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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Bueller? Bueller? Noone else in the last 6 months? I blame the photo size and hosting restrictions. It took me 20 minutes and switching between 2 computers using a flash drive so I could use my old version of Photoshop to save my pictures as a scale 2 and not higher otherwise the file would be over 300K for my post my 3 pictures about my ANA President Thomas Uram chanllenge coin. Not going to do it for 12 (24 if you count obverse and reverse or 32 if you count keychain pieces) current and retired pocket pieces. |
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Pillar of the Community
Russian Federation
5186 Posts |
Wow, the CCF image uploading problem had really gone bad since we deprecated the old CCF Image Optimizer. (I know it doesn't work in some browsers, especially on mobile, but for me on Windows Firefox it still seems to do the job.) |
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Moderator
 United States
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I blame the photo size and hosting restrictions. It does not affect the thousands of other posts. I am so dam ned tired of hearing this excuse.  |
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Moderator
United States
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Quote:Wow, the CCF image uploading problem had really gone bad since we deprecated the old CCF Image Optimizer. Funny - I have NEVER used the hosted 'optimizers' - I just use the default MS Windows Default 'Photos' APP to crop, rotate if needed, tilt (for minute alignments), and resizing all my images. It takes me 2 minutes for each image MAX to get it under the 300Kb restrictions. Easy Peazy!! |
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United States
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There are no shortage of ways to get your images under the limit and look good. I have always used Paint.net on Windows, but the easiest is Irfa nView. You can Download it and then read the Irfanview Tutorial.  Running Linux? Almost every single distro has GIMP. If not, it is easy to add it. GIMP may take a little more skill, but if you are already using Linux, you do not mind.  Almost every cell phone's camera can save optimized images if you take the time to change some settings. If it cannot, there are myriad options in the various app stores. Just search, check the reviews, enjoy. I am usually a little more diplomatic here, but complaining about the upload restriction just tells me you are lazy and cheap. Seriously, this is such a non-issue. Go sell your sorrow somewhere else.  |
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Valued Member
United States
118 Posts |
I'll try to push a pic tomorrow (my first one) but I carry around an 1890 O Morgan dollar. It'd probably grade a FR 2 at best. |
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Moderator
United States
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can't wait to see your piece  |
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Moderator
United States
193466 Posts |
Quote: I'll try to push a pic tomorrow (my first one) but I carry around an 1890 O Morgan dollar. It'd probably grade a FR 2 at best. Excellent!   |
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New Member
United States
18 Posts |
I carry a polished rock in my pocket. It looks like a curved tooth. Waiting in lines, it's distracting to rub my thumb over it and look around.
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Moderator
United States
193466 Posts |
Very nice! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
680 Posts |
Here are my two current pocket pieces:   Thoughts on how the Jefferson might grade? VG-10? Thanks!  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
77469 Posts |
Nice pocket pieces! VG sounds right. Errers and Varietys.
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United States
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Here are my two current pocket pieces: Looking good! |
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New Member
United States
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  2018 P US WWI Centennial Silver Dollar, 1884 US Morgan silver dollar, 1935 UK XXV Years of the Reign of King George V Silver Crown, 2007 Canada Thayendanegea Silver Dollar 2007 is the newest addition, I love how silver coins darken and tone over time, this one is already starting to darken and tarnish around points of lower wear   1968 Nickel Canadian Dollar, 2026 Lucky Loonie, 2026 CN Tower Toonie (non-colorized), 2011 Parks Canada Loonie, 2026 CN Tower Toonie (colorized) I've had the silver pocket pieces a few years, I often carry them with miscellaneous US and Canadian junk silver. (halves, quarters, dimes etc.) I rotate those a bit but keep these 4 consistent. Recently added some circulation and base metal to keep with my random US daily spend pocket change. Brass darkens and tarnishes really nicely over time. Really curious to see how the colorized toonie wears down  |
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United States
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Looking good! |
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