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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Stork, post: 3124193, member: 71642&quot;]More views possible too, instead of a list view, use the photo icon to see what you are looking for.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]795689[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, if you want a different layout, those are pretty easy too.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]795690[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]795691[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>And, here it is as applied to one of my other &#039;main&#039; collections.[ATTACH=full]795692[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]795693[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]795694[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I even made an auction tracker (and you can imagine how many other things you could pull off if you had the inclination).&nbsp; There is a calendar view too.&nbsp; I added a few lots to follow, and could add photos of the specific listing.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]795696[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>It looks fancy, is functional (I like the idea of printing up a show-and-tell binder from this like others described in the other thread).</p><p><br /></p><p>All I have to do is MAKE MYSELF add each new coin I buy, and when I do that plug away at my receipt pile and add a few more.</p><p><br /></p><p>Each new coin gets a beauty shot, gets the documents photo&#039;d and stuffed in envelopes, then added.&nbsp; With the photos done and documents on hand (jpg format courtesy of a quick smart phone snap), it takes just a few minutes it turns out. </p><p><br /></p><p>I have about 20% of my other non-junk coins photo&#039;d, so it&#039;d also just be a matter of entering them and then adding the receipts as I pull them out of the box/sack/bag or wherever. </p><p><br /></p><p>This took me a bit of time to settle on, but if I add every new coin and play catch up on my Albanian and Japanese coins, followed by world coins, medals, and maybe that 7070 US coin type set I rarely look at, well, in about 10 years I&#039;ll be done. </p><p><br /></p><p>If this is remotely helpful to those starting out, all I can say is...keep on top of things (if that is your mindset).&nbsp; I spent at least 10 years of my adult collecting life schlepping around duty stations and I never, ever, got organized on my personal stuff.&nbsp; Shoot, I just peeled a moving sticker of an ironing board I found in the basement from a move almost 5 years ago if that gives an idea.</p><p><br /></p><p>Somehow this will probably be a long term retirement project when the time comes, but it turns out pulling together the history and background is tons of fun...and upload-able and linkable to the database page.</p><p><br /></p><p>Doing the sums on money spent is not so much fun.&nbsp; I may have to encrypt this until I croak or I might have to hear about how much the hubs needs a new bike or car or something.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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