1924 Penny

[MattGold]

Nice filled 4 mate

[Unicorn]

You're faster than me Trout ..... I'm still looking for my Gallipoli $1 from Anzac Day!

[trout]

You're faster than me Trout ..... I'm still looking for my Gallipoli $1 from Anzac Day!

Bloody hell Mate, ya gotta get your act together :laugh2:
Seriously tho, since I put ALL my collections in PP albums and did a data base I was in the same boat :dash1:

I took me months to sort my coins into some sort of order But now I just go look at the albums and find what I am looking for , eg "pre decimal errors" and bingo :yahoo:
Name a coin and if I have it see how long it takes me to scan it and post it :angel:

[robbiegal]

do you have an excel spreadsheet?

my hubby has one

I have .... eeer Robbie's memory and boy that system has a lot of failings!!

[trout]

do you have an excel spreadsheet?

my hubby has one

I have .... eeer Robbie's memory and boy that system has a lot of failings!!

I only have excel for my decimals because that is what I seem to be doubling up on :dash1:
I have quite a few PP albums and I label all of them so there is no drama with finding ANY Aussie coin I have ( the US and Canadian stuff is still a bit of a shambles ) a bit like having a living library of coins :yahoo:

[robbiegal]

thanks, I have been sorting my coins out
so it's good to find out ways that other collectors have their collection catalogued

[trout]

thanks, I have been sorting my coins out

The absolute beauty of a big sort out/clean up is that you "re visit" coins that you have forgotten about for years :yahoo:
I have just ordered a few hundred 2x2's to sort out my Yank and Canadian stuff :angel:
Looks like I will have to pester PP for a few more albums and pages :dash1:

[Goldseeker]

I catalogue all my coins by scanning them onto the computer and then putting the scans into excel spreadsheet pages.

I am not interested in the purchase price, date of purchase etc as a lot of people are.

If I want something say a 1923 threepence, I fire up the computer, log on to the threepence page and bingo, go find it.

It also acts as a security record as well.   The complete collection is on my computer and a second hard drive.

[robbiegal]

- coins in a spreadsheet - tick
now, - the coins in the albums?

I have my "no errors''  by years or decades (ie 1911-1936 ; 1938 - 1952 etc)

then the errors - are in error albums by type of error
ie. denticle patterns, die cracks - penny or halfpenny albums of these
then finally the die varieties (pennies) in variety albums

so I have to remember the error type when I go looking for an error coin and that is when I can get a bit muddled as I have them all more or less together by error type - not year

whereas my hubby just has - all of  the years catalogued  together - errors and all - so he can look for say, 1964 penny - die crack through star - he can more or less find it in that year

I have never really mastered my system yet
and yes, I do double up on my purchases as I don't have a great system like a spread sheet to check if I already have a particular coin

[trout]

I have never really mastered my system yet

I most certainty haven't yet Mate but at least we are having a shot at it :good:

[robbiegal]

half of the fun

I have enjoyed my recent sorting out of stuff and checking on some coins that maybe haven't been looked at for more than a year/s or so

[trout]

I have enjoyed my recent sorting out of stuff and checking on some coins that maybe haven't been looked at for more than a year/s or so

IT is really amazing what you can find covered in dust and cobwebs that have been forgotten for years that are gems :yahoo: