Panic

[pies 33]

Just been cataloging my coins when it struck me i was defo missing one. My 1905 EF shilling i purchased from coin cooke

Spent two hours looking for it, then calmed down and started looking logically, i found it in the little envelope the coin was dispatched in, i usually move them to my plastic wallets but for some reason i hadn't.If it was such a standout coin it could easily have been overlooked

So how do you, with large collections avoid the situation

[Paulus 1,975]

I use a semi-organised system - new arrivals get put in paper envelopes in the top drawer of a small filing cabinet pending photographing and adding to my database. The other drawers contain coins awaiting proper filing in my folders, adding to my web site, listing for sale, etc etc. I still mislay the odd coin temporarily, but rarely.

[Nordle11 564]

Super organised Paulus, what a sleek system!

I photo and store mine in capsules in lindners as soon as I get them really, I forgot one coin once, but it was because I hadn't received it as opposed to misplacing it. Only when I noticed it on ebay under my purchases did I realise it was missing!

[TomGoodheart 402]

I'm glad you found it in the end Pies!

I only have a small number of coins so less risk of misplacing one. I photograph them on arrival for my records, write out a ticket and then it goes in the cabinet.

Unless it's one of the 'Marianne' coins, in which case it goes in a plastic flip and there's a different box where they live ...

Or the circulation coins .. they just go in a drawer, either in a non-PVC 2"x2" or a coin envelope.

Any others.. I spend.

[jelida 1,314]

I have a felt-lined tray that lives in the safe on top of my coin cabinets, all new arrivals go there after initial gloat. When several have gathered, in their 2x2's of purchase, they go, on the tray, upstairs to be photographed, then straight back to the study for ticketing and /or placement in my coin cabinets, in the appropriate recess for type/date. I haven't had one go missing since my younger brother nicked my ex circulation 1902 LT penny after a row/fight nearly 50 years ago when I was a kid. The penny was never recovered, I had a cry and he had a spanking. Happy days!

Jerry