Coin Inventory Codes

I'm trying to develop a code for inventory purpose of coins.

An example I thought of would be.

CHIN34S

CHIN of course would be China, 34 would be the number, and s would be the metal content (silver).

 

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Oh, ok.

 

ok

 

Why does it have to be a code?

 

Thanks for sharing.

 

how will you know what you have, without a code

 

memorize it.

 

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This reminds of a yo mama joke.

Yo mama so fat she got more chins than a Chinese phone book.

 

The reason I want a code is so I can search for it.

If I can't recall what a particular coin is, I can type the code in and reference it.

 

you must have a large collection.

 

No, it can be hard to memorize over 300 different countries. Plus if a coin does not have regular letters on it, it can be hard to identify.

 

so, its easier to write chin instead of china on a 2x2? I dont see the benefit

 

How will know what the reference code is unless
you know what the coin is?

 

It's fun to make up codes, but I would make it cryptic, just for kicks, like... ﷼ﬞꜗꜗⱥ♦♪◄╞

 

I tried to come up with something like this myself, and I admit I haven't come up with anything workable (for myself at least) yet.

Make sure you keep good records... I was worried I'd accidentally use the same number for different coins and screw up the whole system.

There are a few good cataloging programs out there too, but most of what I found were catered towards US coins and I walk on the darkside.

 

thats my code for 1984-p kennedy halfs

 

That makes sense.

 

I'm writing software for just this purpose because my existing spreadsheet became too unwieldy. My solution was to use ye olde arithmetic sequential system of 1, 2, 3, .... 9,223,372,036,854,775,807. It isn't terribly exciting or esoteric but has an upside of being simple. For whatever this post is worth
-L

 

You could just keep index cards in alphabetical
order. You should have hard copies of your collection
anyway. You can also take cell pics of the index cards.