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The Official Blackbook Price Guide to World Coins 2008, Edition #11




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The Official Blackbook Price Guide to World Coins 2008, Edition #11

USING COMPUTERS TO ENHANCE COIN AND PAPER MONEY COLLECTING By Tom Bilotta Carlisle Development Corporation It is now commonplace for numismatic collectors to use computers to enhance their collecting pursuits. Online auctions are now wide-spread and represent a major venue for collectibles transactions. Each year, more and more information sites pertaining to collectibles are launched on the Internet. Maintaining a collectibles inventory using computer software is now well accepted and becoming commonplace. Collectors are now seeking additional uses of technology which will enable them to increase the sophistication of their collecting. Most common among the activities for which computers are used are cataloguing collections and accessing all of the information sources available on the Internet. Collectors who adopt computer inventory programs increase their enjoyment of collecting, provide the needed documentation to protect their collection, gain insight into the value of their collection, and better prepare their families to deal with their collection if the need arises. The Internet connects the collector to an essentially unlimited number of sites throughout the world; however, determining which ones offer value and which propagate misinformation remains a daunting challenge. In order to exploit the power that computers bring to collecting, the collector must acquire a base level of knowledge sufficient to harness this capability in a safe and productive manner. The remain-der of this article will focus on some of the more important points of using the Internet as well as numismatic inventory software. USING THE INTERNET Access to the Internet opens up a world of opportunity to the col-lector of coins and paper money. Probably the three major areas of 17

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