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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;JeffsRealm, post: 2553245, member: 81515&quot;]Ok, I know I am new to ancients, and what a fun ride this has been and it just keeps getting better. I have been picking up one here, one there, two there. I have a total of about 15 now. Yeah they are mostly on the lower end, nothing over $100 yet. But hey you can have a lot of fun pretty cheap in Ancients so I have learned. </p><p><br /></p><p>I do lack focus, that&#039;s for sure, but I have certainly had fun with what I have purchased. Sometimes when researching the coin, the emperor, or the story behind it, I get lost for hours. Some thing make me smile, some thing make me go hmm, that&#039;s interesting and some make me go, what the h*** did I just read? Seriously, this happened back then?</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, US coins and most world easy. Year, Denomination, Mint then anything funky after that if your tracking die variety, errors etc. </p><p><br /></p><p>Right now, I bought nice Lighthouse Grand Binder. With some 2 x 2 storage holders, then I put my ancient coins in 2x2 milar flips, with a tag, telling me what the coin is, and obverse and reverse. How much paid for it. Then that&#039;s it. There is only so much to put on a flip.</p><p><br /></p><p>However I would like to create a computer record for reference, like I have this coin with this ID, here is the story about the coin. Way more info than what will fit on a flip, and a picture of the coin as well. Also a way to link coins as some coins just go together. Husband and wife, mother and son, grand mother, Caesar then Augustus. </p><p><br /></p><p>So how do you go about tracking your ancients and cataloging your personal collection?</p><p><br /></p><p>I know that some people use a numbering system, I am not sure if I am allowed to say so won&#039;t give any names, or super specifics. However, I noticed purchasing from some people on this forum, I see a numbering system on the flip when I receive the coin which also matches what I seen on the discussion on the coin. Which is smart, and so they must have a system. I did recently win a CNG auction, which the flip came with Auction and Lot number. Agin organized by what the needed. Which makes me think others must have a system that works for them. So instead of trying to recreate the wheel I figured I would ask how you guys do it. I am sure the answers will vary wildly.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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