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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pellinore, post: 3881646, member: 74834&quot;]Since I restarted collecting, about 2014, I used a simple system in Word - it replicates the old paper index cards I used long ago (just like my father-in-law whose collection I inherited). I often thought about making a better one that incorporates pictures, but never decided to do this or that. </p><p><br /></p><p>It consists of: <i>Number. </i>Metal, denomination. <i>Empire - Head of state, date.</i> Obverse description followed by text, reverse description followed by text. <i>Diameter, weight. </i>Any known catalogs. <i>Bought from whom, when and for how much.</i> Sometimes: comments as to why I wanted it.</p><p><br /></p><p>In 2014, I devised a four-digit numbering system along the lines of my interests, starting at 1001 for my oldest coin, a 1/24th Phokaia stater, and the end was always the low 7000s for the latest coins of the 14th, later 16th, now 17th century. A month ago I started collecting Chinese coins, and now the highest number is 8008. By the way, I have about 950 coins (<i>Less is more</i>). </p><p><br /></p><p>So there&#039;s a lot of room, but in 2014 I hadn&#039;t expected my Roman provincials and my medieval islamic dynasties to expand so much, so occasionally I have to do some intricate resizing and refitting. </p><p>I&#039;m always recording diameter and weight to <i>.00 -</i> the first to do to every new coin is putting it on my scale. Because, as an experienced old collector friend told me, if your collection of (almost identical coins) falls on the floor and you have to reconstruct which coin was which catalog number, the exact weight will help you immediately.</p><p><br /></p><p>And I make pictures of my coins that I give the same number as my catalog, sometimes with some extra information. This is a good example: </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1025279[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Not the best pic possible, but I made it myself in a minute. The name of this photo is <i>3283 A Gordian caes e ct</i>, meaning a Roman Provincial [3100-3400] coin starting with A = Alexandria, of Gordian III as caesar (he was caesar for a short time only, under the ill-fated and ill-named emperors Balbinus and Pupienus) e = I made the picture myself [s = seller&#039;s pic], ct = I <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/billion-tetradrachms.322758/page-2#post-3179227" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/billion-tetradrachms.322758/page-2#post-3179227">used it on CoinTalk</a>.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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