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Message:: [QUOTE="Just Carl, post: 693838, member: 4552"]Nice timing since I was just sitting here a few minutes ago updating MY BOOK on coins. A long time ago I had columns for all kinds of info and all was handwritten since I started collecting before there was a computer or Excel. Eventually with Excel I began making columns for everything. First the headings of the type of coins, set number, where the values came from, etc. Then naturally the dates, mints, grades, approximate values, face values and on and on and on. I had and still do have a page or two for each Album. Now over 100 Whitman Albums. Then there has to be pages for Proof sets, Uncirc sets, uncirc rolls, loose proofs and on and on and on. This is why I first said MY BOOK.  I first started this documentation back in the  early 50's. Used to do my inventory about every 2 to 4 years and kept all the old sheets. Now as I use Excel I still print out everything so this has become a BOOK. I've cut down the amount of columns to just the dates and mint marks and approximate values. Anything else is just to time consuming. If you start making all that excessive information, you too will someday say "Hey! What am I doing this for?"[/QUOTE]