What’s new here—release by release.

Gray ad placeholders are now filled with CopperCoins house ad artwork.

• Site ad slots show the new Fill Me Up images sized for each banner shape.
• Ads still link to useful site areas and avoid promoting the page you are already on.

Community replies no longer vanish when an attached image fails.

• Reply/topic text is saved first; image problems no longer erase the whole post.
• Hardened private image storage folders so member photo uploads can write successfully.

Community author post counts next to profile photos now show real totals.

• Post totals beside avatars count every public forum post by that member (topics started and replies).

Fixed Community image uploads returning a server error for members.

• Forum and private-message images are stored in the correct private storage folder so uploads no longer fail with a 500 error.

Learn Sections/Chapters admin writing uses the full Quill editor.

• Section overviews and chapter bodies use the same rich editor as articles (formatting, tables, drag-and-drop images).

Learn book outline: Sections and Chapters (full writing skeleton).

• Learn → Sections at /learn/sections — book structure (Section → overview → ordered Chapters). “Courses/Lessons” reserved for the later deep curriculum.
• Seeded Sections I–XX, Chapters 1–85, and Appendices A–L with writing outlines.
• Old /learn/courses and /learn/topics URLs redirect to the Sections outline.

Learn Courses textbook: courses, ordered lessons, and outline.

• New Courses area under Learn — course overview plus ordered lesson pages (teaser depth).
• Admin → Courses lets staff control outline order and optional “for future reference” links to Pages/Guides.
• Coins 101 /learn/topics now redirects to /learn/courses.

Topic hub admin form separates main page copy from drill-down intros.

• Doubled Dies and RPM edit screens show only the drill-down keys that belong to that hub.

Coins 101 writing outline added as unpublished drafts.

• Full planned Coins 101 subject list is in config for future pages; only published briefs show publicly.

Learn menu Topics renamed to Coins 101.

• Learn → Coins 101 is the starter outline (URL stays /learn/topics).

About page moved into Static Pages CMS for easy editing.

• Edit About Chuck Daughtrey in Admin → Static Pages (Quill editor); public URL stays /about.

About Chuck Daughtrey page and updated article author box.

• New public About page at /about with founder biography.
• Article author boxes for Chuck include a short bio and a Read more link to the full page.
• Footer Important Links now includes About Chuck Daughtrey.

Expanded Terms of Use for research, community, and liability protection.

• Terms now include catalog/attribution disclaimers, user-content rules, account suspension rights, indemnification, and a liability cap.
• Added DMCA notice process, stronger anti-scraping rules, chargeback language, and governing-law provisions.

Membership billing terms, renewal pricing, and stronger value-guide disclaimer.

• Terms now cover membership billing: $29.95 first year, $34.95 renewals, pricing may change without notice, two renewal reminders, and once-per-year cancel with no refunds.
• Profile Cancel renewal stops the next automatic charge while keeping access through the paid period.
• Price Guide and Valuation Disclaimer expanded for informational estimates only (not appraisals or offers).

Owner desk Growth metrics for site and social stats.

• Private Growth metrics page stores daily GA4, Search Console, YouTube, and Facebook pulls.
• Simple growth notes and connection status for the owner only.

Owner desk adds private notes and staff access list.

• Owner notes page for site priorities and later ideas (CMS only).
• Staff & access summary on Owner desk; titles reserved for future owner-only tools.

Owner desk: private course plan and staff activity.

• Owner-only Course plan notes live in Admin (not public, not visible to staff).
• Owner desk shows when staff are actively clicking or typing in admin, and how long today / last 7 days.

Learn → Topics lists starter subject briefs.

• Topics outlines short coins-101 briefs (penny value path, anatomy, design vs die variety vs error, nine classes of hub doubling).
• Deep Courses with exams stay planned for after early 2027 — not in the menu yet.

Learn Topics list uses a dark panel in dark mode.

• The Topics outline no longer shows a bright white strip in dark mode.

Dark mode page titles on Anatomy and other static pages use copper.

• Static page headers (including Anatomy) match other dark-mode titles instead of plain white.

