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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ed Zak, post: 25227, member: 824&quot;]My excel spreadsheet...</p><p><br /></p><p>My columns are labeled (2 rows) as such:</p><p><br /></p><p>Description - Number Minted - Grade - Cost - Date Acquired - 2005 <span style="color: red"><b>Red</b> </span> Book Values for EF-40, MS60, MS63, MS/PR65</p><p><br /></p><p>So an entry would look like this:</p><p><br /></p><p>1931-S Lincoln 1c - 866,000 - PCGSMS64Rd - $195 - 2/03 - 75.00 - 90.00 - 100.00 - n/a</p><p><br /></p><p>or...</p><p><br /></p><p>1878 8TF Morgan $1 - 750,000 - MS63 - $130 - 7/03 - $24 - $110 - $150 - $1,200</p><p><br /></p><p>For my Lincolns with mintages less than 20 million, I bold the description with a <b><span style="color: blue">blue font</span> </b>.&nbsp; For mintages less than 10 million, I bold with a <b><span style="color: red">red font</span> </b>.&nbsp; Also, for key date coins, I list in either Blue (semi-key) or Red (key).</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, recently I started adding a hyperlink to pictures I have of some of my nicer coins.&nbsp; I can either pull out my collection or show it on my notebook computer.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now I know what many of your are thinking...why do I put Red Book values for the various grades?&nbsp; I look at it this way...it&#039;s once per year that I am updating my collection.&nbsp; Red Book&#039;s are well received in our hobby and I am just looking for a &quot;gauge&quot; of the values.&nbsp; If Iwant something more current, I go to Grey Sheets.&nbsp; But at least I can reference these values if somebody asks.&nbsp; It doesn&#039;t take long and I get a kick out of how the values change from year to year. </p><p><br /></p><p>I break out my collection by denominations with cents listed first and by oldest first to the next higher denominations.&nbsp; The excel spreadsheet atomatically dates any changes and I keep it current.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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