SO WHAT DO YOU THINK?

I PROBABLY SHARE THIS CHARACTERISTIC WITH MANY IN THE COLLECTING COMMUNITY: I MAINTAIN DETAILED RECORDS. INVOICES ARE STORED AFTER THEY ARE SCANNED INTO THE COMPUTER. COMPUTER RECORDS ARE BACKED UP PERIODICALLY ON CD AND KEPT IN MY SAFE DEPOSIT BOX.

NOW THE ONE THING THAT GETS MY JUICES GOING, ASIDE FROM OWNING A PIECE OF HISTORY, IS EXPERIENCING THE THRILL OF THE DEAL. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.....

PAYING 60% OF FAIR MARKET VALUE, MAYBE EVEN JUST 50%. KNOWING THAT THIS WONDERFUL EXAMPLE OF NUMISMATIC ART IS MINE FOR ONLY AN ARM. AND THAT I GOT TO KEEP THE LEG.

NOW, WHILE ADMIRING MY SETS, HERE IN THE COLLECTOR'S SOCIETY, I OFTEN FIND MYSELF WONDERING WHAT I PAID FOR A PARTICULAR COIN. THE NUMISMEDIA FMV IS IN THE LAST COLUMN BUT I MUST OPEN MY COLLECTION SOFTWARE PROGRAM TO GET THE COST.

WOULD IT NOT BE A GREAT IDEA TO HAVE A COST COLUMN TO THE LEFT OF THE NUMISMEDIA VALUE. THIS INFORMATION WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC AND WILL BE MEANINGFUL ONLY TO THE OWNER OF THE SET.

OVER TIME I COULD WATCH THE SPREAD GROW (OR NOT) BETWEEN MY COST AND FMV.

SO, WHAT DO YOU THINK?