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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I bought a program awhile ago that I input the price paid, grade, ect... then can attach photo's to each coin. It uses PCGS pricing to tell the value of my coins and seems to work ok. Here it is here- http://cgi.ebay.com/Pro-Coin-2008-C...es_W0QQitemZ290177569709QQihZ019QQcategoryZ531QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem Edited by chrsb
11/11/2007 08:27 am
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Valued Member
 United States
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tkhiker,
I have a Dell and it takes a good scan,nice features.
but I dont know why some scans come out with drastic
color changes,it seems to like adding red.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
673 Posts |
I use a program called Coin-Pro which allows for entering several pictures per coin . I have yet to add any pics , I want to , but the task of photographing several hundred coins is daunting to say the least ! I plan to procure a trinocular microscope and begin taking high quality pics of my errors and high grade coins first...then the rest for identification and attribution purposes.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7123 Posts |
I have most of coins photographed and in files on my computer ,, the values and purchase prices are on a simple spreadsheet .
I have to admit though that Iam currently behind in both areas , I have a couple of hundred coins to photgraph and list and many updates on pricing to do.
Metalman
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Valued Member
United States
397 Posts |
I use CoinManage to do the same thing. It lets me put in the coin records and an image (actually, I can put in several per coin)
I also put in the cost, and who I purchased it from.
It does much more, but too much for here...
MM
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
9416 Posts |
I have all of my coins on a spreadsheet and photos of them all in my computer. I also have all my coins in the CCf gallery. Steve  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I have absolutely no photos of coins on my computer and seldom ever take a photo of a coin. Don't know why I should. If I have the coin, why take a photo of it? I do have an Excel setup for listing most of my coins but only their types, dates and grade. Nothing of where, when, why nor how much it is worth or cost. I guess this is a sign of old age. Just don't need photos of things I have. Might be agood idea but just don't know what I'd do with photos of coins.
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Valued Member
United States
266 Posts |
I dont have any pictures of my coins, either. I like the idea, and would love to do it, I just keep procrastinating it. I do have an Excel spreadsheet with all of my information on it, date, condition, where and when I bought it, and price I paid, and worth. I have a generic picture in my information header of each type of coin, but even with that, it takes almost 2 minutes to save and open my program. Pictures would come in handy for insurance purposes, and if you don't have direct 24 hour acess to your coins.
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Moderator
 United States
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Heh. I have 5200 images, totalling 6GB worth of coin pics on my computer, almost all of them my own coins.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3234 Posts |
Most of my collection is either scanned and/or photographed. All coins are catalogued in Quicken.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2764 Posts |
And unless you back those information some where... all of those information become meaningless once your computer is hacked/contaminated with virus/hard drive failure/spills/drop/power surge...... and don't always trust your "portable hard drive" (the hard drive it self is susceptible to similar problem with normal computer too... You should have a copy of those information on a "safe/secure" server and a duplication burn to dvd/cd and store those disk in the safe deposit box (preferably, not the same box that you have your coins in).... But then again, I am just starting... I don't have that much of a collection so I haven't done any of the above, except input them into a simple excel sheet that I created.... I may have to eventually get an inventory software for coins, some of them are selling for $30 to $50 or even $100.... I saw some of this forum member did pretty good on their customized excel (gotta look for the link). However, I like those software that have picture corresponding to the coin and pricing (best if they have a "generic" picture of the grade for each coin that you input (ie: if you input a 1909 S Lincoln Cent in VF condition then the software should also generate the corresponding picture and price for the coin)..... which would make it a lot easier for you to catalog your collection and backup for insurance purposes...... maybe I'm just wishful thinking. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1952 Posts |
I have a photo of almost every coin I own on a flash drive and on my PC. I have been selling a lot of coins lately and it works great when selling I don't have to take pic's of them all as I already have them. it is hard though when I buy large lots as I have to sit here on my PC sometimes for day taking pic's and loading them on on my flash and PC and also on my spreadsheet
lot of work but it helps on the insurance if I loose anything.
Gary
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Pillar of the Community
United States
668 Posts |
I have pictures of almost all of my lincoln cents with my grade estimate and current value according to coin prices.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
20753 Posts |
I've used the computer to make Excel files of all my coins. However, I then download everything onto one of those USB flash card things. I have 2 with 2 gigs, one with 4 Gigs. Enough for all coin and personal information.
You should NEVERleave anything on your computer that you don't want others to know or see. There are way to many individuals out there attempting to invade your computer for personal information. regardless of firewalls, virus detectors, etc. there is always going to be someone out there trying to defeat them all. Haven't you been listening to how millions are being robbed of their identities? Much is done via your computer. If you put any personal info on your computer, you should always find a way to download to something else then delete all info possible.
Another thing to try is via the internet try downloading a program called Clean Up. It's free and wipes out tons of cookies that are hidden in your computer every time you get on line.
Always be safe, not sorry.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I want to keep a record of what I have in case I ever need to make an insurance claim. I scan each 20 pocket page and upload the file to a blogger account that I started just for this purpose. Theres no information on the blog, just images in case I need it for insurance. I figure if my house gets broken into, they'll probably take my computer too, so I wanted to upload to some other location. I thought about burning it to a CD and keeping it in my safety deposit box, but I would never keep it up to date. This way, if I add some more coins, I just scan them and upload them.
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