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<p>[QUOTE="Gavin Richardson, post: 3997720, member: 83956"]And regarding identification help, plenty of folks on this board are happy to, as you've already found out.</p><p><br /></p><p>I very much like [USER=56859]@TIF[/USER]'s guidelines, though (below). Of course, the ideal would be to glean enough help and info to eventually be able to identify coins for yourself, which is often more fun.</p><p><br /></p><p>---</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Guidelines for posting coins for identification</b></p><ol> <li>One coin per thread.</li> <li>Do not flood the board with requests. Perhaps one per day, or less.</li> <li>Include adequate images of both sides of the coin. The pictures should be in focus, of large enough size, and well lit. Crop the images so we see mostly coin, not a tiny round object on a big table. It is preferable to join the obverse and reverse into one side-by-side image. There are numerous free photo editing apps for this. When cropped, a side-by-side picture of 1000 pixels in width is a good size. If the sides are not joined, 400 to 500 pixels wide is plenty, assuming you've cropped out most of the background.</li> <li>Upload the coin image and show as "Full Image" in thread rather than as a thumbnail. If people have to click to see the image, you won't get as many lookers.</li> <li>Include the weight and diameter of the coin.</li> <li>Tell us how you acquired the coin and any other information which might help.</li> <li>Tell us what steps you've taken so far in your effort to identify the coin.</li> <li>Tell us what you think it might be.</li> </ol><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Gavin Richardson, post: 3997720, member: 83956"]And regarding identification help, plenty of folks on this board are happy to, as you've already found out. I very much like [USER=56859]@TIF[/USER]'s guidelines, though (below). Of course, the ideal would be to glean enough help and info to eventually be able to identify coins for yourself, which is often more fun. --- [B]Guidelines for posting coins for identification[/B] [LIST=1] [*]One coin per thread. [*]Do not flood the board with requests. Perhaps one per day, or less. [*]Include adequate images of both sides of the coin. The pictures should be in focus, of large enough size, and well lit. Crop the images so we see mostly coin, not a tiny round object on a big table. It is preferable to join the obverse and reverse into one side-by-side image. There are numerous free photo editing apps for this. When cropped, a side-by-side picture of 1000 pixels in width is a good size. If the sides are not joined, 400 to 500 pixels wide is plenty, assuming you've cropped out most of the background. [*]Upload the coin image and show as "Full Image" in thread rather than as a thumbnail. If people have to click to see the image, you won't get as many lookers. [*]Include the weight and diameter of the coin. [*]Tell us how you acquired the coin and any other information which might help. [*]Tell us what steps you've taken so far in your effort to identify the coin. [*]Tell us what you think it might be. [/LIST][/QUOTE]
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