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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 2052594, member: 19463"]With a ton of skepticism, I dropped my latest Constantius II coin in Google and was given Licinius and Probus results. I fear we are a bit away from this being a useful resource. I recall a few decades ago when it seemed funny that a computer might try to beat a human chess master. Computers play better now. Perhaps someday the database of coins will allow this sort of search but, for now, I suspect they are lucky to recognize they are looking for a coin. I then tried dragging a Columbian half photo and it found that exact image online where the coin was for sale and suggested as similar several round silver coins none of which had heads. Ancients will be a lot harder in this respect than moderns. Impossible? In my lifetime I could see them writing a routine that would separate all the US type coins but not even a small percentage of ancients.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 2052594, member: 19463"]With a ton of skepticism, I dropped my latest Constantius II coin in Google and was given Licinius and Probus results. I fear we are a bit away from this being a useful resource. I recall a few decades ago when it seemed funny that a computer might try to beat a human chess master. Computers play better now. Perhaps someday the database of coins will allow this sort of search but, for now, I suspect they are lucky to recognize they are looking for a coin. I then tried dragging a Columbian half photo and it found that exact image online where the coin was for sale and suggested as similar several round silver coins none of which had heads. Ancients will be a lot harder in this respect than moderns. Impossible? In my lifetime I could see them writing a routine that would separate all the US type coins but not even a small percentage of ancients.[/QUOTE]
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