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 Posted 02/20/2014  7:43 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add basebal21 to your friends list

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with that being said I use a very user friendly App... it's called paper and pen.


Agreed. I just make a list of what I need it before I go out looking.
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 Posted 02/20/2014  9:08 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add numivet to your friends list
I used to have each series on a 3X5 index card with needed dates listed.
Now I've repurposed my old Palm 125 and have everything listed there...editing is much cleaner now
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United States
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 Posted 02/20/2014  10:07 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add garys64wildcat to your friends list
I just found my old Check List and Record book of US and Canadian Coins with complete mint records of all regular issues, commemorative issues including gold.

Printed by Whitman Publishing Co in 1965
Racine Wis.
Book No. 9091

I think someone could reprint and sell a lot of those.
It a space behind each date and m/m from good to proof to mark your coin.
I wish I still had the coins that I had marked. My XF 37D 3 legged plus lots of others
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 Posted 02/20/2014  10:09 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add AES to your friends list
US coins by BJG Apps is OK, if like me, you have an android permanently attached to your palm.
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 Posted 02/20/2014  10:21 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add enoilgam to your friends list
I use MS Access for this sort of stuff, but pen and paper will do. There is something satisfying about crossing an item off a list.
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 Posted 02/20/2014  10:24 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add derekbob24 to your friends list
I foubd the US Coin app a little bit ago and I have to say that its pretty awesome. Logged all my coins into it so now I just have to open up the app and I am good to go. Thanks for the help guys!
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 Posted 02/20/2014  10:49 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add MeadowviewCollector to your friends list

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just found my old Check List and Record book of US and Canadian Coins with complete mint records of all regular issues, commemorative issues including gold.

I think someone could reprint and sell a lot of those.
It a space behind each date and m/m from good to proof to mark your coin.


Whitman still publishes this book. My copy is from 2008. On Amazon they show the newest edition as being printed in 2012. I can't bring myself to write in it.

-MV
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 Posted 02/21/2014  12:15 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add justin3651 to your friends list
I have them memorized, my collection is pretty small and simple and I've only got 20ish coins I need still for my current set. before that I would make a little dot in front of the year and mintmark in my price book when I get a coin.(i don't need to do it anymore but I like putting the dots in there so I still do). if I had more needed and had to go somewhere where taking the book isn't practical I'd just write it out on a sheet of notebook paper. low tech, but the battery never needs to be charged at least.:p
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 Posted 02/21/2014  12:35 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Petersun to your friends list
As someone who is a new collector, I tend to use MS Access more than anything else. I tried pen and paper once but that didn't work out because I kept on adding varieties and types.

If you are very familiar with what you are going to put in your album, pen and paper will certainly suffice.

In the long run, I think that MS Access or Excel should be used as the general tools of documenting purchases.
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 Posted 02/21/2014  12:41 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Sander to your friends list
I use an 'home-made' Excel file on my android phone..

How-Do-You-Keep-Track?
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 Posted 02/21/2014  01:07 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add solotime to your friends list
I'm using notepad. I save it to my desktop and edit as I buy them. (The computer program)
Never bought an extra one.

But when I'm buying from my dealers, I use a notebook.
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 Posted 02/21/2014  05:59 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add NJ Bob to your friends list
I use a 2 1/2" x 4" Moleskin book and pencil. It's handy and small enough to fit in my pocket and its batteries never die.

When you find the system that's right for you let us know. Good luck.
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 Posted 02/21/2014  11:32 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Jayman931 to your friends list
Excel sheet. You can open it on your phone also. I just downloaded that BJG App for Wheats and it seems very good. You can pick your coin and lock the list so you don't accidentally click a coin. Its basic but probably effective.
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 Posted 02/21/2014  11:37 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add amida17 to your friends list
I could only wish to be as organized as most.....my method involves a small notebook with lots of gibberish scribbled in it.
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02/21/2014 11:46 am
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 Posted 02/21/2014  12:17 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Wander to your friends list
Excel spreadsheet.
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