Library menu becomes Learn, with Topics and Library inside.

• Top menu Library is renamed Learn.
• Learn → Topics is a coins-101 outline (Anatomy listed first); Articles and Videos stay as the Library side.
• Guides stay for categorical look-ups (grades, types, values); teaching pages go under Learn → Topics.

Grading Guide added to the Guides menu.

• Guides → Grading Guide opens the Lincoln cent grading page.

Phone Sign in button and account modal for guests.

• On phones, guests get a clear Sign in button in the header that opens Sign in, Create account, and Membership.
• The phone menu also lists Sign in and Create account at the top.

Key Dates hub splits Major Error and Major Variety.

• The combined Major Errors and Varieties filter is now two categories: Major Error and Major Variety.
• Existing packages in the old combined category move to Major Error; reassign varieties in Admin → Key Dates.

Help FAQ split into Site FAQ and Cent FAQ.

• Existing FAQ answers stay under Site FAQ (website, membership, and catalog policy).
• Cent FAQ is a new empty area for Lincoln cent collecting questions.
• Help menu, Help hub, footer, and sitemap list both FAQ areas.

Date Guide restoration, Key Dates & Errors hub, and Guides navigation polish.

• Date Guide year pages use the restored classic layout with clearer sections for design types, design varieties, and typical values.
• Key Dates is renamed Key Dates & Errors in the Guides menu and hub, with key / semi-key filters and stronger selected-button contrast.
• Guides menu highlighting no longer lights Date Guide when you are on Key Dates & Errors or other /guide sibling pages.
• Help home is a shorter four-category directory; Die Search field details stay on How to search the catalog.
• 1982 Date Guide mintage no longer shows an incorrect West Point line; oddball mintage rows were cleaned up.

Smarter related-resource links and clearer catalog image descriptions.

• Die pages, Date Guide years, articles, search results, and glossary terms now show contextual Related resources blocks (no automatic rewriting of article body text).
• Editors can feature, include, or exclude related links under Catalog → Related content.
• Catalog images can store accessible alt text; missing alts are generated from die fields, and the sitemap includes primary die images for search engines.

New topic hubs for doubled dies, RPMs, and design types/varieties.

• Doubled Dies and Repunched Mint Marks hubs explain the topics and link into live catalog counts and Die Search.
• The Design Varieties hub now opens with clear definitions of design types versus design varieties, then accordion sections for each.
• Editors can manage hub intros, FAQs, and featured dies under Catalog → Topic hubs.

New beginner hub: How to tell whether your penny is valuable.

• A step-by-step starting page at /learn/is-my-penny-valuable covers date, mint mark, composition, design, varieties vs. errors vs. damage, doubled dies, condition, and value research.
• Guided next-step links send visitors into the Date Guide, Die Search, Help, and Community — without claiming to appraise the coin.
• Home, Date Guide, Search, Value Guide, Help, and 404 pages now point beginners to this hub.

High-demand Date Guide years get fuller collector landing pages.

• Selected years (including 1909, 1943, 1955, 1982, 1992, 2009, and more) open with intro, quick facts, mint tables, variety summaries, and FAQs above the usual Date Guide sections.
• Editors can manage landing copy and SEO fields from Catalog → Date guides.

Stronger redirects for old CopperCoins bookmarks and search links.

• More legacy /lincoln/ and .php addresses send visitors to the matching modern page.
• Unknown old links now return a real “not found” page with helpful suggestions instead of a soft placeholder.

Variety values updated; arrows show recent price moves.

• UNC, ChBU, and GemBU variety values refreshed from the series-comparison adjustment file.
• A green up arrow or red down arrow appears next to a value when it moved versus the prior guide figure.

Die detail photos open at full size in the image viewer.

• Clicking a stage photo shows the image at its natural size; scroll if it is larger than the screen.

Date Guide phone layout: cleaner year-note images and proof value tabs.

• Editor image placement controls no longer stick on Date Guide year notes on phones.
• Proof series values use the same grade-range tabs as business strikes so pricing is readable on small screens.

