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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 4839676, member: 19463&quot;]I somehow believe that someone &#039;inventing&#039; a technique that would replicate the required level of accuracy would be able to find enough money in legitimate uses that they would not have to make coins.&nbsp; For most of us, CNC will be a way of setting free the eagle captured inside a piece of wood:</p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]6_vxY_eaKj8[/MEDIA]</p><p><br /></p><p>I would expect that laser technology might come closer by evaporating parts not required for the coin.&nbsp; Nothing is impossible but miracles do take longer.&nbsp; Will fakes kill the hobby?&nbsp; Will we have more and more items where &#039;experts&#039; can not agree whether the item is good or bad?&nbsp; Our hobby will continue to change well after any of us need to worry about it.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I feel a great question is whether we will learn from our past mistakes or continue to make the same ones over and over again.&nbsp; Who remembers the Black Sea Hoard?</p><p><a href="http://coinproject.com/jan/volume1/issue4/volume1-4-6.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://coinproject.com/jan/volume1/issue4/volume1-4-6.html" rel="nofollow">http://coinproject.com/jan/volume1/issue4/volume1-4-6.html</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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