Hello I'm Alejandro

[Kstack81]

Hello I'm Alejandro Alonso, I'm 43 yrs old, I've been collecting coin since I was a kid but in the last 4 years I started collecting error coins. I've schooled myself pretty well in what errors there are out there and have come to the point that I would like to confirm my collection. Well, to do so I was looking for some experts and I heard that the people here are the best of the best, so here I am. I'd like to think I have a good eye for errors, so I guess we'll find out. The first coins I ever received was my dad giving me a canvas bag full of pennys when I was 10 years old. I was always fascinated with the history of coins and once I started learning about coin errors I was hooked.

[MintErrors]

Welcome aboard. We hope we can answer most of your coin questions. There are a decent amount of seasoned collectors and dealers in this forum, willing to offer their opinions.

A few tips:

• One coin per thread/post. Don't post your coin in another's post, make a new one, even if they are the same, and you would like an answer.
• Photos need to be less than 2mb each. You can upload 8 photos per initial post. You can reply to your own post if you need to add more photos.
• A full photo of the obverse and reverse of the coin helps people determine overall what's going on
• Close up of the affected area is good, but we need to zoom in and look for items that will help assess the issue.
• We prefer good crisp focused photos over blurry ones. The better the photo, the better chance at receiving a good answer.
• Too much lighting causes glare and renders the photo useless. A good balance of light makes a big difference. Lighting in my opinion is one of the hardest things to master, as it changes just about on every coin.
• Cropping coins is vital. Photos of coins that show 80% background and 20% coin do us no good. There are plenty of photograph editing programs out there that offer cropping. The symbol looks like a bent square. Usually all you have to do is draw a box aound the photo of the area you want to keep and crop it.
• Photos around 800 pixels by 800 pixels is just at the edge of full size width of the forum. But it allows people to see photos well, if the photos are focused.
• Uploading photos here... there is a camera icon to the top left of the text boxwhich toggles the upload photos buttons at the bottom left of the text box.