It worked when you had ten coins. It stops working somewhere around row two hundred, one manually-updated spot price at a time.
A spreadsheet's spot price is only ever as fresh as the last time you manually typed in a new number — which, realistically, is not often.
One dragged cell, one accidentally deleted row, and your totals are quietly wrong until you happen to spot it.
A cell can hold a number or a note. It can't hold proof of what a coin actually looks like or where you bought it.
A local file with no backup is a real risk for something representing real, sometimes significant, value.
| Spreadsheet | BullionKeeper |
|---|---|
| Manual price updates | Live valuation, updated continuously |
| Manual gain/loss calculations | Automatic P&L per piece and total |
| No photo records | Photo & invoice documentation per item |
| Hard to organize as it grows | Searchable, structured digital vault |
| Local file — can be lost or corrupted | Cloud-backed, accessible anywhere |
| Limited or no reporting | Exportable PDF portfolio statements |
| No purity/spec tracking beyond a text field | Structured purity, weight, and form fields |
| One person's file, hard to share safely | Family Vault with controlled access |
You don't have to start over. Bring in existing purchase history via CSV import — from a dealer like APMEX, JM Bullion, or Kitco, or your own records — and pick up where the spreadsheet left off.
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