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<p>[QUOTE="cmezner, post: 3552801, member: 87809"]When I first started to attribute my coins, I thought that once I finished I could put my collection to rest. No way! </p><p>Every day I read some message on CT that makes me check and review my attributions, and of course I find mistakes I made. </p><p>I also had to weigh again all of them, because when I first got my scale I didn't calibrate it - the seller said it was already calibrated. After a while the battery died and after replacing it, I used peppercorns from a container that was labeled as 200 g. to calibrate the scale.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie18" alt=":bag:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> As I had my suspicions that this was not very accurate, i bought a 200 g weigh, so I had to start all over.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>And there is the picture part - I have not finished taking pictures of all the coins. And for each picture I take, I review the attribution. </p><p>Finally, when I buy or win a coin, I check the attribution given by the seller. In short, I have been reviewing iteratively my attributions since I started, and it seems this is a never ending process, though I have a lot of fun and have learned a lot doing it.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="cmezner, post: 3552801, member: 87809"]When I first started to attribute my coins, I thought that once I finished I could put my collection to rest. No way! Every day I read some message on CT that makes me check and review my attributions, and of course I find mistakes I made. I also had to weigh again all of them, because when I first got my scale I didn't calibrate it - the seller said it was already calibrated. After a while the battery died and after replacing it, I used peppercorns from a container that was labeled as 200 g. to calibrate the scale.:bag: As I had my suspicions that this was not very accurate, i bought a 200 g weigh, so I had to start all over.:rolleyes: And there is the picture part - I have not finished taking pictures of all the coins. And for each picture I take, I review the attribution. Finally, when I buy or win a coin, I check the attribution given by the seller. In short, I have been reviewing iteratively my attributions since I started, and it seems this is a never ending process, though I have a lot of fun and have learned a lot doing it.:)[/QUOTE]
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