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Valued Member
Slovenia
459 Posts |
For the Euro coins I use an android app that is quite up to the task and also allows notes. For my non-€ collection, I'll slowly have to start keeping track - most probably in a form of a spreadsheet. But it's still manageable for now :)
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Moderator
 United States
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Spreadsheets have always served me well. Back in the early days I used a check-list book. I might have to dig one up to see how far I have come.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Don't make a list of what you have, only what you need or want. Or find a neighborhood kid that can spell and have them make the list of what you have. If you do this often enough, word will spread and you'll be robbed of all your coins. Then no more problems.
I just use Excel to make lists of coins. Mostly of what I need, not have.
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Valued Member
United States
125 Posts |
For my US coins which are mostly in albums, I use Excel. I list every opening and highlight the ones I don't have. For foreign coins, I use Numista. |
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
12839 Posts |
Excel here as well, as it is infinitely customizable to your needs/wishes. And you can filter so you can see views of what you have, what you don't have, or both!
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Pillar of the Community
1325 Posts |
I have a question for those that use spreadsheets and HTML pages and such like I do. If you also keep coins stored in a book/album/folder that has the info on the coin for you like mintages, does your spreadsheet also contain the mintages and info found where the coin actually is? I have it for my spreadsheet on coins I need like my curious keeping of the under 20 million mintage Kennedy halves and the like of ATB, but not for anything else in my "need" spreadsheet and not on my HTML pages. So what info is most often in a collection tracking spreadsheet? |
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Valued Member
Netherlands
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Excel. I have for the more recent coins (last 200 years) a complete list of all coins minted in the Netherlands, with all relevant info like weight, mintage, material etc. plus (if I have the coin) when and where I bought it for what price and in what quality.
Each row contains 1 coin. When opening the spreadsheet, in each row two comments are placed automatically with photos of the relevant coin (one for front, one for back). That way on mouse-over I will see the photo of my coin.
For pre-1800 coins I just have a list of the coins I have, again with all the relevant info and photos.
@shadz, I don't have info like mintages in the album where I keep the coins: the 2x2's don't have that much space to write on. I only write enough there to identify the coin, and keep all other info in the spreadsheet.
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Pillar of the Community
Belgium
1194 Posts |
I make a sheet for every coin I have with : face value obverse: inscription and description of the coin reverse: the same picture size period references quality mint date I bought the coin if necessary :further details I keep always a copy of the invoice. Then I print everything. albert  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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antwerpen2306, I know I should do that but I've been procrastinating for so long I don't even know if it's possible any more...
I use Google Sheets for my list of coins. Check it out in my signature!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2233 Posts |
I just got a Numista account! Yippee!  |
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Moderator
United States
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So what info is most often in a collection tracking spreadsheet? I may have mentioned this a time or two or three, but my headers are simple: Date, Mint, Variety, Value, Date Acquired, Cost, Grade, Notes. |
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Pillar of the Community
Belgium
1194 Posts |
ChildOfTheWeat , it is always possible , I started three years ago and have not yet finished , but it is very pleasant to look all the sheets you made.I print only the very fine and better coins to take it with me when I go to my holiday home near Bastogne ( you know : nuts.. ). I don t like to look my coins on pc.albert
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New Member
United States
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I like numista for foreign coins, for US I use Excel and backup on Google Docs
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Valued Member
Slovenia
459 Posts |
antwerpen2306: I really like your system. I used to catalogue my silver coins with a software we use at work, but I find it too time consuming (well: work), so I stopped doing that.
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