Coin Collecting Freeware?

I've not found a coin collecting program I like, free or commercial. I thought about the spreadsheet idea but I like pictures of my coins with my inventory.

I've decided to write my own coin program. Using a MySQL database to store data and images and VB for the application to add, view and modify coins which is in progress. Eventually I'll write a php web interface to view (so my family and friends know what I want for Christmas). :)

Does anybody like Carlisle software?

-> Hi arthrene - I concur with Kabiye_Lady's and just_carl's sentiments - If you don't want to pay for Coin Inventorying software, Excel is a good great program to learn and an excellent skill to attain for use in the working world. Using it to manage your coins is a great way to learn Excel and gain a marketable skillset.

-> cownas22 - I also use CoinManage and love it. I would not go back to using Excel or raw Access for managing a collection.

-> garylcsr - I concur that Liberty Street's support needs significant improvement. That said, I know what software development costs, as managing programmers is one aspect of my profession. For $39.95 I believe it's a fair price, given its features, and considering what many folks on here like myself regularly pay for a single coin.

Also, it may not be fully understood by folks that the underlying database system that CoinManage uses is MS Access-based and can be opened by MS Access (and Excel for that matter) - (Though I wouldn't recommend it!)

- Just my Two Cents worth...

Coins/Banknotes Freeware:

- HappyCollection V2.7b

- SmartDB

- Coin Collector 5.1

- Professional Coin Collecting Software 2.0.3

- Free Coin Inventory Templates

- Collector Notepad 0.9.2.24

- Find Coins Viewer 1.0

- Numismatic Database Management for the Historian and Collector (N-CAT 1.0.3.192)


Cheers