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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2553392, member: 19463&quot;]I assign each coin two numbers.&nbsp; One is sequential with 0001 being first and 9999 being the last one I&#039;ll buy if I live that long.&nbsp; The other number will sort the coins into an order I like.&nbsp; I have modified my numbers here several times but currently start with a two digit letter code RA being Roman Republic and RZ being Byzantine.&nbsp; Other R_&nbsp; sets divide up the rest of Roman making sure that they fall in alpha order according to the way I want them to sort.&nbsp; I combine the two numbers with a two digit separator that means nothing but will allow sorting for it as long as those letters are not also used for the other headers.&nbsp; For example:</p><p>RS0800FD0039 is the 39th coin I bought but sorts into the Severan section near&nbsp; allowing the start.&nbsp; In the beginning I keep numbers separated by a lot on that first section so the next one used after 0800 might be 8000 leaving a ridiculous spacing but you may get interested in a specialty and someday want room for a lot of Falling Horsemen or Otho aureii depending on your situation and it is easier to have spaces than to add them later.</p><p>My FD might be meaningless or it might be a place to code in where you got the coin or how much you paid or the year you got it.&nbsp; It is your system.&nbsp; Create!&nbsp; I have been considering taking time off from other coin activities and renumbering my sort sections but that is a lot of work when you have too many coins.&nbsp; I really do like the way my coins sort themselves by their file numbers but I failed to leave enough spaces for some areas when I first started so I have a few places that need to be redone.&nbsp;&nbsp; I have my photos on a Nook that I carry to coin shows in the attempt to avoid buying duplicates.&nbsp; My Spreadsheet and Database lists have the numbers in separate cells so I can sort by either.&nbsp; When inputting, I have it sorted by the order of acquisition number (0039) but when reviewing what I have, I sort by the &#039;sort&#039; code (RS0800).&nbsp; This may seem like overkill to you when you have 30 coins but it will make more sense at 3000.&nbsp; The hard part is the decisions how YOU want things to sort.&nbsp; Do you want all silver before all bronzes or coins in order of date within a reign?&nbsp; Do you want Rome mint followed by branch mints or mints west to east?&nbsp; Do you want Greek cities sorted Alphabetically or all the coins of Sicily together following Italy and before Thrace?&nbsp; Do Provincials go all together between Greek and Roman or are they split up in Roman by ruler?&nbsp; Once you have all the decisions, the coding is easy. I doubt anyone here would like the decisions I would make because relatively few here have as many coins of Septimius Severus as they do of all Greeks.&nbsp; The system best suited for a collector who has 5000 Roman Republican bronzes and no late Romans would be very different, too.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Database fields?&nbsp; That is a different subject and every bit as complex.&nbsp; Good luck with your journey into cataloging.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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