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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2535239, member: 19463&quot;]My envelopes look a lot like red_spork&#039;s but with fewer details.&nbsp; Details are on my computer but I see no need for them on the envelopes.&nbsp; When I started my database, I had fields for things like reign dates for the ruler which I have since discontinued.&nbsp; I am not a dealer.&nbsp; I might want to know if a coin of Septimius Severus is from 194 AD, I don&#039;t need a 192-211 on every file.&nbsp; If you buy a coin from me and want a detailed tag, I can make you one but you will want one in your format anyway.&nbsp; Softcopy files make a lot of sense when you collection gets to a certain size.&nbsp; I still make a hand written 3x5 card for new coins just like the omes I made decades ago (before computer) because they make typing in details easier.&nbsp;&nbsp; I wish you all well finding a system you like now and when you have a few thousand coins.&nbsp; I asked a couple dealers what they would prefer on coins if they were to buy my collection.&nbsp; Both said it really made no difference since they would have to work up and reenter everything anyway.&nbsp; After all, I would not think much of a dealer who copied my mistakes when selling the coins.&nbsp; I still disapprove of copying catalog references you have not checked in the book yourself being of the opinion that you should own RIC if you feel you need RIC numbers.&nbsp; I still copy them sometimes but feel cheap when I do it. </p><p><br /></p><p>A game or question (you don&#039;t actually have to do it but could you????):</p><p>Lets pretend a mischievious imp got hold of your collection and separated all the coins from their tags/envelopes/whatever.&nbsp; How many of them could you put back in the right place without references?&nbsp; 100%&nbsp; Few?&nbsp; This gets harder when you have a dozen coins of the same RIC number (yes, some of us do).&nbsp; Some series are harder than others.&nbsp; A collection of 30 coins should be no problem.&nbsp; By the time you have 300, you should have developed some skills.&nbsp; 3000? Well, you should know better.&nbsp; Take the average number of coins you have been buying a year or plan to buy when you are out of college/poverty status and multiply that by the number of years until you turn 100 or whenever you plan to check out. Add&nbsp; that to the number of coins you have now.&nbsp; Using your current storage system, calculate the number of pages, albums, shelves, bank boxes or gun safes you might want.&nbsp; Happy cataloging![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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