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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GoldFinger1969, post: 2099573, member: 73489&quot;]<font size="5"><span style="color: #ff0000"><b>I really don&#039;t understand why PCGS and NGC </b></span></font>(and maybe all the grading companies and the ANA and other coin groups) don&#039;t incorporate something that involves digital encryption, encoding, laser or ultraviolet light, or whatever.....to protect coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>The possibility of counterfeiting is much more damaging to the hobby and the GROWTH of the hobby among newcomers than rather a coin with &#039;wear&#039; is AU or MS or whether a coin should have been going up 2 grades in 5 years over 7 resubmissions.</p><p><br /></p><p>There has to be something with scanning or digital encryption that can protect our investment.&nbsp; Charge more for resubmissions...hell, I would be willing to do my part that way. </p><p><br /></p><p>The credit card companies are rolling out new digital chips or markers or something later this year (Europe already has them I think) and it REALLY makes it hard to steal $$$ or the card info. Similar stuff in ApplePlay and other payment systems I think.&nbsp; I&#039;m not an expert on this, but I have to believe we can do more than use 45-year old bar code technology.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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