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New Member
United States
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I am having trouble figuring out a way to keep track of what album slots I have filled and which ones are empty. I am not about to walk around carrying around 10 dansco albums. My current system involves taking pictures on my phone of notebook pages that contain the information. I thought about taking a picture of each page but the number of pictures would be massive. Also I have to take new pictures every time I get new coins. So there has to be better way. An app maybe? Edited by derekbob24
02/20/2014 6:11 pm
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Moderator
 United States
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I use a spreadsheet (like Excel or any of the open source variants) to keep track of my collection.
Very portable.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1234 Posts |
I love computers and anything High-tech. with that being said I use a very user friendly App... it's called paper and pen. I listed out the Morgan's I NEED in a text file then printed it on a few sheets of paper. When I get one as a hole filler I cross it off the list. In a while when the list gets ugly and hard to read, I'll re-work the text file and print it again, works for most coin sets  |
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Bedrock of the Community
13014 Posts |
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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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New Member
United States
36 Posts |
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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Pillar of the Community
United States
593 Posts |
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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Valued Member
United States
450 Posts |
US coins by BJG Apps is OK, if like me, you have an android permanently attached to your palm.
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Valued Member
Australia
243 Posts |
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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New Member
 United States
38 Posts |
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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Pillar of the Community
United States
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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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Pillar of the Community
United States
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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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Pillar of the Community
Canada
1700 Posts |
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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Pillar of the Community
Netherlands
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I use an 'home-made' Excel file on my android phone..  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2311 Posts |
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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Pillar of the Community
United States
655 Posts |
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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Pillar of the Community
United States
2651 Posts |
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 02/20/2014 7:38 pm
