MyCoins-UK Downloads MyCoins-UK v0.7 app for Windows - MyCoins-UK-Win.zip (~88 MB) MyCoins-UK v0.7 app for Macintosh - MyCoins-UK-Mac.zip (~98 MB) MyCoins-User-Guide - MyCoins-User-Guide.pdf (~4 MB)

Background to the MyCoins App

The MyCoins-UK app was developed to catalogue a substantial collection of British coins (over 950 separate items). However, a variant of MyCoins can be used for coins from anywhere. See section MyCoins-World below for details of the MyCoins-World app.

The primary database is a text file in CSV format which can be opened in a spreadsheet app such as Excel, Numbers or LibreOffice/OpenOffice.

Each item in the collection can be a single coin or a set of coins. An item can have two primary pictures, the obverse/front and the reverse/back of an item. In addition an item can have a number of other images associated with it. For example, a set of coins may have additional sheets of information as part of the set, these can be included as additional images. All images are kept in a separate folder linked to the relevant items by the name of the image files.

A short video clip (approx 7 mins) that gives an overview of how this app works can be downloaded from here:

• MyCoins-Demo - MyCoins-Demo.mp4.zip (~113 MB)

Main Features

• Flexible Easy-entry Fields:
  
• it catalogues coins in easily searchable, user-ordered fashion
• it displays a list of coins (one per line giving key features)
• you can select from the list to display a details view for each coin
• it has fields for denomination, year, condition, etc. plus free-text notes fields
• it supports user-specified sets to group coins
• there is extensive use of editable picking lists for common fields
• denominations and condition codes can be sorted by relative value
  
• Search, Find & Replace:
  
• it supports multiple search methods including by category and free-text
• quick search using simple filtering, advanced search for combinations
• find, replace, move and add field content for multiple coins
• Images:
  
• you can include obverse & reverse images displayed life-sized but also easily zoomed for more detail
• you can include other images such as set packaging
• you can compare images of 2 coins
• images are kept in a separate folder, not embedded
• images can be edited using app in conjunction with default image editor
• Other Features:
• it can calculate values based on market and scrap/bullion values
• it can keep records of coins after disposal
• duplicates can be recorded
• views can be zoomed in/out to take advantage of large screens or to fit on small screens
• it can have a default sort order based on multiple criteria (e.g. by-condition within by-denomination with by-year)
• it can bulk export images at life-size or at a magnified size
  
• Compatibility & Availability:
  
• it is available for Mac and Windows
  
• the primary data kept in CSV file, not locked into proprietary format
• you can import/export from/to CSV files
• it's available in 3 forms – UK coins, Commonwealth coins and general (e.g. US) coins

Coin List Screen

Coin Details Screen

Coins Up Close

MyCoins-World

• MyCoins-World v0.7 app for Windows - MyCoins-World-Win.zip (~171 MB)
  
  
• MyCoins-World v0.7 app for Macintosh - MyCoins-World-Mac.zip (~181 MB)
  
  
• MyCoins-User-Guide - MyCoins-User-Guide.pdf (~4 MB)

• MyCoins-World Addendum - MyCoins-World-Addendum.pdf (~4 MB)

For most purposes, the User Guide can be used for both apps. The supporting document "MyCoins-World Addendum" is available to give details of the differences between MyCoins-UK and MyCoins-World.

App Availability

The app is provided free of charge with no warranties or guarantees - use it or not as you wish.

Note that the version available to download from this web page is a demo version which is fully featured apart from being limited to a maximum 50 coins and 150 images. Please contact Peter or Helen for details of an unlimited version.

IT System Requirements

This app has been developed to run on any recent version of Windows from Windows 7 onwards. Also, it can run on any recent version of OS X/macOS on the Macintosh from v 10.7.5 onwards (including High Sierra, 10.13.x). The app has no special requirements in terms of memory, disk space, processor speed or graphics card, it'll simply run faster or slower depending on the actual specification of your computer.

Also, a good text editor is useful for manipulating the associated app text files (*.ini and *.csv). We suggest the use of NotePad++ for Windows and BBEdit for the Mac if you don't have something suitable already. Here are links to both of these:

https://notepad-plus-plus.org/

https://www.barebones.com/products/bbedit/download.html

Note: if required a version of MyCoins that runs under common variants of Linux (such as Ubuntu) can be provided.

Installation

This app doesn't require any special installer or uninstaller if you decide to remove it. Simply unzip the archive you've downloaded and place the "MyCoins-UK" folder wherever is convenient. For Mac users, usually you'd place this in the Applications folder, but it can be on the Desktop or in the Documents folder instead.

For Windows users, the usual place might be inside the Program Files folder, but it can be on the Desktop if you prefer. To uninstall the app, just throw away its folder.

The app uses an associated text file "MyCoins-UK.ini" to control the facilities and behaviour of the app. This file must remain alongside the app itself (*.exe or *.app).

Contact Details

If you have any IT-related questions, ask Peter. However, if you have coin-related questions, then you should contact Helen. Our contact details are as follows:

This page was last updated 15 August 2018.