Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 1254715, member: 112&quot;]Like Conder said, it&#039;s like a fingerprint. Only it&#039;s for coins instead of people. All they do is take a very high resolution photograph of the coin. This picture captures every little teeny tiny - everything - on the coin, down to the minutest detail, by a laser scanning process. That information is then entered into a database. After that it works the same way that using fingerprints to identify specific individuals works. The coin &quot;fingerprint&quot; is used to identify that one specific coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>And just like if somebody cuts their fingers and puts scars on their fingertips, they can still be identified even though their fingerprints have changed somewhat because there are still enough unique points left of their fingerprints.</p><p><br /></p><p>Coins are the same way, every single one is completely, 100%, unique. So even if a doctor removes some hits or hairlines on the coin with his laser, that coin can still be positively identified by the remaining portions of the fingerprint.</p><p><br /></p><p>That&#039;s all there is to it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in