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<p>[QUOTE="Stork, post: 3105819, member: 71642"]I'm starting to look at Exact Change <a href="http://www.exactchange.info/index.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.exactchange.info/index.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.exactchange.info/index.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p>It looks to have all the functionality, plus some nice features that would be a pain in Excel (KM#s, size, precious metal component auto added). It will link to the Krause catalogs (if you have them in e-format). It's a bit pricier ($80) but looks pretty user friendly for the world coin collectors, it works on a Mac, and looks pretty expandable for medals. </p><p><br /></p><p>My main worry is regarding what happens when the developer eventually stops supporting it...my main criteria is that s/he is at least a decade younger than me and comes from a family blessed with longevity and mental acuity well into old age. Plus a few younger relatives who will carry support for the program into the next 50 years. Okay, I am not QUITE serious, but much as I like the program for it's 'extras', I keep thinking I need to find a more open system.</p><p><br /></p><p>I like the Airtable site, but same concerns for longevity. I'm also not super thrilled with the idea of keeping my records on a cloud based program. Excel specifically (or maybe Pages as I have a Mac) would allow me to keep it 'local'. </p><p><br /></p><p>I'm starting to ever-so-slowly creep into Ancients, so I'm also curious how people keep records there efficiently...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Stork, post: 3105819, member: 71642"]I'm starting to look at Exact Change [url]http://www.exactchange.info/index.htm[/url] It looks to have all the functionality, plus some nice features that would be a pain in Excel (KM#s, size, precious metal component auto added). It will link to the Krause catalogs (if you have them in e-format). It's a bit pricier ($80) but looks pretty user friendly for the world coin collectors, it works on a Mac, and looks pretty expandable for medals. My main worry is regarding what happens when the developer eventually stops supporting it...my main criteria is that s/he is at least a decade younger than me and comes from a family blessed with longevity and mental acuity well into old age. Plus a few younger relatives who will carry support for the program into the next 50 years. Okay, I am not QUITE serious, but much as I like the program for it's 'extras', I keep thinking I need to find a more open system. I like the Airtable site, but same concerns for longevity. I'm also not super thrilled with the idea of keeping my records on a cloud based program. Excel specifically (or maybe Pages as I have a Mac) would allow me to keep it 'local'. I'm starting to ever-so-slowly creep into Ancients, so I'm also curious how people keep records there efficiently...[/QUOTE]
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