My Coppercoins can restore accidentally deleted coins.

• Delete shows an Undo button and keeps coins in Recently deleted for 30 days.
• Coins tab includes a Recently deleted link to restore removed coins.

Library videos and articles link to each other.

• Each video has an on-site page with related articles and Watch on YouTube.
• Article related-video links open that page instead of jumping straight to YouTube.

Static page CMS tables stay editable without disappearing while typing.

• Help and other static-page tables use the stable cell editor path.
• Typing in a table cell no longer removes the whole table.

Cross-reference systems help table headers use white text on dark cells.

• Row and column header labels are white for clearer contrast.

Date Guide mint image viewer shows photos at actual size with scrolling.

• Mint card image viewer no longer shrinks photos to fit the screen.
• Scroll within the viewer when an image is larger than the window.

Date Guide mint card images open full size on phones and desktops.

• Clicking mint card coin images (and extra mint-section images) opens a full-size viewer.
• The viewer now works on mobile as well as desktop.

Incomplete PayPal checkouts no longer mark members as paid.

• Pending PayPal approvals cannot grant paid access even if a period end date was stored.
• False paid flags from unfinished PayPal attempts were cleared; finish PayPal approval or pay by card to become paid.

Pay with card / PayPal are normal links so checkout actually opens.

• Membership pay buttons are links (not forms), so browsers that were silently blocking checkout posts now open Stripe or PayPal.
• Card and PayPal checkout both accept GET or POST.

Screenshot guide for what Stripe card checkout looks like.

• New shareable page walks through membership payment with real Stripe Checkout screenshots.
• Linked from the membership pay section so members know what to expect before they click Pay with card.

Membership card checkout rebuilt so Pay with card opens Stripe reliably.

• Pay buttons are plain form posts again (no JavaScript that could cancel checkout).
• Stripe checkout is card-only and no longer makes an extra Stripe API call before redirecting.
• PayPal remains on its own Pay with PayPal button.

Founding membership is 14 months the first time, then renews every 12 months.

• First payment covers 14 months of access; the next charge is a year later, then every 12 months.
• Stripe postpones the first renewal to the end of the founding term (no refund of the $24.95 already paid).
• PayPal uses a founding plan: 14-month first cycle, then annual.

Payment path verified end-to-end; staff can open checkout; founding access lasts 14 months.

• Full staging payment audit passed (Stripe + PayPal keys, checkout session, webhooks, sync to paid tier).
• Staff accounts can open the membership pay page to test (paid members still skip it).
• Founding members get 14 months of paid access recorded when payment activates.

Membership checkout works without email verification, and pay buttons are clearer.

• Paying for membership no longer requires a verified email first (that was blocking checkout).
• After Stripe or PayPal, payment still activates even if your login session expired.
• Sign in / create account from the membership page brings you straight back to pay.
• Signed-in members see clear Pay with card / Pay with PayPal buttons and any checkout errors on that page.

Guests can find membership pricing and how to pay from the header and home page.

• Signed-out visitors see a copper “Membership — $X/yr” button in the header (not just “Join” for a free account).
• MyCoppercoins appears in the main menu for guests, and the home hero copper button says Membership with the founding price.
• Footer links for “Membership & pricing” and “Membership & how to pay” go to the membership page.

Free members can clearly find where to pay for membership.

• A “Become a member” button appears in the site header for free accounts.
• My Coppercoins shows a “Pay for membership” banner and header link during the preview period.
• The membership join page stays open for free members so they can check out with card or PayPal.
• Profile membership is labeled “Pay for membership” with clearer checkout buttons.

Library articles use a wide banner ad near the top.

• The ad space under an article header is now a wide banner instead of a square box.

Design types hub can show an overview for all obverses and all reverses.

• Staff can write optional intro paragraphs for Obverse design types and Reverse design types; they appear at the top of each section on the public hub.

Watermark upload is a simple Upload watermark button.

• Staff watermark changes are a separate Upload watermark form (not tied to Save user). Same for every staff account.

Admin watermark replace uses its own Replace watermark button.

