# Numista Coin & Banknote Catalog API Wrapper (`jungle_synthesizer/numista-coin-banknote-catalog-api-wrapper`) Actor Extract coin, banknote, and exonumia catalog data from Numista API — 600k+ types, KM numbers, mintage figures, physical specs, and images. Three modes: catalog\_walk (by issuer/category/year), type\_ids (specific IDs + full detail), search. - **URL**: https://apify.com/jungle\_synthesizer/numista-coin-banknote-catalog-api-wrapper.md - **Developed by:** [BowTiedRaccoon](https://apify.com/jungle_synthesizer) (community) - **Categories:** E-commerce - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 0.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing Pay per event This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours, and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store. In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server. Actors are written with capital "A". ## How to integrate an Actor? If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects. You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## Numista Coin & Banknote Catalog API Wrapper Extract coin, banknote, and exonumia catalog data from the [Numista REST API v3](https://en.numista.com/api/doc/index.php) — 600k+ catalogued types, KM (Krause-Mishler) and other cross-reference numbers, physical specs, per-year/mintmark issue and mintage data, and obverse/reverse images. ### What you get - **Type records** — title, issuer/country, category (coin / banknote / exonumia), sub-classification (e.g. "Standard circulation coins"), min/max year, ruler, physical specs (weight, size, thickness, shape, orientation, composition), face value and currency - **Descriptions** — obverse, reverse, and edge design descriptions - **Catalog cross-references** — KM number plus the full set of other catalogue numbers (Schön, Wikidata, etc.) - **Issue-level data** (optional) — one row per year/mintmark issue with mintage figures, when `includeIssues` is enabled - **Images** — obverse and reverse full-resolution image URLs ### Modes | Mode | Description | |------|-------------| | `catalog_walk` | Paginated walk of the catalog filtered by issuer / category / year range (default) | | `type_ids` | Fetch specific Numista type IDs with full detail | | `search` | Free-text catalog search | `catalog_walk` and `search` results are list items; this actor automatically enriches each one with a full-detail follow-up request before emitting a row, so all three modes produce the same rich schema. ### Input | Field | Type | Description | |-------|------|-------------| | `mode` | string | `catalog_walk`, `type_ids`, or `search`. Default: `catalog_walk` | | `issuer` | string | Numista issuer slug (e.g. `united-states`, `united-kingdom`, `france`, `japon`) — **not** an ISO country code. Look up the exact slug via `GET https://api.numista.com/v3/issuers` or the catalogue URL on en.numista.com. Used in `catalog_walk` mode | | `category` | string | `coin`, `banknote`, or `exonumia`. Leave blank for all categories | | `minYear` / `maxYear` | integer | Year range filter for `catalog_walk` | | `typeIds` | array | Numista numeric type IDs to fetch (e.g. `["1492"]` — the Morgan Dollar). Used in `type_ids` mode | | `query` | string | Free-text search query. Used in `search` mode | | `includeIssues` | boolean | Fetch per-year/mintmark issue + mintage data for each type. Doubles API calls but adds mintage detail. Default: `true` | | `language` | string | Catalog description language. Default: `en` | | `maxItems` | integer | Maximum number of catalog types to walk. When `includeIssues` is enabled, each type can fan out into many issue rows, so total output rows may exceed `maxItems` | ### Rate limits Numista issues a per-key request quota (2,000+/day on the free tier) and a per-second rate limit. This actor respects `Retry-After` on HTTP 429 automatically and runs at a conservative default pace. ### Use cases - **Numismatic price guides** — join on KM number / catalogue cross-references against price-guide data (e.g. NGC population reports) for a full catalog + pricing stack - **Collection cataloguing** — pull full physical specs and images for a personal or dealer collection - **Mintage research** — per-year/mintmark mintage figures for rarity analysis - **World coin reference** — the largest open catalog of foreign/world coins, complementing US-centric price guides # Actor input Schema ## `sp_intended_usage` (type: `string`): Please describe how you plan to use the data extracted by this crawler. ## `sp_improvement_suggestions` (type: `string`): Provide any feedback or suggestions for improvements. ## `sp_contact` (type: `string`): Provide your email address so we can get in touch with you. ## `mode` (type: `string`): catalog_walk — browse catalog by issuer/category/year. type_ids — fetch specific Numista type IDs with full detail + issues (default — cheapest mode, exactly one live call per ID). search — free-text catalog search. ## `issuer` (type: `string`): Filter by issuing country/authority Numista slug code (e.g. united-states, united-kingdom, france, germany, japon) — NOT an ISO alpha-2 code. Look up the exact code via GET https://api.numista.com/v3/issuers or from the URL slug on en.numista.com/catalogue. Used in catalog_walk mode. Leave blank for all issuers. ## `category` (type: `string`): Filter by catalog category. One of: coin, banknote, exonumia. Leave blank for all categories. ## `minYear` (type: `integer`): Earliest issue year to include. Blank = no lower bound. ## `maxYear` (type: `integer`): Latest issue year to include. Blank = no upper bound. ## `typeIds` (type: `array`): List of Numista numeric type IDs to fetch (e.g. 12345). Used in type_ids mode. ## `query` (type: `string`): Free-text catalog search query. Used in search mode. ## `includeIssues` (type: `boolean`): When enabled, fetch per-year/mintmark issue data (including mintage figures) for each type. Roughly doubles live API calls on a cache miss — repeat queries are served from cache. Default: true. ## `language` (type: `string`): Language for catalog descriptions. Default: en (English). ## `maxItems` (type: `integer`): Maximum number of catalog types to return — also bounds the number of live detail/issues API calls made (Numista free-tier quota is 2000 requests/month). 