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<p>[QUOTE="SuperDave, post: 2450645, member: 1892"]Although the idea of "common guy" gold is <b>excellent</b>, I think you'll strangle yourself by offering it without imagery. That will exclude all but bullion-type customers, because it's so easy to find things imaged these days. </p><p><br /></p><p>This might be a good time to contemplate a more bespoke imaging rig; the stuff I preach has - among its' capabilities - mass-production potential. It's trivial for me to do 4 coins a minute, obverse and reverse, and most of that time is wasted in positioning the coin properly. When you know the equipment and the process, your first shot gets it right. </p><p><br /></p><p>By employing interchangeable jigs to place a coin in the same spot relative to the sensor each time - especially easy with slabs - you could script a postprocessing flow which would turn cropping (for instance) into a one-click operation.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="SuperDave, post: 2450645, member: 1892"]Although the idea of "common guy" gold is [B]excellent[/B], I think you'll strangle yourself by offering it without imagery. That will exclude all but bullion-type customers, because it's so easy to find things imaged these days. This might be a good time to contemplate a more bespoke imaging rig; the stuff I preach has - among its' capabilities - mass-production potential. It's trivial for me to do 4 coins a minute, obverse and reverse, and most of that time is wasted in positioning the coin properly. When you know the equipment and the process, your first shot gets it right. By employing interchangeable jigs to place a coin in the same spot relative to the sensor each time - especially easy with slabs - you could script a postprocessing flow which would turn cropping (for instance) into a one-click operation.[/QUOTE]
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