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Originally Posted by kanga  For this sort of bookkeeping and assuming US coins, just marking them off in a Red Book would be sufficient.
Next to the date/mintmark in the book you could circle the value for the grade.
That would give you a LOT of information for just a quick entry.
Excel has a number of benefits beyond that:
- You can update it with new prices whenever you want
- You can input how much it cost you
- You can input when/where you bought it and from whom
- If you take digital images of your coins you can even link to those images in Excel
- A quick click at the bottom of a column could add up the value of the collection.
It's well worth the time required to set up Excel files for your collection.
Since you already own Excel all it will cost you is some time.
A commercial database for all US coins would probably cost about $100. |
I agree that Excel can do all of those things, but until I find something better than
Heritage's MY COLLECTION, I will not switch. Heritage gives you both current prices and populations. Organizing the collection is a little difficult but the pros far outweigh the cons.
Not only do you not have to worry about backing up your file, it is free once you register.
