It has been a while since I updated my records... I just finished cataloging my Large Size Notes not includng Obsoletes I was quite shocked at the accumulation... It is easy I suppose to loose count as I did.... My records were in need of updating! So how about your's...can you all pull your records and know what you have, when you got it and what you paid? I would suppose this would be important in the event of your demise. RB
I'm pretty consistent with keeping my banknotes and coins updated in my computer program for each. I have over 1000 banknotes and several hundred coins. But I usually input them into my computer program so I don't forget and end up losing my receipt. Wish I had your problems Ricky B. You have some of the most beautiful notes I've seen. By the way Ricky, Semper Fi - USMC 1973-1979.
Unfortunately, I didn't begin keeping records until a couple years ago so I have no records as to when or for how much I bought the majority of my coin collection.
I keep my reciepts or record things I didnt get a reciept for or found in circulation. Keep track hard copy and on the computer!
I keep records of every coin and US note i buy! got a nice complex spreadhseet set up. For some reason, when i started buying world notes, i didnt keep a record of all those. Not sure why really except for the prices being so cheap. I have started trying to place all the world notes i buy now in the spreadhseet, but they come so rapidly lol
I have tool boxes and cardboard boxes full of misc. I must have 40 pounds of misc coins, and I have almost no idea what exactly I own, no real rare coins, and no organization at all. I guess i should sort it all out someday. Or maybe I'll just pass on and let the wife and kids deal with it LOL.
Alrighty just did most of mine....easy though, I have only a few US Coins... The world coins are next...GULP!
I've been keeping track of what I have since day 1. Luckily for me Excel is one of the very few things in life I feel I am an expert at. I actually had records kept before I even knew how to read US Paper money properly! I keep track of what it is, for paper money I also keep track of the serial numbers. I also take note of the date I got it and where I got it from. I do not keep any records of how much I paid for anything; that means nothing to me. With my paper money collection I actually know the date I added to my collection of almost everything I own, not counting the few I inherited and a couple I found in circulation and missed adding in. With my coins, not so much as I had been accumulating them for over a decade, but didn't really become a collector until last year.
I love the title of this thread. Once I saw it, I had to come in and see what you got yourself into. lol I have to say I do an excellent job keeping track of everything. I know when what things were purchased, where (for most) and what I paid. I had some catching up to do at first but i'm glad I did it then, instead of waiting until now. I used to enjoy it but now it's more like a necessary burden. I don't look forward to entering stuff after a show but I feel like I have to. Especially keeping track for sets. I've been back into collecting for less than 2 years but I wouldn't be able to remember what I have without my Excel program. It's really nice having it available.
Thanks for stopping in the PM forum Vess..while it was a (secondary mess) I just had to match receipt with note and log it...a daunting task to say the least..but All Large Size and fractional Currency has been completed...now on to the Small Size notes. :goofer: :goofer: RickieB
I keep an Excel spreadsheet updated with all the dates, prices, taxes, grades and amount of precious metals in coins. It's interesting to look back at statistics - how my interest in coins shifted to notes and then pretty much equalized (based on how much I spent on coins and notes in different periods of time).
Back in the 1990s I was almost entirely collecting coins, then my interests shifted to paper money in 2000 ,if my memory serves me right...paper money prices were much lower then & so was everything else ! But I think coins have appreciated at a slower rate then paper money. (IMHO)
Hi Guys, Like many of you i did the old switcharama from coin to paper Money, Was really heavy in to Morgan Dollars and gold coins Several years ago though i still have them, Iam no longer activley Seeking them, I use to keep all my records on the computer until One day in "Crashed" along with all my data!! I now use only paper to keep track of my purchases and inventory Also i find that things are much simpler!!
I as well... went and got a page numbered journal and recorded the notes with all important info....it is still being worked on as I have hundreds of small size to go thru.. RickieB
