Yeah... I have looked at a very similar machine a few times at shows. The machine I saw scans the coin... and give a supposedly unique readout of...
You are correct... It's reading the coins "unique" fingerprint... Except there really isn't proven science that tells us EVERY coin is different....
Episode 1 ;)
Seems like a stretch to me... honestly most of it does. Special designation's for PQ coins I get. The rest of it seems like a stretch. Try proving...
Yeah, I don't see how it makes them any more money...
It's laser grading!! I have seen this machine being demonstrated for a few years now. Supposedly every coin registers differently and it gives a...
I know a dealer who has a contract with an industrial company to deliver 10 $1,000 face bags of 90% a month to be "processed" and then they make...
Looks like a cast copy to me... the surface is funky with lots of pits.
I had a thought. At the PCGS luncheon last year they seemed to be real fans of the iPhone. I wonder if the expanded bar codes have something to do...
I agree the split serif is a good indicator of a RPM.
That is one I always look for because they are so easy to spot.
Does it matter?
I'm sure several people told the gentleman who a couple of years ago discovered the 1943 D copper Lincoln cent the exact same thing. Someone told...
Fish, I must commend you. I remember when you used to post all sorts of stuff that was either Mechanical doubling or something else not an...
I am going to vote spendable. I still see brand new rolls of 60's nickels and cents... spendable... The only reason the halves and quarters from...
I don't see it. I see a bunch of bag marks and hits... but nothing else... on either coin.
Solder gets into gold coins like cancer... I have tried for years to find a way to get it off. I haven't found anything. I had the best luck with...
You could say that about any coin you by from EBay.. doesn't matter if its on layaway or not.
There are a lot bigger fish to fry... Reporting something like this is verging on pathetic in my opinion...
I don't believe such a coin exist... I think the highest grade is a 68... and they are BIG BIG bucks. There are some Proof 68 $2.5 Indians......
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