Coin shopping list

I had to make a list a while ago to keep track of the Australian predecimals that I am missing.
Does anyone else have a shopping list or do you just keep it in your head? Here are some photos of my list.





I could put the rest of the list in but I am sure you don't want to see my florin pages.

I have the the max price there, going off my local coin dealer who I think is a bit expensive, so I am happy if I find anything cheaper.

I just have my wish list on Numista for types I fancy (far too many ) and a Wanted-List for my countries I collect by year on my profile
I also don't want to see what they would cost me

I picked up some Aussie florins today if there's any you need. I got 2 of the 1927 florin, the 1954 commemorative, 1942, 1952, 1962 and the round 50c coin you have as your avatar.

Personally I don't actually have a specific collection so I don't have a shopping list. I just buy bulk lots, sell enough to get my money back, then keep anything else from the lot that I want, or swap it for stuff I want. In the end what I get is a free collection

Personally I keep it in my head, although for some types (e.g. to know which Belgian type, French or Dutch, I'm missing, I have to pull out the mobile version of Numista to see which page has a green tick next to it for me already and which ones don't. Just can't be bothered to keep a physical list, I suppose.

A type collector's greatest nightmare is finding out they already have the same type they bought at home... That's something I've done a few times with British India already.

Quote: "Idolenz"​​I also don't want to see what they would cost me

​I totally agree with you Idolenz I wouldn't want to know either except that I don't want to pay more than I have to.

Quote: "CassTaylor" A type collector's greatest nightmare is finding out they already have the same type they bought at home...

I know what you mean even as a year collector. I was at a coin fair three days ago, and I even had my list yet I manage to buy the same two coins off different dealers because I didn't have a pen to cross the coin off my list.
However it was only a $4 mistake and I need to display that particular portrait of the queen on the obverse as well in my album so I was lucky.

I'm also using the wishlist here on numista (easier for a type collector than a year collector I guess), but as I'm more of a cheap junk-bin addict (€0,50 maximum) with luck, whenever I do buy something I already have it's mostly good for swapping.

BTW I have 25 full pages and one half page on my wishlist, that means still 2550 coins that I still want for now (I marked most countries till end of 19th century, afterwards I can still move back in time). That's almost as much as I already have in my collection (about 3100), but getting harder everyday to swap (silver, older, commemoratives, low mintage, ... are the ones missing).