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Message:: [QUOTE="kanga, post: 319005, member: 9270"]1. IMO the number one choice is your spreadsheet program.You can include exactly the information you want about each coin.You can easily add or delete information columns.With a good spreadsheet (like Excel) I think you can even link to images.You can make it what you want. 2. Database s/w (flatfile or relational)More powerful than a spreadsheet but much tougher to learn.People get one (MS Access) when they buy the heavy duty MS Office.I personally wouldn't go out and buy one if you don't have already. 3. COTS (Commercial Off The Shelf)I really only know this type of s/w from the philatelic side, but I suspect it's about the same.You take what they give you.You don't have to fill in all the spaces, but it's tough if the space you want doesn't exist.If you want to include something (country, topic, etc.) that doesn't exist then you have as much work to do as in 1. or 2.And the ones that include catalog values are like the Red Book, out of date quickly and only one update a year. BOTTOM LINE: Why do 2. or 3. when you probably have the s/w to do 1. already.[/QUOTE]