A coin enthusiast has heard you are taking a database course and has asked you to help
Question:
A coin enthusiast has heard you are taking a database course and has asked you to help her design a database to manage her collection.
Currently she tracks all of her coins in a Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet which has the following column headings.
Coin ID, Category, Type, Variation, Date, Mint, Grade, Grade Remarks, Grader, Holder, Value, Composition, Year Purchased, Place Purchased, Price Paid, Remarks, Status
She doesn't collect any one type of coin but instead collects many different types and varieties. She has recommended taking a look at the following website (www.pcgs.com/prices/) to better understand the data she is trying to manage and has provided a small set of example data below.
Sample of the data is:
Coin ID: BHLC-1846-001, BHLC-1847-001
Category: Large Cent, Small Cent, Two Cent, Three Cent, Nickel, etc.
Type: Liberty Head, Flying Eagle, Indian Head, etc.
Variation: Braided Hair - Small Date, Braided Hair, Flying Eagle, Indian Head Variety 1, Indian Head Variety 2, Indian Head Variety 3, etc.
Date: 1846, 1847, etc.
Mint: O, CC, S, P, D, W, etc.
Grade: F, VF, EF, G, VG, AU, MS, PR
Grade Remarks: user entered comments
Grader: PCGS, NGC, ANACS, Self, etc.
Holder: Collector Safe Slab, NGC 123456-123, PCGS 2232.35/12345678, ANACS 123456
Value: $ Amount
Composition: 10.89 grams of copper - 27.5mm
Year Purchased: 2009, 2010, 2011, etc.
Place Purchased: Mint, eBay,
Price Paid: $ Amount
Remarks: User entered comments about purchase
Status: In Stock, Planned Purchase, Overstock Sell, Certify
Step 1: What are the themes involved in this dataset? Identify each theme and the attributes which are related to each of the themes you have identified.
Step 2: What are the relationships between the entities?
Step by Step Answer:
A Concise Introduction to Logic
ISBN: 978-1305958098
13th edition
Authors: Patrick J. Hurley, Lori Watson