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<p>[QUOTE="effigyjo, post: 2356025, member: 76708"]The last year or so I changed my inventory method from Excel to a program I found on the internet called Exact Change. It seemed the best for my foreign coin collection as all the other programs were basically all set up for US coinage. It has several good and several bad points. It has been a long hall getting all the info into the program because the Excel headings I kept did not concur with that of the program. Technical assistance has been great but I swear at the program on a regular basis (I did at Excel too so no difference there). I can update all I want and it comes with lots of reports and if I'm brave/stupid I can design my own. I can also export the entire collection/report/series to Excel which I do so I have a back up. If I had to do it over again I would probably stick with just Excel. It is easier to sort, update, etc. The perks of the program is that I get a picture (already included) of my coin so I can find it by sight if I can't find it on Numista or in one of my reference books. I can add, change and how I set up my inventory but it is not as flexible as Excel and it has a lot of features I don't need or wish to have. It works and now I am about 80% happy with it. I changed from Excel because I was having a lot of problems with Excel on my computer and I am no computer nerd. The program ran under $100 and it works so I stick with it. (Note: this is NOT a commercial but my experience and opinion.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="effigyjo, post: 2356025, member: 76708"]The last year or so I changed my inventory method from Excel to a program I found on the internet called Exact Change. It seemed the best for my foreign coin collection as all the other programs were basically all set up for US coinage. It has several good and several bad points. It has been a long hall getting all the info into the program because the Excel headings I kept did not concur with that of the program. Technical assistance has been great but I swear at the program on a regular basis (I did at Excel too so no difference there). I can update all I want and it comes with lots of reports and if I'm brave/stupid I can design my own. I can also export the entire collection/report/series to Excel which I do so I have a back up. If I had to do it over again I would probably stick with just Excel. It is easier to sort, update, etc. The perks of the program is that I get a picture (already included) of my coin so I can find it by sight if I can't find it on Numista or in one of my reference books. I can add, change and how I set up my inventory but it is not as flexible as Excel and it has a lot of features I don't need or wish to have. It works and now I am about 80% happy with it. I changed from Excel because I was having a lot of problems with Excel on my computer and I am no computer nerd. The program ran under $100 and it works so I stick with it. (Note: this is NOT a commercial but my experience and opinion.)[/QUOTE]
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