| For me the organization of my coin collection is | | | | coins, or having a picture of each coin in your |
| twofold. The first is by using coin folders and the | | | | collection. While these are all nice, for amateur coin |
| second by recording all my coins electronically in a | | | | collectors it simply isn't necessary. |
| spreadsheet. These two methods are super easy, | | | | Collection Display Folders |
| cheap, and great for beginners. | | | | Secondly, display folders. I commonly use the |
| Coin Collecting Inventory Spreadsheet | | | | Whitman Coin Folders, they are usually about |
| First off, using a spreadsheet to track you coin | | | | $4.00 which is a super cheap way to hold all of |
| collection inventory. This to me is a fantastic way | | | | your coins. I also love the fact that when I look |
| to keep your coins organized because it's free | | | | over on my bookshelf I can see all of my folders |
| and completely customizable. Another great | | | | organized by denomination. Another reason to use |
| feature of spreadsheets is that you program | | | | coin folders is that unlike loose coins or coins in |
| functions in to count up the total value of your | | | | rolls you can at a glance see which coins you |
| collection or any other statistic you can image. I'm | | | | have and which you don't. |
| an engineer, so I love to see the numbers that | | | | An alternative to a coin folder would be a 3-ring |
| represent my collection. | | | | binder with custom plastic pouches for either |
| Another spreadsheet feature great for your | | | | inserting single coins or coins in protective casings. |
| collection organization are pivot tables. Using pivot | | | | This way is good for people who have a lot of |
| tables you can easily create reports of the coins | | | | professionally graded coins; however, this way is |
| that you don't have. These reports are then | | | | not easy to keep organized. To keep it organized |
| dynamic, which means when you update your | | | | you either have to start with a lot of blank |
| collection the pivot tables update too. Using pivot | | | | spaces for all the coins you don't have, continually |
| tables in this fashion allows you to create a | | | | move coins about as you find/buy or sell coins, or |
| printout you carry with you in your wallet or a | | | | don't organize them at all (which simply sounds |
| table you can put on your smart phone. | | | | horrible to me). |
| Coin Collecting Programs | | | | Conclusion |
| There are programs that you can buy on the | | | | Coin collection organization to me is almost as fun |
| internet that probably have a lot of features that | | | | as building my collection. Using folders and a coin |
| many professionals would use, like serial number | | | | inventory spreadsheet is an easy and super |
| cataloging, tracking daily price changes of rare | | | | cheap way to begin. |