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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kanga, post: 489132, member: 9270&quot;]For this sort of bookkeeping and assuming US coins, just marking them off in a Red Book would be sufficient.</p><p>Next to the date/mintmark in the book you could circle the value for the grade.</p><p>That would give you a LOT of information for just a quick entry.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Excel has a number of benefits beyond that:</p><p>- You can update it with new prices whenever you want</p><p>- You can input how much it cost you</p><p>- You can input when/where you bought it and from whom</p><p>- If you take digital images of your coins you can even link to those images in Excel</p><p>- A quick click at the bottom of a column could add up the value of the collection.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>It&#039;s well worth the time required to set up Excel files for your collection.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Since you already own Excel all it will cost you is some time.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>A commercial database for all US coins would probably cost about $100.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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