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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;non_cents, post: 1906169, member: 30970&quot;]Good guideline. If I may make a few small suggestions (you can choose to incorporate or not).</p><p><br /></p><p>1) yes, do research. Also helps (but is not always necessary) to say where you saw the similar coin. Are you comparing your coin to something over on coppercoins.com, or to some post a random guy made 3 years ago on another forum?</p><p><br /></p><p>2) Agreed. I&#039;m going to be honest, I will sometimes just skip over threads titled something like &quot;error help&quot;. I do realize that a lot of times it is a beginner who just doesn&#039;t know what they have. But more often than not, it is a game of guesses because the poster will usually omit what the anomaly is/where they see it. Giving your thread a title like &quot;possible RPM&quot; &quot;is this a DD&quot; or &quot;do I have a lamination error&quot; already provides us with a specific question relating to your coin, and is often much easier to answer.</p><p><br /></p><p>3) Agreed. Try to take as good pictures as you can. It is not very helpful to say &quot;is this an error&quot; and just post a photo of the whole coin. Circle spots and put arrows if you cannot get close enough to show the anomaly.</p><p><br /></p><p>4) Yep, ESPECIALLY for coins that you think were struck on a wrong planchet, size (in mm) and weight (in grams) is almost always a must.</p><p><br /></p><p>5) Give respect, get respect. Don&#039;t insult someone just because they tell you it is not an error. First off, it doesn&#039;t add to the conversation. It draws the discussion off-topic and does not contribute to attributing your coin. Secondly, it is just rude. You post a coin asking for opinions, then insult those who gave an opinion? Not cool. It makes you look ignorant and unfriendly. Don&#039;t expect anyone to help you with future questions if all you do is argue with every person who posts an assessment contrary to yours.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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