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Valued Member
United States
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Poll Question
 Hurry - Vote Please!  The great FORUM MASTER is traveling thru cyberworld as you read this to throw river rocks at me. I need your vote! I know this belongs in the "SoftWare Sub-Forum", but I just had to reach as many of faithful Coin Community collectors as I could.  If you vote, I promise you will not be turned to the "Dark Side".  Please vote before the GREAT FORUM MASTER turns me into bits and bytes and cyber dust. 
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1055 Posts |
I use CoinManage2009. Great Program!
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Valued Member
United States
278 Posts |
I just use a simple straightforward spreadsheet. Each sheet is a series/denomination. Date, MM, grade, when where and how much when I bought it, and a when and how much for a recent greysheet.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2049 Posts |
I use Excel with the following columns from left to right:
Denomination, set, year, mint, grade, value (retail from Coin Prices), Third Party Graded if applicable, my cost, notes, qty, extended value, and location (binder, red box of 2x2's, safe, etc)
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Moderator
 United States
23731 Posts |
I use Microsoft Works Data Base for my collection.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1745 Posts |
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I just use a simple straightforward spreadsheet. Each sheet is a series/denomination. Date, MM, grade, when where and how much when I bought it, and a when and how much for a recent greysheet.  Me too. |
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Australia
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I loathe Microsoft and avoid using their products where possible.  For my main coin database, I still use the PrimaSoft Coin Organizer I mentioned in this old thread back in 2006. Sometimes, when I want to sort or manipulate the data in ways the database can't do easily, I export the file into my QuattroPro 10 spreadsheet and use that instead of Excel. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1179 Posts |
I use excel for everything I do. Even my checkbook register :)
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
10982 Posts |
I use both the "free" Coin World software that comes with my print subscription and download what I need to MS Excel where I can further manipulate the entries. This works well for me but I'd like to add specialized software at some point that includes images of all U.S. coinage in various grades and can be updated to keep pricing current with Greysheet, FMV, acquired price, etc. Edited by BH1964
05/12/2009 01:17 am
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
838 Posts |
I have spreadsheets similar to you guys, but using Open Office instead of Excel.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I loathe Microsoft and avoid using their products where possible. Right. I cannot tell if MS Office upgrades even matter.  Admittedly, I use Excel simply because I own it--and I know friends can read the files.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1454 Posts |
I don't use anything and don't really have a good record of what I have. Maybe I need to change that? It's kind of hard for me to do because I don't have a computer of my own.
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Pillar of the Community
Spain
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I have CoinsPlus2008 but I never had the time to organized my coins. I don't have records of it but I have it all in albums like an encyclopedia.
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United States
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I have spreadsheets similar to you guys, but using Open Office instead of Excel. I agree. One cannot beat the price, either!  Quote:
I use excel for everything I do. Even my checkbook register :) Same here! Spreadsheets have been my friend for over twenty years now.  Quote:
Admittedly, I use Excel simply because I own it--and I know friends can read the files. OpenOffice can read Excel files without problem. I know this because the Office2003 files I create open just fine on my machines that run OO. What is interesting is that I can open Office2007 files (DOCX, XLSX, etc.) with OO, but not with the version of MS Office I am running!  |
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Rest in Peace
United States
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What's hilarious is that most Microsoft apps seem to run better on my Macs than on the Windows PC's I'm forced to use.
What's NOT funny is the plethora of excellent software which has been discontinued for the Mac because Microsoft dominates the market to the point that small companies (as for example the various entities which have owned WriteNow) can no longer compete with Microsoft.
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Valued Member
United States
136 Posts |
I just did a home inventory (will take a year or more to finish I bet) called Frostbow Home Inventory. I just put the coins on that. I only have 1750 dollars MAX (that's at the lowest RedBook prices but for insurance, you'd use that value I think). they have a "Coins and Currency" option. You can put in notes in it. |
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Posted 05/11/2009 8:12 pm
