coin show coming up on the 5th and i want to be ready. i want a template or something of that kind so if you have any made let me know id like to use them if possiable would like something containing each date and mintage if possiable and some way to check off each coin so i can take the printed pages with me and be able to tell what i need and what i want to upgrade at the coin show mercury dime wheat cent rosie dime 20th/21st century type set. or just 20th century and ill add the rest.
no i have open office and not sure how to make a spread sheet and id rather be reaserching pieces i need getting ready for the show
I would think it would be a valuable experience to learn how to make the spreadsheet. That whole "teach a man to fish" thing... Just for clarification - if you don't know how to make it, how will you use/edit it once you go on location? Or are you planning to print it out as a hard copy... FYI, if I had such a spreadsheet, I might go ahead and share it. Mine is collection specific, though.
Or you could make a photocopy of the necessary pages at FedEx...while you learn how to make your spreadsheet.
Open Office has an Excel knockoff / equivalent, so that can't really be your excuse. You could also use LibreOffice. http://www.libreoffice.org/download In the amount of time it took you to post here and then read all the responses, you could have taught yourself the extreme basics of a spreadsheet. I mean, at it's most basic you are storing text in columns and rows, which sounds like what you need. I think a 5 year old could play around and figure out the basics, so I am sure you can too. AND / OR, do you have a smartphone? Download a notepad app, or something like "Out of Milk" https://www.outofmilk.com/default.aspx to make lists and check things off. Good luck.
There are also coin-related apps...but those are still pretty awful. The only ones I find functional are Kitco Gold Live (for PM prices), PCGS Photograde (great free app), and Coinflation (current melt prices if you're too lazy to open a browser window.) But yes, there are plenty of options for you depending on how much time you'd like to spend wrangling with different levels of technology.
well i have a hardcover notebook i write down my collections in but i only add the stuff i plan on keeping. this is why i wanted a spreadsheet. which ill print take with me and dispose of. i know i could do it if i wanted to but my wife says im on the pc playing games or doing reaserch to much as it is. plus i learn best by reverse engineering. which is how i learned html
I use the following checklist: http://coins.about.com/library/Resources/About.com-Complete-US-Coin-Checklist.pdf It's free and updated pretty regularly. You can also submit errors and changes to the author. I download it to my ipad into notability and can check everything off on there. This way, I can also view it on my iphone anytime I'm out shopping or at a show.
@ Simon and @Stl I've been trying to figure out excel for years and I'm still lost on it. So its not that easy if your unfamiliar with it.
i have google drive and i think i can edit the spread sheet if i decied to use my phone. But then i risk the phone dieing since ill be there at 6am even tho the show dosent start till 9 and ends at 4. I have to go early because my coin club puts on my local coin show and im helping set up.
Enochian, did you try Googling "mercury dime checklist"? Looks like there are a few out there already made...
Could you not carry your phone charger with you and plug into a wall nearby or in a break room, or behind a trusted vendor? A dead phone seems a little silly to me nowadays with so many options for charging them.
