Starting Some Serious Inventory

Discussion in 'Coin Chat' started by Inspector43, Jan 6, 2025.

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  1. Eric Babula

    Eric Babula Well-Known Member

    Ahh, I know Coin Elite. It was in my "Final Three" when I was testing programs (Coin Elite, Coin Manage and Exact Change). Exact Change won out, if I remember correctly, because I could input unlimited pictures of each coin (I sometimes want Obv of coin, Rev of coin, Obv of Slab, Rev of Slab, and numerous microscope details of coin), and unlimited Notes - whereas, the other two couldn't do that. I'll have to look for the ability to input rolls/bulk items. Just getting started on my inventory. I'm up to 77 coins input, now. Long way to go!
     
    Eric Babula, Jan 10, 2025
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  3. Eric Babula

    Eric Babula Well-Known Member

    Sounds like you need to retire....SOON!!!
     
    Eric Babula, Jan 10, 2025
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  4. Mike Thorne

    Mike Thorne Well-Known Member

    I didn't see that anybody mentioned the inventory method I use. It's at Heritage Auctions (ha.com) and is free. You do have to register, of course. On Heritage, you can inventory coins, currency, and all manner of other collectibles. You can post obverse and reverse pictures and put in lengthy descriptive information about your collectible. Check it out.
     
    Mike Thorne, Jan 14, 2025
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  5. geekpryde

    geekpryde Husband and Father Moderator

    I should have added to my post about how I inventory my coin collection by mentioning that prior to entering a purchase in Excel, I actually enter the coin in the NGC Collection Manager. Not sure why I glossed over that fact.

    That is a nice piece of software that for a long time was the only way I tracked my coins. At some point I needed more flexibility and the ability to use formulas, but I still to this day add the coin there first, and then to excel. This is a bit of double-dipping / redundant but it when you do it one coin at a time, its no big deal.

    You may need to be logged into the NGC site to have this link work, but its free.

    https://coins.www.collectors-society.com/wcm/coincollectionmanager.aspx

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    geekpryde, Jan 18, 2025
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  6. Eric Babula

    Eric Babula Well-Known Member

    Can you only post two pics? In some cases I would want obverse, reverse, obverse slab, reverse slab, and a number of special details, such as for VAM attribution.

    Can you post raw coins? 95% of my collection is raw.
     
    Eric Babula, Jan 18, 2025
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  7. Eric Babula

    Eric Babula Well-Known Member

    How manypics can you post? In some cases I would want obverse, reverse, obverse slab, reverse slab, and a number of special details, such as for VAM attribution.

    Can you post raw coins? 95% of my collection is raw.
     
    Eric Babula, Jan 18, 2025
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  8. geekpryde

    geekpryde Husband and Father Moderator

    Yes you can add raw coins all day long in NGC Collection Manager.

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    NGC collection manager only allows two (2) photos:

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    If you want more than that, I find the CACG inventory software to work well specifically for that, although it lacks many features other software has.

    See if this meets your needs:

    Register for free.

    https://www.cacgrading.com/registry/mycollection

    Don't worry about the registry part. You can use the collection inventory part of the site and NOT compete if you are not interested. Just set each coin to "exclude from registry" which can be set on your account as the default. Also, you can even use the registry features but make your sets and coins private so other people cant see you.

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    Example coin of mine showing seven (7!) photos and I'm sure I could add more:

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    geekpryde, Jan 25, 2025
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  9. Publius2

    Publius2 Well-Known Member

    I keep my inventory in Excel with associated Word documents and JPG photo directories. I am not comfortable with having my records of these assets on a third party corporate application. While it may be unlikely that these entities and their apps will disappear, that possibility is entirely within their purview. I dislike giving up that much control.

    I also don't keep anything in the Cloud. Is that paranoid? Not particularly. I just abhor having to pay for it. Bad enough my Microsoft applications are now by subscription.
     
    Publius2, Jan 25, 2025
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  10. samclemens3991

    samclemens3991 Well-Known Member

    I agree with Mike Thorne. The Heritage (My Coins) inventory option is great. Have used it for so many years I can hardly remember a time when i didn't have it. Besides keeping track of my current collection, I also keep a record of all the coins i have owned in the past, when and what they sold for etc. Endless options. James
     
    samclemens3991, Jan 26, 2025
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  11. Dimedude2

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    It took quite awhile, but I have an excel file for my coins. I need to clean it up for better hard copies.
     
    Dimedude2, Jan 26, 2025
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