• On Edit user, watermark upload is a separate Replace watermark action (not part of Save), so owner and admin accounts update the same way.

Owner can replace their own marker watermark like any other staff account.

• Admin user edit no longer skips watermark handling for the owner account; staff can replace watermarks for owner and admin the same way.

Marker watermark replace on Profile is a dedicated upload button.

• Staff replace their watermark with Replace watermark on Profile (separate from Save profile), and the server overwrites the old file immediately.

Staff can replace their own marker watermark from Profile.

• On Profile, staff can upload a new watermark PNG; the previous file is removed automatically with no extra confirmation step.

Design type pages load much faster.

• Design type details no longer load a full die catalog list on the page; use Open in Die Search when you need tagged dies.

Design type detail images show two across at 500px.

• Detail images on a design type page are up to 500px wide, two per row on desktop, and stack full-width on phones.

Design types hub copy no longer mentions individual dies.

• The Design types intro now points to identification notes, plate photos, and year scopes instead of catalogued dies.

Design types can have additional detail photos.

• Staff can attach optional detail images (with captions) on a design type; they appear on the public details page and open in a full-size viewer with previous/next.

Larger design-type year chips and click-to-enlarge photos.

• Design type year badges are about 25% larger with white label text, and the reference photo opens full size in a modal when clicked.

Design type year badges link to the Date Guide or Die Search.

• The blue year chips on a design type page now open the matching Date Guide year (single year) or a filtered Die Search (year ranges).

Series price guide keeps the selected grade tab when paging.

• Flipping pages in the series price guide stays on the grade range tab you were viewing instead of jumping back to the first tab.

Staff email when My Coppercoins collections hit scale thresholds.

• A daily check watches collection sizes and emails staff once when MYC scale work (sets loading, reports/export, indexes) should be discussed.

Admin CMS for Lincoln cent mintage figures.

• Catalog → Mintages lets staff add, edit, and delete year/mint production figures used by the public Mintage Chart and Date Guide.

Mintage rank-by-type uses six Lincoln pools.

• Rank by type now groups Wheat (1909–1958), Memorial (1959–2008), and Ultra modern (2009–2025), each split into mint state and proof.

Public Lincoln Cent Mintage Chart under Guides.

• Guides → Mintage Chart lists every date and mint with mintage and rank by type, and each column sorts with a click.

Admin CMS sessions stay alive during long Date Guide edits.

• Staff sessions now last three hours, and open admin tabs quietly refresh the session so a writing break does not end in 419 Page Expired.
• Date Guide CMS also keeps a browser draft of the cents article so you can restore work if a save is interrupted.

Authenticity CMS form stays editable after saving the article.

• The rich-text toolbar no longer sticks over the rest of the package form, and cover-crop dimming stays clipped to the cover image.

Authenticity CMS Save package button works again.

• Die-pair Delete controls no longer break the package form, so Save package submits correctly.

Date Guide mint-column extras keep full image height.

• Extra images under mint cards are no longer resized down on upload, so tall images keep their full height.

Date Guide chapters are accordion sections again.

• On the Date Guide hub, each era (Early Years, Short Set, and so on) starts closed so you can open just the section you want instead of scrolling through every year brick.

Light/dark mode choice sticks when you change pages.

• Your selected theme is kept in the browser and synced to your account, so navigating no longer snaps back to an older dark/light setting.

Public Date Guide has a Jump to year control.

• On the Date Guide hub, choose a year from Jump to year to open that year’s page.

Date Guide CMS list can jump straight to a year.

• The admin Date Guide year list has a Jump to year select at the top.

Roll clusters can be browsed grouped by die.

• Catalog → Roll clusters has a “View by die” list so staff can spot dies that appear in more than one roll cluster.

Roll cluster CMS list shows year, mint, and die hover details.

• The Roll clusters admin table includes Year and Mint columns, and hovering the die count shows the die numbers in that cluster.

Roll-find companions sit in their own die-page section.

• “Found together in original rolls” now appears below the value guide with room for a full row of linked die numbers.

