detail-obsessed collector who has been researching the toy line since 2006. Visitors can browse generation-by-generation indexes, checklists, and a G3 price guide to identify and catalog their pony collections.
2026-07-07 Geared Steam Locomotive Works - Shay Heisler Climax Dunkirk Baldwin Willamette Bell Davenport Dewey More... Geared Steam Locomotive Works is a dedicated reference site preserving and promoting information on North American geared steam locomotives, covering types such as the Shay, Heisler, Climax, Willamette, and many more obscure variants. Online since 1998, it offers detailed documentation, plans, books, videos, and comparison resources for historians and railroad enthusiasts alike.
2026-07-07 glassyhouse.net Glassyhouse.net is a charming personal site by a creator who documents their ever-growing collections of CDs, enamel pins, bracelets, stickers, and plushies alongside original art and a personal blog. The site is hand-coded with a warm, indie web aesthetic and includes travel entries, a guestbook, and a dedicated graphics page that make it a fun browse.
2026-07-07 Golfshrine Online 2.0 Wildweasel's Golfshrine is a quirky personal collection dedicated to golf video games sourced from thrift stores and used game shops, born from the surprisingly chill appeal of golf simulators. The site documents a growing physical collection that threatens to overflow an entire bookcase, with fan art contributions and community links to boot.