“The traffic growth we have seen is very exciting,” said NumisMaster director of online business Scott Tappa. “We believe that when coin and paper money collectors see what we have put together on the site -- Krause Publications’
September has been the most active month yet for the site, located at www.numismaster.com, with visits up over 1,200 percent since May, and page views up 570 percent. New visits to the site are also up 32 percent.
This growth is expected to continue as producers expand the site to include video coverage of all aspects of coin collecting, audio podcasts, and the ability for the public to vote online for the World Coin of the Year award, to be presented in February. This will add to NumisMaster’
About Krause Publications
Krause Publications, based in Iola, Wis., is the world’s largest publisher of leisure-time periodicals and books on collectibles, sewing and quilting, hunting, and fishing. Chet Krause, a long-time collector of coins, published the first issue of Numismatic News on Oct. 13, 1952, with nearly 1,000 readers. Today, Krause Publications, owned by F+W Publications, offers over 40 periodicals, 10 hobby shows, 750 reference and how-to books, and web properties such as NumisMaster.com, the online coin price database. F+W Publications, and ABRY Partners, LLC Company, also operates book clubs, conferences, trade shows, interactive media and education programs.
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Lisa Bellavin
Associate Editor, NumisMaster
lisa.bellavin@
715-445-4612 ext. 279
