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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Stork, post: 3124153, member: 71642&quot;]A couple weeks ago (!!!) I posted about people&#039;s collection management. </p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/how-do-you-manage-records-documentation-notes-etc.318112/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/how-do-you-manage-records-documentation-notes-etc.318112/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/how-do-you-manage-records-documentation-notes-etc.318112/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Background...my world coin records are horrendous.&nbsp; Now, I&#039;ve gotten a few ancients and my eye is heading more this way, I wanted to start of on the right foot, and maybe get the rest of my collection under control. So, with TONS of input from people here and a bunch of trying out of bits of software, holders, etc. this is what I came up with.</p><p><br /></p><p>Limitations..congenital disorganization syndrome with over 15 years of collecting.&nbsp; Though not Ancients seriously, so my Ancients accumulation is a bit larger than I realized.</p><p><br /></p><p>Constraints... I use a Mac and though one of my solutions is Mac specific, there are PC optionsto use.</p><p><br /></p><p>Next too many pictures:</p><p><br /></p><p>What I&#039;m starting with:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]795645[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]795647[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]795658[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>That&#039;s after I straightened up some of the receipts...and that&#039;s not even all of them.&nbsp; Just MOST of the ones since moving to this house.&nbsp; I have a couple of shoeboxes more and plenty of coins without receipts.&nbsp; My more costly purchases are in the last few years so this is less critical.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, a system.</p><p><br /></p><p>I liked one poster&#039;s solution.&nbsp; A personal catalog number, and put all appropriate paperwork for each coin in it.&nbsp; It may be the original flip/tag, an auction listing copy, receipts, emails, whatever.&nbsp; Electronic copies will be uploaded into my new program (later).&nbsp; But the paper will be preserved.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m using a 10 character code.&nbsp; 10, 20, 30 etc. to cover topics like ancients, Albanians, US, World, etc.&nbsp; 20 is for Ancients, and I may modify to using 21, 22 etc.&nbsp; Just a basic initial sort.&nbsp; Followed by three letters that does some kind of ID (ION for IONIA, ZOG, for President/King Zog) etc.&nbsp; The next four digits will be a numerical sequence generated by the database program.&nbsp; In no way will I ever get more than 9999 for any of these!&nbsp; The last letter is a grade of how important the coin is.&nbsp; A is for the top 5-10%.&nbsp; B for the coins I love.&nbsp; C are for coins that are lesser duplicates/traders etc.&nbsp; D is for Dreck.&nbsp; F is for &#039;get rid of it&#039;.&nbsp; Basically I can look at a code and find the envelope with the needed documents...and I can tell how dear it is to me if I want to sell!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]795655[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]795654[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Next up, a storage method. </p><p><br /></p><p>Coming from the world side I am not TOTALLY opposed to slabs and I am totally apposed to the PVC flips.&nbsp; The saflip types are okay, but the brands I seem to have tried are slippery, don&#039;t like to lie flat, and blah blah blah.&nbsp; I don&#039;t have a set up where I can have nice trays... and live in a humid place and find it mentally challenging to do that for long term storage.&nbsp; Ones I have slabbed will likely stay that way.&nbsp; But sending everything in for slabbing is out of the question. </p><p><br /></p><p>I narrowed it down to the Lighthouse Quadrum 2x2, the LH Quickslabs (easy open vs the Everslabs), and the CoinWorld slabs.&nbsp; I like th CW ones in hand, but they are more expensive, the label spot is smaller, and when the sizes aren&#039;t quite right, a bit harder to modify. </p><p><br /></p><p>I talked to some vendors, and the Quadrums probably don&#039;t have the thickness for some coins.&nbsp; Also, no good way to add a label or tag.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Quick Slabs are what I went with.&nbsp; I&#039;ve ordered a bunch of AirTite rings so I can make them just about any size I&#039;ll need once all the supplies get here.&nbsp; This is my example, using a front and back label.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]795662[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]795663[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>(Just copied from the old Harlan Berk tag).</p><p><br /></p><p>For the NGC slabbed ones, a small sticker with the tracking number on the reverse:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]795664[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>In the next post..the tracking software.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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