A Couple of Counterfeits...

[Colin88]

I have a couple of fugazi's that some of you may be interested in....or not?

I've tried to upload the pictures but its saying that the files are too big....I still hate this technology...my hope was always that computers were just a passing fad...anyway they are a superb 1653 contemporary halfcrown forgery and an attempt at striking a Charles I halfcrown onto a 1797 Cartwheel Penny.

If you PM'd me hard could I send you the images that way?

[Peckris]

I have a couple of fugazi's that some of you may be interested in....or not?

I've tried to upload the pictures but its saying that the files are too big....I still hate this technology...my hope was always that computers were just a passing fad...anyway they are a superb 1653 contemporary halfcrown forgery and an attempt at striking a Charles I halfcrown onto a 1797 Cartwheel Penny.

If you PM'd me hard could I send you the images that way?

Colin, I'm getting so fed up typing all this out time after time, I'm really going to ask Chris to put a sticky on the forum! Anyway, here's what you do :

1. Open an image in an image editing program (from Photoshop down to Mac Preview, or Picasa).

2. Open the Image Size dialogue and do the following -

• reduce the resolution to 72 dpi

• reduce the Image size to something like 600x600 pixels (assuming the coin fills the whole space - if not, crop it first)

3. Save the resulting image as a JPEG and choose a quality (aka 'compression') setting that's around halfway between Best and Worst (or Maximum or Minimum, or whatever the program calls it).

You should have an image that fits into the 150k allowance.

Repeat for the reverse, and put into a separate post.

Repeat for any other coin images.

[Colin88]

I was right with you...until Step 1

[Peckris]

I was right with you...until Step 1

Oh dear, I was trying to keep it simple

[Danelaw]

I was right with you...until Step 1

[Colin G.]

I was right with you...until Step 1

Or you could e-mail them to me at colin "at" aboutfarthings.co.uk and I will host them for you

[pies]

open picture in paint its very basic but works

crop till coin fills most of pic,you can only chop bits of the right or bottom so use the "flip/rotate" option which is found under "image"

Once thats done you can resize using the "resize/skew" option again found under "image"

then save ......as this keeps your original as well as making a new copy hopefully the file will now be below 150k if not just resize again

hth