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<p>[QUOTE="robinjojo, post: 7838760, member: 110226"]I wasn't aware of this service, though I'd probably not use it, since the vast majority of my coins are not great rarities. In fact I could probably count the very rare coins on one hand.</p><p><br /></p><p>If they are attempting to link images of a coin with archived images, I see two problems. One, as already mentioned, is the quality of the image being submitted by the coin's owner. Lighting, angle and resolution can vary, unless one has a sophisticated set up. Two, archived images can be notoriously fuzzy, lacking good resolution. I think, even using "state of the art" technology, such linking is quite problematic.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have one archaic Athenian tetradrachm, from Harlan Berk, that has a provenance going back to a M&M auction in 1946. Perhaps this service would work for super rare coins, with only a handful of known examples - I don't know....[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="robinjojo, post: 7838760, member: 110226"]I wasn't aware of this service, though I'd probably not use it, since the vast majority of my coins are not great rarities. In fact I could probably count the very rare coins on one hand. If they are attempting to link images of a coin with archived images, I see two problems. One, as already mentioned, is the quality of the image being submitted by the coin's owner. Lighting, angle and resolution can vary, unless one has a sophisticated set up. Two, archived images can be notoriously fuzzy, lacking good resolution. I think, even using "state of the art" technology, such linking is quite problematic. I have one archaic Athenian tetradrachm, from Harlan Berk, that has a provenance going back to a M&M auction in 1946. Perhaps this service would work for super rare coins, with only a handful of known examples - I don't know....[/QUOTE]
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