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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pellinore, post: 2658242, member: 74834&quot;]I have been asking everybody and myself countless times <i>What is the best system</i>, but I didn&#039;t get a really satisfying answer. I&#039;m not very good with computer programs (never really mastered Excel or Access, only Word).</p><p>I was amazed (coming late into coins) that there are no general acceptable computer systems, like there are in the old-book world where I come from. One would expect some computerwise numismatist could make a lot of extra bucks designing a simple and not too expensive coin description system, with pictures and records that can be made invisible (i.e., paid prices).</p><p><br /></p><p>I tried some systems, but in the end I decided to make a simple system in Word, numbering the coins from 1000-9999 (I have about 700 pieces).</p><p>1000 is Ancient Greece, 2000 Ancient Rome, 4000 non-classical Ancient Europe, 5000 Ancient Iran, 6000 Ancient Central Asia, 7000 Europe after 1000 AD and 8000 Odds and Ends. These numbers link to pictures, sometimes two, but occasionally 5-10, that I keep in a separate database.</p><p><br /></p><p>It looks like this:</p><p><b>3102. </b>AE Gaius Caesar,Phrygia Laodicea, 5 BC. Obv. Bare head r. Rev. Eagle standing facing, looking left between two monograms. 16 mm, <b>2,59 gr.</b> RPC 2900; SNG Cop. 557. Ebay, Jan. 2017, € 40</p><p><br /></p><p>Part of my coins was my father-in-law&#039;s, and he had a simple description system that I&#039;m using:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]589251[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>2839.</b></p><p>AE22 Gratian (367-383), Lyons. Obv.: Diademed, draped and cuirassed bust r. DNGRATIA NVSPFAVG. Rev.: Emperor standing facing, head left, holding Victory on globe in left hand and raising kneeling, turreted woman with right hand. REPARATIO REIPVB. S in right field.</p><p>Mintmark LVGS. 22 mm. 3.71 gr. RIC IX Lyons 28a, rated common. Pa 1974. Found around Elst (near Noviomagum, opp. Rhine bank) together with a Magnentius and a Commodus bronze.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]589253[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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