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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Vess1, post: 1284970, member: 13650&quot;]This may have already been discussed but it&#039;s new to me.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; I just got a new smart phone (better than the Iphone 4S) and found a free app that can scan PCGS slabs.&nbsp; Now I&#039;m curious if the bar code on a counterfeit PCGS slab would be accurate enough to fool the scanner?&nbsp;&nbsp; I know the good fakes will match the correct number from a previous online auction with the right coin date and mintmark, be it a real or fake coin.&nbsp;&nbsp; But I wonder if they can accurately reproduce the bar code from a photo off of ebay or Heritage to where it could trick this scanner?&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; Does anybody know if there is an NGC app as well?&nbsp; This should be a helpful feature to have at coin shows.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; All you have to do to check one is tap and open the app on the phone.&nbsp; It turns the front viewfinder on and puts a long, narrow, clear box on the screen with a red line through the middle.&nbsp; You hold the slab in front of the phone and back it up until the whole bar code fits in the box.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; Once you get it just right, the red line which is flashing rapidly, slows down and will stop and lock on it.&nbsp; Then it immediately/automatically looks the coin up off the web and brings up all of the coin&#039;s info including the correct serial number on the slab.&nbsp;&nbsp; Works on old and new slabs. </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; It also automatically finds multiple recent online auctions where one has sold.&nbsp; It tells you how many auctions it found.&nbsp; 16 in this instance.&nbsp; Gives what the average sale price has been, the highest sale price and the four lowest sale prices.&nbsp; Then there&#039;s also a button at the bottom you can click to go straight to current ebay auctions of that coin.&nbsp;&nbsp; Or you can click on more details and see the dates and sale prices of all the recently ended auctions it found.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; The phone runs on a 1 Ghtz, dual core processor so it brings this stuff up in about 5 seconds or less.&nbsp; It&#039;s almost as fast as my DSL cable at home.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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