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Valued Member
United States
189 Posts |
I take high resolution scans of my coins and save them
in a coin file and folders on my computer,I then
crop the die markers and save pix to attribute my collection
matched to certified coins I find on the internet.
Sometimes when the need arises I photoshop the colors
to bring out the details and die cracks,mostly on old large cents.
Does anybody else keep a computer file like this ?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2269 Posts |
I haven't even thought of keeping an file on my computer, until now. I think its a great idea, but it seems very time consuming, especially if you file every single one of your coins.
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New Member
United States
4 Posts |
Blcoinnut, I'm heading in your direction. I'm cataloging thousands of coins for distribution among my siblings using a spreadsheet. (We had no idea of the extent of Dad's collection!) Being a newbie, I know I'll need a lot more time to learn/perform grading so I'm concentrating on getting the basic info on the coins logged for now. Once the coins are logged I plan to build a database from the spreadsheet and to add scanned images of the more interesting coins, or perhaps all of them. I have a vague notion I can link the database to a private album on my website photogallery. I use Coppermine Photogallery, http://coppermine-gallery.net/And yes, I have to learn coin scanning/photography techniques, also! What kind of scanner do you use? |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
936 Posts |
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
189 Posts |
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
9390 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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