Die pages can show other dies found in the same original roll.

• Catalog → Roll clusters CMS lets staff record dies found together in a roll (including Roll Reveal openings).
• Die detail pages list those companions as “Found in {roll} with:” linked die numbers.

Date Guide mint column can include optional extra images.

• In Date Guide CMS, add optional extras under the Cotgreave mint cards with drag-and-drop upload, column-width resize, and captions.

Date Guide floated cents images are slightly narrower.

• Floated images in the year cents writeup max out at 375px instead of 420px.

Light-mode nav uses a soft beige edge fade.

• In light mode, the main nav band stays white in the center and fades to a light beige at the edges.

Main nav gets a soft center highlight.

• The CopperCoins header nav row uses a very light center-to-edge gradient behind the menu links.

Main site no longer shows the dark MyCoppercoins return strip.

• Removed the dark “return to MyCoppercoins” bar above the main CopperCoins header.

Date Guide drops the redundant series-guide link.

• Removed the “Full series guide for …” link under Typical values — the year series table is already on that page.

Date Guide cents images can float left/right.

• Float left/right on Date Guide year cents writeup images now works on the public page.

Enter submits front-end forms.

• Pressing Enter in front-end form fields (including selects and checkboxes) submits the form.
• Textareas and rich-text editors still use Enter for a new line.

Quill toolbar icons are visible in dark mode.

• Dark mode Quill controls use light gray icons so the toolbar is readable.

Key Dates hub covers support crop.

• Admin Key Dates packages can drag-and-drop a hub cover image and adjust a square crop box.
• The Key Dates hub cards show that cropped cover instead of a blank placeholder.

Key Dates packages use the full article editor.

• Admin Key Dates editing uses the same Quill rich-text editor as Library articles (images, captions, tables).
• Public key-date pages read as articles; inserted photos stay inside a framed media container.

Key Dates list is published and complete again.

• Key-date packages now appear on the public Key Dates hub (they had been stuck as Draft).
• Missing shells are back, including 1982-D Small Date Copper.
• Admin create/save shows a clear error list when a package does not save.

Key Dates is easier to find in the main menu.

• Guides → Key Dates opens the key-date authenticity hub.
• The Date Guide home page also links straight to Key Dates & authenticity.

Unfinished design types stay off the public hub.

• Design types without year scopes no longer appear on the public Design types pages.
• Removed Admin-only “add year scopes” wording from unfinished Memorial reverse shells.

Proof and business dies share one die-number sequence.

• New die numbers continue the same year/mint/type index for proof and business strikes; the P suffix is a strike label only.

Authenticity admin lists can delete packages and die pairs.

• Admin → Authenticity package list has a Delete action on each row.
• On a package edit screen, each saved die pair has its own Delete control.

Main nav highlights only the current page in white.

• Main menu and the MyCoppercoins/Community catalog strip use copper/orange for inactive items; the current section is white in dark mode (dark text in light mode).

Key-date authenticity packages seeded from the die-diagnostics book.

• 1909-S VDB, 1909-S, 1914-D, 1924-D, and 1931-S packages now include die-pair diagnostics, checklists, and plate photos from Chuck’s Keys to the Lincoln study (still unpublished for review).

Authenticity CMS edits one die pair at a time with a sticky save bar.

• Admin authenticity package forms show a single die-pair editor; pick another saved pair or add a new one after saving.
• Save / Cancel / Delete stay in a sticky bar at the bottom of the page.

Key dates packages focus on die-pair identification.

• Key dates & authenticity pages explain matching a coin to the scarce die pairs that struck an issue (not die-variety attribution).
• Each die pair is an accordion with recognition notes and its own plate photos; fakes stay in a separate section.
• Admin authenticity forms can attach evidence photos to a specific die pair, and the Main menu page picker includes Key dates & authenticity.

Main menu page list includes Mint mark types.

• Admin → Site → Main menu can send a link to Mint mark types (/guide/mint-marks) from the page picker.

Main menu CMS lets staff pick pages by name instead of route codes.

