# Colonial Acres Coins connector (colonial-acres)

• Source: https://www.colonialacres.com · dealer · CA · CAD · Shopify storefront
• Acquisition: public /collections/<handle>/products.json?limit=250&page=N (shared ShopifyStoreConnector adapter wrapped by MarketPinnedShopifyConnector, which adds a localization=CA cookie so Shopify Markets never geo-converts prices; no store-specific code)
• Records: listing (asking prices, one per variant; out-of-stock variants → ended)
• Refresh: every 12 h (ACTIVE→NORMAL boundary, large catalogue) · history: none (listings only)

Kitchener numismatic dealer (Canadian decimal coins, ICCS-certified coins, Bank of Canada / Dominion notes, tokens). Shopify storefront; product_type distinguishes coins, ICCS slabs and paper money.

# Collections → taxonomy

Rules (first match wins, applied to "title | product_type | tags | collection"):

• \| (Paper Money|Deals on Paper|Certified Paper Money|Paper Money Sets) \||\bBC-\d|\$\d+ Notes? \d{4}|\bbanknotes?\b|\bpaper money\b → banknotes
• \bmedal(lion)?s?\b → medals
• \btokens?\b → coins

Excluded (regex): gift card|supplies|\balbums?\b|\bholders?\b|\bcapsules?\b|catalogue|catalog|magnifier|cleaning|\bflips?\b|\bpages?\b|\brolls?\b|\bbooks?\b|\btubes?\b|\bcases?\b|storage|\bbinder|\bloupe\b|\bgloves?\b|\bscale\b|\bmaps?\b|\bframe

# Access & compliance

See accessNotes in meta.json: robots.txt verified 2026-09-08 (standard Shopify rules, products.json paths allowed), honest UA, 1 req / 1.5 s, listings only, no personal data. Not fetched: bullion (silver/copper rounds, bars, bank rolls), RCM year/complete sets and gift sets, coin supplies, catalogues.

# Fixtures & tests

data/fixtures/colonial-acres/ — live captures (pnpm tsx connectors/api/_g3-shops-na-lib/capture.ts colonial-acres), trimmed single-product payloads incl. a sold-out variant and a graded item. pnpm vitest run connectors/api/colonial-acres · live probe: pnpm tsx connectors/api/_g3-shops-na-lib/probe.ts colonial-acres.