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<p>[QUOTE="sand, post: 8366383, member: 118540"]On my desktop computer, I have a folder for each of my coins. In each folder, I have screen shots, of various steps when I purchased the coin, such as the seller photos, the seller listing, the checkout process, the PayPal process if I used PayPal, and the electronic copy of the invoice if there is one. If the coin has other provenance, such as previous auctions, then I put those screen shots in the folder. I also put other information in the folder, such as my measurements of the diameter and weight, all of the information that I have found about the coin, and screen shots of other examples of the coin type.</p><p>I also keep any paper invoices, in a hanging cardboard folder in my metal file cabinet. </p><p>My coin collection is relatively small, approximately 200 coins (ancient, medieval, Spanish colonial, English, and US) plus my Lincoln cent collection. Therefore, it's relatively easy for me, for any coin, to find the corresponding information, on my computer, or in the hanging cardboard folder.</p><p>My coins themselves are in Abafil cases and trays, except for my Lincoln cents, which are in coin albums, and a few "2nd string" US coins and other coins which are in coin albums, and a bag of world coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="sand, post: 8366383, member: 118540"]On my desktop computer, I have a folder for each of my coins. In each folder, I have screen shots, of various steps when I purchased the coin, such as the seller photos, the seller listing, the checkout process, the PayPal process if I used PayPal, and the electronic copy of the invoice if there is one. If the coin has other provenance, such as previous auctions, then I put those screen shots in the folder. I also put other information in the folder, such as my measurements of the diameter and weight, all of the information that I have found about the coin, and screen shots of other examples of the coin type. I also keep any paper invoices, in a hanging cardboard folder in my metal file cabinet. My coin collection is relatively small, approximately 200 coins (ancient, medieval, Spanish colonial, English, and US) plus my Lincoln cent collection. Therefore, it's relatively easy for me, for any coin, to find the corresponding information, on my computer, or in the hanging cardboard folder. My coins themselves are in Abafil cases and trays, except for my Lincoln cents, which are in coin albums, and a few "2nd string" US coins and other coins which are in coin albums, and a bag of world coins.[/QUOTE]
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