• Admin → Site → Main menu uses a plain-English “Page this link opens” list (Search, FAQ, Community, and so on).
• Help text explains that a “route name” is only an internal page code you normally never type.

MyCoppercoins and Community strips again link to the other sub-area.

• The top CopperCoins strip shows Community while you are in MyCoppercoins, and MyCoppercoins while you are in Community.

Main menu CMS includes staff training help.

• Admin → Site → Main menu explains links, submenu groups, fields, and common editing tasks in plain English.

MyCoppercoins and Community use the same CopperCoins menu as the main site.

• The top strip on MyCoppercoins and Community shows the same CMS menu links and submenu behavior as the main CopperCoins header.

Staff can edit the main site menu in Admin.

• New Admin → Site → Main menu screen to add, edit, reorder, and hide header nav links and submenus.
• The public header menu is built from that CMS list (MyCoppercoins stays in the account area).

Main navigation uses grouped submenus on desktop and phone.

• Guides, Library, Help, and Community are submenu parents so the top bar stays shorter.
• On phones, tap a parent in the hamburger menu to expand its links (accordion).
• On desktop, hover or click a parent to open a flyout; Escape closes it.

Series guide text is larger and easier to read.

• Series price guide tabs, table values, and panel text are about 30% larger.
• Long year/mint row labels may truncate with an ellipsis so columns still fit.

Series value tables use three equal grade-range tabs.

• Business-strike series values split into three equal tabs so each view shows fewer grade columns.
• Same three-tab layout on desktop and phone, on both the Value Guide and Date Guide.

MyCoppercoins and Community show a compact CopperCoins logo and main nav at the top.

• The dark switcher strip above MyCoppercoins and Community is replaced by a smaller CopperCoins logo plus main site links.
• The strip uses the same white header background as the main CopperCoins site and lines up with the page content width.

Credits page: personal thank-yous plus an automatic coin-contributor directory.

• New Credits page at /help/credits with staff-written acknowledgements.
• Coin contributors list is built automatically from die-page coin credits, with links to each die.
• Linked from the site footer, Help hub, and sitemap; managed under Admin → Help → Credits.

Members can leave comments on Library articles; staff can hide comments.

• Signed-in verified members can post plain-text feedback at the bottom of each article.
• Guests can read comments and are prompted to sign in to join the discussion.
• Staff can hide inappropriate comments from the public article page.

Mint mark types in search, on die pages, and migrated off design varieties.

• Catalog search can filter by mint mark type (Clear-S, Block-S, serif S, and others) alongside design variety.
• Die pages and search results show the assigned mint mark punch profile with a link to the reference article.
• Clear-S and Block-S moved from design varieties to mint mark types; existing die assignments were migrated.
• Date Guide years with documented punch profiles link to the mint mark types reference.

Mint mark punch profiles as a catalog axis — separate from design varieties.

• New mint mark types reference at /guide/mint-marks with seeded San Francisco profiles (serif, sans-serif, ball-serif, Clear-S, Block-S).
• Staff admin CRUD for mint mark types, year scopes, and reference images.
• Die create/edit and bulk editor can assign a mint mark type; Philadelphia dies stay unset.

Account security and privacy tools on your Profile page.

• Active sessions: see every browser and device signed in to your account, sign out one session, or sign out all other sessions at once.
• Download my data: request a ZIP copy of your profile, collection coins, sets, and saved searches (limited to three downloads per hour).
• Change email safely: a new address is not applied until you confirm from a link sent to that inbox; your current email stays active until then, and you can cancel a pending change.
• Card membership billing: subscribe or manage billing through Stripe Checkout and the billing portal; subscription status stays in sync via signed Stripe webhooks.

Mobile coins list shows full die numbers.

• Die column on phones no longer truncates — the full die number is always visible.

Fix mobile night mode Sign out button contrast.

• Mobile dark mode Sign out now matches desktop: light text on transparent background with a visible border.

My Coppercoins mobile header and coins table layout.

• Mobile header: account row on top, logo and menu on the bottom row; solid Sign out button.
• Coins table keeps Cost, Value, and Difference on tablet and desktop; hides them on phones.

