Silly question: marking/labelling capsules

[Anteater]

I'm probably over-thinking this, but I like to keep track of each individual coin/bar I own (where it came from, when, purchase price). I have just acquired a gold coin of a type and date I already have and so I want to mark the capsule in some way for identification. What do people normally do for this (if anything)? Sticky labels (obscure some of the coin, might fall off, changes feel of capsule if playing with it)? Sharpie (might rub off, harder to remove?)

Just asking in case there's a standard way of doing this.

[James32]

1 hour ago, Anteater said:

I'm probably over-thinking this, but I like to keep track of each individual coin/bar I own (where it came from, when, purchase price). I have just acquired a gold coin of a type and date I already have and so I want to mark the capsule in some way for identification. What do people normally do for this (if anything)? Sticky labels (obscure some of the coin, might fall off, changes feel of capsule if playing with it)? Sharpie (might rub off, harder to remove?)

Just asking in case there's a standard way of doing this.

@Paul has/had a very simple but clever way of doing it. Using slabs with built-in labels. I will try and find the thread and put it in here.

[Stuntman]

I don't mark or label the capsules of any of the coins I have.

With regard to differentiating between examples of the same coin, what I do is put the example of the coin that I will keep in 'the collection' in a Quadrum capsule, and any duplicate/spare examples for 'the stack' in a normal simple round capsule.

I mostly collect rather than stack, so I don't have all that many duplicates or spares at the moment, but that's how I do it.

[Paul]

Quadrum cases are lovely for gold coins. My storage preference.  Uniform size and can have 1/20s to 1oz

all displayed nice 

Also helps sorting and storage with the being square 

Try them from seller andy_jack on eBay or direct from their web site coingallery.co.uk 

Label them using a standard 99012 dymo label with dymo labelwriter 450 Duo. The width is perfect size for quadrum 

You can fit coin type, gold weight, date and price paid

 

Edited December 31, 2022 by Paul

[Skyfiller]

I now just write a number on the edge of the capsule with a fine marker pen and have a spreadsheet with who, when, how much etc…

 

[Anteater]

Thanks all for the replies. I want to keep them in the round capsules they're in so I think I'll mark them on the edges as @Skyfiller shows - not sure why I didn't think of that!

 

Edited December 31, 2022 by Anteater

[James32]

1 hour ago, Skyfiller said:

I now just write a number on the edge of the capsule with a fine marker pen and have a spreadsheet with who, when, how much etc…

 

I will take numbers 1 through 48 please 🥳

[Beachbum]

Buy small ziploc bags on eBay.  Label the bag and pop the coin in.  Store similar coins together in larger bags.  No sense in ruining a capsule.  Throw bags in old monster boxes.  Label box with a number, and update your inventory spreadsheet with the box number next to each item in the box.  

[AaaGee]

Ive got about 70 to 80 coins. All purchased from on here or a bullion dealer (from which i have receipts).

Got to sit some time and tally up the metal to the paperwork and mark each accordingly. Will do it when my other half is working one weekend and i can have some peace and quiet lol.

Already got zipper bags for the silver.

Will get some of them there Quadrum cases for the gold.

Edited January 1, 2023 by AaaGee

[modofantasma]

10 hours ago, Skyfiller said:

I now just write a number on the edge of the capsule with a fine marker pen and have a spreadsheet with who, when, how much etc…

I was going to suggest this. Could use a tiny sticker to do this too

[ShineyMagpie]

I use tiny round stickers to do this, doesn't obscure the coin at all and no permanent mark should I want to remove. Then same principle write number on stickers which corresponding ledger

[Skyfiller]

Marker pen doesn’t hurt the capsule and it wipes straight off with a little alcohol on a tissue.