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<p>[QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 5379647, member: 27832"]So, will I need to bring a notary to the checkout line with me, or will the store provide one? And how will the "witnesses" be trained to recognize sleight-of-hand?</p><p><br /></p><p>There's a line somewhere between the stellar coins that were stolen from your father's collections and the things we <i>actually</i> find in circulation. I'll spend most of my hobby time and money on the cheap side of that line. But I don't know a way to define the line without having it crush me, as well as thieves.</p><p><br /></p><p>I'll say this: I <i>would</i> like to see the TPGs digitally fingerprint coins they slab. High-res scans are getting trivially cheap to make and store, and I think they would let the TPGs break the crack-and-resubmit cycle, whether it's done by owners or thieves. But I really, <i>really</i> bristle at the idea of <i>mandatory</i> registration and tracking of coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 5379647, member: 27832"]So, will I need to bring a notary to the checkout line with me, or will the store provide one? And how will the "witnesses" be trained to recognize sleight-of-hand? There's a line somewhere between the stellar coins that were stolen from your father's collections and the things we [I]actually[/I] find in circulation. I'll spend most of my hobby time and money on the cheap side of that line. But I don't know a way to define the line without having it crush me, as well as thieves. I'll say this: I [I]would[/I] like to see the TPGs digitally fingerprint coins they slab. High-res scans are getting trivially cheap to make and store, and I think they would let the TPGs break the crack-and-resubmit cycle, whether it's done by owners or thieves. But I really, [I]really[/I] bristle at the idea of [I]mandatory[/I] registration and tracking of coins.[/QUOTE]
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