My Coppercoins cosmetic polish — tabs, theme buttons, forms.

• Darker day-mode tabs and header accent line; wider header logo.
• Theme toggle: gray with yellow sun (day), dark blue with white moon (night).
• Sets create row, compact reports, and cleaner collection search layout.

Clearer success and error messages after form saves.

• Saved and failed form actions now show a green check or red X icon beside the message.

Fix bulk add from catalog search dropping coin details.

• Grade, cost, year purchased, location, and notes now save correctly when adding multiple coins from a search.

Sticky save bars and scrollable table headers in My Coppercoins.

• Long save forms keep their action buttons fixed above the link footer while you scroll.
• Wide coin and checklist tables scroll in a panel with column headers that stay visible.

Search your logged coins, save collection searches, and print checklists.

• New Collection search tab in My Coppercoins — filter your coins by die, year, mint, type, grade, or personal set.
• Save named collection searches and reopen them anytime; print a checklist from any saved search.

Coins row actions use edit and delete icons.

• Coins list Edit and Delete are now copper-themed icon buttons (pencil and red circle-slash) with accessible labels.

Filter coins by personal set; open a set from the Sets tab.

• Coins tab has a Show dropdown to list only coins in one set — add, edit, and delete stay in that context.
• Each personal set row has a Coins link; item counts link to the filtered list too.

Edit and delete each coin directly from the coins list.

• Coins table now has Edit and Delete on every row — no need to discover row-click to update bulk-added items.

Add many coins at once from a catalog search checklist.

• New Add from catalog search page in My Coppercoins — search dies, check rows, enter grade and cost, and save selected items in one step.
• Coins tab links to bulk add; Sets tab links catalog saved search to the main Search page.

My Coppercoins sets table columns line up with their headings.

• Personal sets on the Sets tab now use separate columns for name, item count, target checklist, visibility, and actions.

My Coppercoins Feature 1 — log coins, organize sets, and run collection reports.

• Dedicated My Coppercoins workspace with coins table, personal sets, and printable insurable, market, and missing-coins reports.
• Add coins from the My Coppercoins hub or a die detail page; edit and delete preserve your sort and page position.
• Sets can be built item by item or linked to a catalog saved search as a target checklist; missing-coins report shows gaps against that search.
• Richer copper-orange header on the My Coppercoins workspace.

Help guide cards use softer pastel tints that match the page background.

• Guide to using CopperCoins cards are now lighter pastels with dark text, reducing the contrast clash with the cream page background.

Guide to using CopperCoins uses colorful home-page-style cards.

• Help hub cards and quick links now use the same colorful gradient tiles as the home page.

Floated article images shrink to fit, with centered captions.

• Left- and right-aligned article images now sit in a narrow box that hugs the image (about 10px side padding) with the caption centered underneath.

Article inline images keep the width you set in the editor.

• Resized images in articles now save and display at the width you choose in the editor.

Article save shows a success message and reloads the edit page correctly.

• After saving an article, you now see a green confirmation and the page reloads on staging (not localhost).

Article body is base64-encoded on save to bypass hosting firewall rules.

• Article saves now send the body as base64 so shared-hosting firewalls do not block HTML tags in the request.

Article editor saves send JSON instead of multipart HTML, avoiding host firewall blocks.

• Article save now posts JSON (not multipart form data) when no new cover image is selected, so shared-hosting firewalls no longer block the HTML body.
• Clearer server error messages when an article save fails.

Breadcrumb schema, inner-page accessibility, and admin die-number workflow.

• BreadcrumbList structured data on catalog and help pages for richer search results.
• Clearer link and image labels on search results, value guide, and die detail pages.
• Staff can preview reserved die numbers when adding dies and choose tombstone vs immediate release on delete.

Homepage accessibility, mobile usability, and SEO structured data.

• Improved mobile tap targets, readable footer text, and skip-to-content link.
• Richer Organization and WebSite schema for search engines.
• Faster hero image loading with preload and layout stability improvements.

