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New Member
United States
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Just wanted to hear some advice / feedback from some of you more experienced collectors regarding cataloging methods / software / apps. I've read through some of the older threads, and I was wondering if anyone could shed some light on digital cataloging. More specifically, Excel vs US Coin Collector app. Note: I will be using iPhone / iPad / iMac for data entry and for when I'm at shows / shops. Wanting to mangage mainly two different types of lists: 1) set lists (i.e. which dates I need to complete my Jefferson album...probably no photos required for these lists) 2) individual coins (i.e. coins that are not part of any set, raw and graded. I would like to include high-quality photos with this list to be able to compare any potential upgrades etc.)  |
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Spreadsheets can be your best friend.  Spreadsheets on mobiles devices can be... well, still your friend, but you have to work harder.  I do most of the heavy lifting on a PC. When I access a spreadsheet on the Droid, I usually only use it for reference. Occasionally I will "check off" something I just bought, but I will not enter details until I am back on the PC. |
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I will be using iPhone / iPad / iMac for data entry Jjc2779, not often I see a Mac user here.  Use a spreadsheet that lets you create your own data entry. Which I did but, wish I could be more specific but I'm still a rookie on the ins and outs. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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So much depends on how large your collection is. A long time ago when mine was a lot smaller, I started with Excel Spreadsheet. Had columns for year, mint, grade, orig cost, present approx value, date purchased and on and on and on. Slowly I realized I will never sell a coin so many of that info is useless. I slowly deleted one column after another until I had only date, mint, grade. Heading was enough for stuff like Mercury dime Album #1. I USED to take some of those sheets with me to coin stores and shows. That too wore out. I now just make a list of what I need freehand for going to a coin show or store. With virtually thousands of coins, all I now want to know is which Album has the best coins. Cataloging so many thousands of coins will be for whoever gets all this.  |
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Slowly I realized I will never sell a coin so many of that info is useless But that kind of info "price paid" is helpful to your heirs when it comes time for them to sell  ,is it not? John1 |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Both PCGS and NGC have free online apps for cataloging your coins. If your coins are raw I'm not so sure, but both do let you enter coins from other 3rd party graders. One thing nice about them is the values for the coins update automatically so you don't have to keep looking up current values.
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07/27/2014 6:56 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I use ezcoin software... it has been pretty awesome for me.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I use a custom written FilemakerPro database for my collection of numismatic books, I used to have one for my coins as well, but I haven't used it in years and it's way out of date to do any good now. I need to re-write it one of these days. Excel would seem to be your best bet though, as long as you are comfortable using it, (I am not), but I built FMP databases for awhile as a contractor - so that's what I went with.
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New Member
 United States
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Both PCGS and NGC have free online apps for cataloging your coins. If your coins are raw I'm not so sure, but both do let you enter coins from other 3rd party graders. One thing nice about them is the values for the coins update automatically so you don't have to keep looking up current values. That's awesome! Didn't realize that they allowed you to list coins graded by others. Will definitely have to use that for slabs. Thanks for the feedback everyone! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Of the two I think NGC's app is a little more user friendly and does a better job when adding coins in slabs from other graders. It's called Collection Manager. http://www.ngccoin.com/news/viewart...rticle=1686&Interesting, it looks like Collection Manager will take raw coins as well as world and ancient coins. Quote:The Collection Manager relies on an easy-to-use, intuitive interface that allows collectors to maintain records of all the coins in their collections â€" including US, World and ancient coins, both certified and raw. Collectors can also store information about coins they want to buy and coins they have already sold or traded. Current market values are automatically displayed for all US coins tracked in the Collection Manager. Accurate market information is supplied by leading, independent price guide NumisMedia. Edited by Tbone
07/28/2014 8:23 pm
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New Member
United States
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I am not a big fan of using an APP that potentially shares my lifelong treasure with...whoever they want to share it with...
A spreadsheet can be custom tailored to precisely what you want it to be. Just my 2¢
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New Member
United States
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Excel is my friend. I can tweak it however I like, which changes daily ;)
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