Guidelines

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The ERROR ATTRIBUTIONS section covers most coins that are not a Variety. Errors involve mishaps with the blanks, striking process, assembly, dies (during or post installation), or post strike mishaps.

Doubled strikes, double denominations, Clips, Clashes (all types), CUDs, machine doubling, off center struck coins, etc. are all error coins.

The VARIETY ATTRIBUTIONS section is for the creation of a thread where the OP is inquiring about a specific variety or a type of variety. A variety is some type of design change or die mishap that happens before the die is put into use.

Varieties are doubled dies, RPMs etc.

Error Examples: is a sub-forum where known error examples can be posted assuming the coin has been CORRECTLY IDENTIFIED and your images are good. The Error Examples and alsoVariety Examples section are meant to aid collectors and is not to be used as an attribution section or a place to ask questions.

LINKS:

In the For the Lincoln Cent Beginner section, there are tutorials on Machine Doubling (MD); Classes of Doubled Dies (Class I Rotated Hub Doubling etc.); Small Dates vs. Large Dates and other useful threads.

Lincolncentresource.com
Coppercoins.com
Doubleddie.com
Traildies.com
Varietyvista.com
Conecaonline.org
Error-ref.com

If you need help with:

Coin Photography
Coin Cleaning & Conservation

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To post photos where you INSERT an IMAGE:

You need a web hosting account. Your image has to be uploaded and stored on that site FIRST. Using a link to the jpg, you can insert it into the body of your thread/post.

You can set up an account with Photobucket.com, tinypic.com or an equivalent site. You can also use your own server or website if you have one.

Click the yellow icon of a landscape with a mountain and sun (1)
Paste your direct link (http) into the pop-up window (2)
Hit OK

Keep your images at 900 pixels across horizontally or smaller.

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If you would like to a post a link to something outside of LCR:

Copy the complete URL from the address window of your computer (1)
Highlight the text you want to be a link in the body of your thread/post. It can be the address, a word or sentence.
Click the icon of the globe (2)
Paste your URL in the pop-up (3)
(The completed link will be a burgundy color.)

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If you want to post photos as ATTACHMENTS:

Go below the post window: -> in Additional Options:

Attach Files
Valid file extensions: doc gif jpg pdf png psd tif txt zip
Click: Manage Attachments

In the pop-up window, click browse and find the file(s) on your computer.
Hit upload and close the window when you are finished.