0 = unlimited. ## Actor input object example ```json { "sp_intended_usage": "Describe your intended use...", "sp_improvement_suggestions": "Share your suggestions here...", "sp_contact": "Share your email here...", "mode": "type_ids", "issuer": "united-states", "category": "coin", "minYear": 1900, "maxYear": 2000, "typeIds": [ "1492" ], "query": "morgan dollar", "includeIssues": true, "language": "en", "maxItems": 5 } ```` # Actor output Schema ## `results` (type: `string`): No description # API You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup. ## JavaScript example ```javascript import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client'; // Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token // Replace the '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "sp_intended_usage": "Describe your intended use...", "sp_improvement_suggestions": "Share your suggestions here...", "sp_contact": "Share your email here...", "mode": "type_ids", "issuer": "united-states", "category": "coin", "minYear": 1900, "maxYear": 2000, "typeIds": [ "1492" ], "query": "morgan dollar", "includeIssues": true, "language": "en", "maxItems": 5 }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("jungle_synthesizer/numista-coin-banknote-catalog-api-wrapper").call(input); // Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any) console.log('Results from dataset'); console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`); const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems(); items.forEach((item) => { console.dir(item); }); // 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs ``` ## Python example ```python from apify_client import ApifyClient # Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token # Replace '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "sp_intended_usage": "Describe your intended use...", "sp_improvement_suggestions": "Share your suggestions here...", "sp_contact": "Share your email here...", "mode": "type_ids", "issuer": "united-states", "category": "coin", "minYear": 1900, "maxYear": 2000, "typeIds": ["1492"], "query": "morgan dollar", "includeIssues": True, "language": "en", "maxItems": 5, } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("jungle_synthesizer/numista-coin-banknote-catalog-api-wrapper").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{ "sp_intended_usage": "Describe your intended use...", "sp_improvement_suggestions": "Share your suggestions here...", "sp_contact": "Share your email here...", "mode": "type_ids", "issuer": "united-states", "category": "coin", "minYear": 1900, "maxYear": 2000, "typeIds": [ "1492" ], "query": "morgan dollar", "includeIssues": true, "language": "en", "maxItems": 5 }' | apify call jungle_synthesizer/numista-coin-banknote-catalog-api-wrapper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=jungle_synthesizer/numista-coin-banknote-catalog-api-wrapper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Numista Coin & Banknote Catalog API Wrapper", "description": "Extract coin, banknote, and exonumia catalog data from Numista API — 600k+ types, KM numbers, mintage figures, physical specs, and images. 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Look up the exact code via GET https://api.numista.com/v3/issuers or from the URL slug on en.numista.com/catalogue. Used in catalog_walk mode. Leave blank for all issuers." }, "category": { "title": "Category (catalog_walk / search)", "enum": [ "", "coin", "banknote", "exonumia" ], "type": "string", "description": "Filter by catalog category. One of: coin, banknote, exonumia. Leave blank for all categories." }, "minYear": { "title": "Min Year (catalog_walk)", "type": "integer", "description": "Earliest issue year to include. Blank = no lower bound." }, "maxYear": { "title": "Max Year (catalog_walk)", "type": "integer", "description": "Latest issue year to include. Blank = no upper bound." }, "typeIds": { "title": "Type IDs (type_ids mode)", "type": "array", "description": "List of Numista numeric type IDs to fetch (e.g. 12345). Used in type_ids mode.", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "query": { "title": "Search Query (search mode)", "type": "string", "description": "Free-text catalog search query. Used in search mode." }, "includeIssues": { "title": "Include Issues (mintage data)", "type": "boolean", "description": "When enabled, fetch per-year/mintmark issue data (including mintage figures) for each type. Roughly doubles live API calls on a cache miss — repeat queries are served from cache. Default: true.", "default": true }, "language": { "title": "Language", "enum": [ "en", "fr", "de", "es", "it", "pt", "nl", "ru", "zh" ], "type": "string", "description": "Language for catalog descriptions. 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