How Do You Organise Your Collection?

2x2 collection, store in binders, each binder for major denomination then in order by year & MM.

2x2, in binders, by country, and it don't get any more organized than that at the moment.

For the most part, Dansco albums for each series I collect. I do have some Dansco albums that hold cardboard 2x2s. I use them for my dark side (non-US) and miscellaneous extra coins.

I can't even spell organize. If you ever do find the secret please let me know. I have been organizing mine for over 10 years. I might be 1/3 or the way finished. At that rate, I'll be 70 and to old to see them when I get done.

I'm sort of an outcast here since I basically use all Whitman Classic Albums. I do have some Dansco ones too but with well over 100 Whitman Albums, way to late to start changing. I have tried to convert people here to Whitman but I guess they are just to smart.
Mostly I am an Album person. I hate to start a series without an Album to put them in.
As to organizing. The Albums do that for you.

Whatever system you use to sort your coins, it should be as convenient and easy to use as possible. Exactly what that means for you is largely up to you: is it more important to insert new additions easily, to find a specific coin when you need to, or simply to display the collection to yourself and/or others in a pleasing and aesthetic fashion?

Since I'm mainly a one-from-every-country collector, my main collection is in binders, sorted A to Z, then sub-sorted within that by government/monetary system, denomination and date. There are separate binders for ancients, mediaevals, tokens and medals.

The secondary collection, mostly date-duplicates and coins that aren't in as nice a condition, go in albums sorted by continent. Those albums started out sorted nice and neat but are pretty messy right now; since I usually can't be fussed re-sorting them each time I acquire more coins, I just shove the new acquisitions in anywhere they will fit.

The paper money collection is very untidy right now, perhaps a reflection of it's relatively low status compared to the coins.

Digitally, I have a coin-specific database program. It's got far more fields than I find convenient to use, but I store all the critical stats for each coin: country, date, mintmark, catalogue number, composition, condition, brief summaries of what's on the obverse and reverse, any theme or subject the coin fits well with, purchase details (date, price paid, and who from) and any specific comments about the coin I need to make. There's room for up to four pictures, too, but I rarely other inserting them.

My US Half Cents and Large cents are in 2x2 holders arranged by series, date and variety. All information is on a spread sheet, just the date/variety is on the 2x2.

My foreign coins (abt. 20K) are waiting in bags sorted by country.KM#, for an appropriate holding system to be chosen. More valuable ones are in individual paper flips.

KK

Thank you all for your comments, I am learning a lot through them.

So far all I have are: plastic coin pockets/holders, an album and a bunch of coins in a bag. Would you def. advise to put the coins in cardboards?
I was reading yesterday that it is not a good idea to put the coins in direct contact with the plastic holders. Is this correct? do you know why?

Thank you again.