Catalog value guide page with filterable grade table.

• New Value Guide at /value-guide lists every die with pricing on file across all standard grades.
• Sticky grade header row keeps column labels visible while scrolling long lists.
• Filter by year, mint, die type, or die number; linked from main navigation and Help hub.

SEO, sitemaps, and AdSense-ready marketing infrastructure.

• Human site map at /sitemap with links to every major section, date guide years, and library articles.
• XML sitemap at /sitemap.xml for search engines; robots.txt and ads.txt routes added.
• Open Graph, Twitter, and canonical meta tags on all public pages.
• Google Analytics 4 and AdSense hooks with cookie consent banner (enable via .env when ready).
• Below-fold ad slots wired for AdSense; above-fold slots remain affiliate placeholders.
• Privacy policy updated with cookies, analytics, and advertising disclosure.

Help hub, FAQ, glossary, and die changes log with full admin CMS.

• New HELP and DIE CHANGES items in the main navigation.
• Help hub links to searchable FAQ and A–Z glossary pages.
• Die changes page publishes the catalog change log with filter, sort, and print.
• Admin editors for FAQ, glossary terms, die change events, and page intro copy.
• Home page notice links to the die changes log; footer links updated.

Sponsored ad placeholders across the public site.

• Gray placeholder boxes for common banner and box sizes now appear on search, die detail, Date Guide, Library, articles, and other key pages — matching the home page sponsored layout.
• Placeholders are ready for Google AdSense or a future affiliate program; each box shows its IAB size and placement name.

Compact pagination on search and admin lists.

• Pagination uses smaller copper squares that stay on one line, with fewer page links around the current page.

CPG cross references display in full catalog format.

• CPG numbers now show as year-mint, denomination, and FS number (e.g. 1955-D 1c FS-101) on search, die, and review pages.

Static pages CMS, hub doubling class labels, and pagination styling.

• Admin Static pages editor for reference content with the rich text editor.
• Published page explaining design variety, die variety, and error (placeholder text for now).
• Doubled-die Class 1–9 names expand to full hub doubling labels on search results and die pages.
• Pagination uses copper circle buttons sized for two-digit page numbers.

Design varieties for Date Guide years and catalog filtering.

• Staff can define design variety types (large date, small date, and more) with the year and mint combinations where each applies.
• Date Guide pages can include full design variety write-ups with images and a link to filtered catalog results.
• Dies can be tagged with a design variety in admin; search and die pages show the tag when set.

Collector tools, die detail pages, articles, and member features.

• Each die has a detail page with notes, value guide, stage photos, cross references, and an image viewer.
• Date Guide covers Lincoln cents year by year with history, notes, and die counts.
• Library brings together articles and videos in one place; staff publish stories in News CMS.
• My Coppercoins lets signed-in members save searches and print checklist reports (free preview until September 1, 2026).
• Site-wide breadcrumbs, terms and privacy pages, and value-guide disclaimers on cross references and price tables.
• Search results support list and grid views; exact die-number search goes straight to the die page.

Real site pages, search, and a redesigned home page.

• The full coin catalog has been imported from the legacy database — dies, images, values, and cross-references are now in the new system.
• The home page uses the new design: a rotating hero banner, welcome section, newsletter signup, and latest news cards.
• Staff can add and edit home banners from the admin area.
• Die Search is live with list and grid result views.
• Members can sign in or create an account; staff have catalog and user management tools.
• The PayPal donate button on the home banner is wired up.

Catalog database tables created.

• The new database now has tables for dies, die numbers, stages, images, cross-references, FAQ, glossary, and import tracking.
• This is the foundation for bringing your catalog data into the new site.
• No catalog data has been imported yet — the site preview still looks the same.

First release of the CopperCoins 3.0 rebuild.

• We began rebuilding CopperCoins on a new, modern platform.
• This preview site shows the planned new look and layout.
• The live catalog at coppercoins.com is unchanged — your usual site still works as before.
• Behind the scenes we wrote the rules for die numbers, catalog changes, and how data will move from the old system.