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Pillar of the Community
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I remember when you were asking what to buy. You've come a long way from your first pics. What does stable mean?
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Pillar of the Community
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Thank You CM :) Stable: Well I usually end up taking like 15 to 20 pics per coin depending on what I am trying to show. Each photo is 1600 x 1200 (pretty good size) and I have at least 10 opened in the paint program at once editing, comparing etc. This is a lot at one time and the program has never CRASHED - This is important (to me) because I don't save my files till the end. If it froze up or crashed I would loose all of my work on the pics & hence have to start all over again (which totally stinks). 
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Pillar of the Community
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Oh, I see what you're saying. Yes, that is important especially when you're doing ten at a time. I don't have to worry about that just yet, as I'm still familiarizing myself with one at a time. You have a much nicer edition of the Paint than I do. I'll upgrade as necessary. My goal right now is 1000 educational files within the next three years. Here's number two. If anyone sees anything inaccurate in my E-Files please advise. 
Edited by CoinMasters 08/07/2017 12:20 am
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Pillar of the Community
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That is very nice - I would never catch something like that though. I have a suggestion  on the last line of the description (It wasn't making sense to me - too many zinc's. With not having as much knowledge under my belt like a lot you - I had CONFUSION) but maybe I just need the  ? If you are making these for us newbies to the hobby you need to keep it really simple and direct. This = this. Because most of us don't know the coin making process. Possibly something like this for your last line: Excess Zinc from the planchets builds up in the electro-plating solution causing this error. Edit BTW - that is a pretty substantial undertaking 
Edited by CoinCents 08/07/2017 01:01 am
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Pillar of the Community
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Thanks For the suggestions CC. I appreciate it. I'm mainly looking for critique on the content for accuracy. I don't want an E-File with erroneous information. I agree the way it's worded is important too, but I couldn't say, "Excess Zinc from the planchets" because the planchets don't have excess zinc.  Hopefully I'm laughing with you, because I would never laugh at you. Seriously though, you're absolutely right about the two zincs, I tried to avoid that, but it became a space thing. I'll give the wording more thought, for right now I think it's decipherable, I have 998 more to make. I also agree we all need to learn more about the minting process, maybe I could make a few on that too? Edit: Yes, a pretty substantial undertaking, I'm thinking I'll get much faster.
Edited by CoinMasters 08/07/2017 01:28 am
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Pillar of the Community
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Quote: but I couldn't say, "Excess Zinc from the planchets" because the planchets don't have excess zinc. I knew I wasn't writing that correctly - I have laughed at myself many times  especially when I go back and look at my posts from the beginning (what the heck was I thinking 
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Pillar of the Community
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Very well! You are a lot of fun.   I love life too. I do seem to have a knack of ticking people off sometimes. I don't mean to, just a knack. Thank you for being you.
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Pillar of the Community
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I look forward to seeing your next one :)
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Quote: I use paint.net. It free, stable and has a good amount of options and tools to work with. I agree with the recommendation of paint.net. It is what I use. 
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I appreciate the advice Jbuck. My computer is on it's last leg. I have a brand new one still in the box. Just been putting it off. I will download the new Paint on it. Here's a couple more that I'm sure I need to touch up a little. I'm way ahead of schedule. Start date 6 Aug 2017, end date NLT 5 Aug 2020, two here only leaves 996 to go, with 1096 days to do it. I think that's right, what say ye DJ?  ]...Incorrect E-File deleted here  Corrected E-File added here 
Edited by CoinMasters 08/08/2017 1:17 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
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I can't argue with the other two but the "Clad Coinage" should be 75/25 CuNi outer layers with a pure copper core. 
In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020 In Memory of Tootallious 3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020 In Memory of T-BOP 10-12-1949 to 1-19-2024
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Pillar of the Community
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Yes, you're right Spruett. Thank you. I will fix that. That's why I'm posting them here before presenting them as fact. I've only got 996 to go, hopefully I won't make another mistake. lol When I do, I appreciate the correction. 
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Pillar of the Community
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Did you actually drill a hole in your coin and then photograph it? Cool. Great Stuff CM  FYI: My laptop is acting up now so if I fall off the grid again you'll know why.
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Pillar of the Community
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Thanks Joey, glad you like it. Glad you like em too CC. No, it came out of a roll like that. Someone probably realized their new "pendant" was too heavy. Here's my corrected E-File. 
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