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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Stork, post: 3117656, member: 71642&quot;]Ha!&nbsp; That&#039;s kind of what I have -- a few boxes with assorted flips.&nbsp; BUT, my receipts are scattered and I do have a couple in slabs (I know, I know, they should be liberated...but I won&#039;t do that until I&#039;m organized).</p><p><br /></p><p>I suppose an update is due.&nbsp; I gave myself a week (I&#039;m off work) to figure it out, and so I have.&nbsp; I think.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><b>I REALLY appreciate all the comments (and pms/emails)</b> that gave me an idea of how I want to be able to track and sort information, and what information to include.&nbsp; The spreadsheet examples were super helpful too.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>But I&#039;ve taken about 90 tangents and scrolled through tons of threads either related or semi-related (or just popped up on my random search results).</p><p><br /></p><p>OH, and the software and documenting.&nbsp; Well, I have a MacBook so I limited myself to the programs that are Mac friendly.&nbsp; Debated between a basic spreadsheet vs. a database type program.&nbsp; Looked at Numbers, Open Office, Google Sheet and of course Excel.&nbsp;&nbsp; I figured the learning curve was a bit much for what I wanted and it would get pretty unwieldy in a hurry with so many fields it would be an awful lot of scrolling and just not be visually pleasing.&nbsp; I also want to include my photos and documents and figured this could bog everything down.&nbsp; &nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>So I went with looking at some gentler and kinder database programs (not you Filemaker or Access...I&#039;m no fancy programmer and I&#039;m not running a big business).</p><p><br /></p><p>The <b>Exact Change</b> program looked really nice for generating reports, labels, and perfect for the US, world, and bullion collector.&nbsp; Mac or PC.&nbsp; Can&#039;t remember if it has an app, but I don&#039;t think so.&nbsp; Can easily make a check list of &#039;want&#039; coins from a saved collection.&nbsp; They have pictures if you don&#039;t.&nbsp; Links to Krause, and can add KM#s, diameters, weights, asw/agw and calculate the totals.&nbsp; Price guides.&nbsp; Good support. Pretty nice and I thought about it hard.&nbsp; BUT--not so good for my medals or (hopefully) ancients.&nbsp; Kind of dated looking too.&nbsp; But very nice. ~$80 IIRC.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also a contender is <b>ReCollector</b>.&nbsp; A program developed by a map collector, but perfectly geared towards collectors of any sort.&nbsp; Could probably do an inventory too.&nbsp; Can build in/name whatever fields you want.&nbsp; Can generate reports but no help if you want to make labels, and I was a little vague on how to make a spreadsheet like printout for a file/heirs.&nbsp; I&#039;m sure that&#039;s in there, but by then I was putting my efforts into something else.&nbsp; Both Mac and PC.&nbsp; Has an APP.&nbsp; IIRC the app is view only.&nbsp; Costs ~$50.&nbsp; Excellent developer support and I was super tempted by this one too.</p><p><br /></p><p>My final pick though is <b>Tap Forms</b>.&nbsp; Mac only, and has an app that can be used for data entry.&nbsp; It is very flexible in the building of a database and I came up with something for all my desired fields very quickly.&nbsp; Can look at each coin as a page view for all the details.&nbsp; I can make a spreadsheet view.&nbsp; I can make special views that include only some types of data--and print that out which is perfect for an insurance or &#039;heirs&#039; inventory.&nbsp; It can do labels (and barcodes).&nbsp; AND, it lends itself well to any other type of personal or very small business needs.&nbsp; I&#039;m thinking perhaps that home inventory will get done finally.&nbsp; It is also ~$50, is very flexible, has super support.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for everything else, well, the rabbit holes run deep on the internet.&nbsp; New photo skills learned, books bought, the ANA Ancients class signed up for (work changed and I can get to Philadelphia for the course), website planning, might even stop using my paint/preview/picmonkey photo software mishmash and break down and get photoshop.&nbsp; Plus I&#039;m buying the pieces to cobble together a platform for tilt/lean/z-axis movements, and want to do some photostacking...).&nbsp; New lights and modifications have been made for better photos too.</p><p><br /></p><p>I also started looking at physical (not just data) storage options.&nbsp; Might give the Lighthouse Quickslabs a try.&nbsp; They can handle the thickness issues for some (maybe) and can be easily opened and will store in boxes I already own.&nbsp; The Quadram/Intercept 2x2s were tempting but there is no simple way to attach tags (like a flip) or labels (like the fake slabs), and likely are not able to hold the thicker coins.&nbsp; I also like the idea of generating a personal catalog number so I can have an easily located envelope with the actual paper documents too.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s been a busy week![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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