Guest darkmast2 Posted November 6, 2003 Posted November 6, 2003 I've got a selection of coins I found in my cupboard the other day that I used to collect a few years ago. I have quite a few British as well as other country coins but i'm mainly interested in the British coins at the moment.Is there a website somwhere that I can visit to find out the information for these coins ? At the moment I have coin guide book I bought back in 2000 and I am going to get the new 2003 one but in the meantime I was hoping there was a website or some other resource I can use to get started. Ideally something that would help me identify the coin and give me an idea of their worth, of which i'm sure it won't be a small fortune but one can always dream thnxs Quote
Chris Perkins Posted November 6, 2003 Posted November 6, 2003 Dear Darkmast,Well you may find my advice hub and listings of coins for sale will help you on your quest:http://www.predecimal.com/coinadvice.htm http://www.predecimal.com/coinsforsale.htmAnd this book is great value for only GBP6.50 inc postage!http://www.predecimal.com/collectors_coins.htmThere are other sites out there that also have listings, none are of course as good as mine!Chris Perkinswww.predecimal.com Quote
Guest darkmast2 Posted November 7, 2003 Posted November 7, 2003 Thank you for your quick response. Those links are very interesting and helpful. Now all I have to do is try figure out which grade the coins fall into.P.S. What do you use to get the pictures of the coins ? Quote
Chris Perkins Posted November 7, 2003 Posted November 7, 2003 Yes grading is the most difficult thing for beginners.I use a flatbed scanner at 200 or 300dpi and perhaps adjust the brightness of the result when dark coins are involved.Chriswww.predecimal.com Quote
Guest darkmast2 Posted November 7, 2003 Posted November 7, 2003 Hmm good idea that, I never thought of doing it that way as I didn't think it would come out right. I thought you might have used a digitial camera or something.I'll give that a go and see how I get along with it. Quote
Chris Perkins Posted November 7, 2003 Posted November 7, 2003 With some coins it works better than others, and be prepared to fiddle a bit with the settings!Chriswww.predecimal.com Quote
Sylvester Posted November 7, 2003 Posted November 7, 2003 Silver coins are by far the easiest (i find) to scan. Gold is not so easy. Copper, well it depends on the lustre (shine) of the coin, the dark toned dull ones are much harder to scan than the brighter ones (by no means should you clean them though!)Sylvester. Quote
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