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Bedrock of the Community
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Perhaps you use a caliper to measure your coins, but I actually like using this better--it's a target with diameters in 1mm and 5mm increments. It's as easy as placing your coin over the target and counting the lines. Every 10mm is numbered up to 50mm. It's a pdf document that can be printed and used over and over. This is what it looks like printed on an ink-jet. If you want one, just email me and I'll send you the pdf.   |
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Moderator
 United States
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I like that, PM on the way
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I use the one in my Krause.
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
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Fuzy317, sent! |
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United States
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United States
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I have an inkjet at home, but I plan to use a laser printer at work and then have it laminated. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Excellent idea--I'll do that once I get my laserprinter. |
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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If you like using the examples of diameter gauges printed in Krause, and you use them often, copy them onto hard card.
That way, you don't always have to get your telephone book off the bookshelf, and risk spine damage.
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United States
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I have a Krause DVD on order, it may have something like this that can be printed or maybe not.  The one from DVCollector is a good size. |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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PM'ed. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Glad to see so much response!  It was easy to construct, and will never wear out. Here's another useful document. Since I often shoot coins off-perpendicular to catch the right light and details, I found it near-impossible to later get the coins perfectly round, or the 'right shape' as is the case for ancients. This grid makes the process simple. All I do is shoot the coin on the grid, later open the image in photoshop and adjust to make the grid lines parallel and equally proportioned. It includes a black grid to facillitate punching out the coin to a black background. PM me if you want this pdf doc too.  Here's the grid in use. I've angled the camera to get the best lighting and detail, and I'll use the grid to correct the shape.  Final results:  Edited by DVCollector
01/27/2013 4:38 pm
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Pillar of the Community
Russian Federation
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I kind of usually use a notebook leaf with squared printing (I know it's 5mm per square - it's fairly official standard here - so I could just put a coin on it and extrapolate from how many squares long it is). I suppose squared printing on notebooks might not have any specific standard in the US (or wherever you are). Then it might be harder  |
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Posted 01/26/2013 10:37 pm
