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wert Rest in Peace 1988 Posts	Posted 04/23/2012 3:52 pm Poll Question Hi guys Just wondering what the train of thought was out there with the coin analysis world and coin collectors. Please click YES or NO...It would be interesting to find out who believes old school and the human eye is still the only way to analyse. coins. Poll Choices NO - Old school common sense is better. YES- New software will help in analysis. Report this Post to the Staff

sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21788 Posts	Posted 04/23/2012 6:39 pm Depends what you mean by 'analysis'. If you mean the detection of fake coins, you need experience which means old school, and new technology, which would include scanning of data bases for similar coins, and USB microscopes. Report this Post to the Staff
wert Rest in Peace 1988 Posts	Posted 04/23/2012 6:56 pm Exactly sel_69l ..I think new technology has it's place in the Coin World. Report this Post to the Staff
SPP-Ottawa Moderator Canada 10464 Posts	Posted 04/23/2012 7:50 pm Software is just one tool, in a numismatist's toolbox. "Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert Oppenheimer Content of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_US My eBay store Report this Post to the Staff
motoryoda Valued Member Canada 278 Posts	Posted 04/23/2012 8:10 pm I agree with SPP. It will be a good tool, but one of many. Report this Post to the Staff
Saint Ninian Valued Member Canada 95 Posts	Posted 04/23/2012 8:33 pm I'm not a really serious coin collector-- just a hobbyist. If I were about to invest large sums in coins, I'd sure want all the lab results! But for me there is something so attractive about the coins, their look and feel--their degree of wear , their errors and their inexplicable perfection after years of use-- for me I like to get the "vibe ' that the coin puts out. Oh dear-- sounds nuts! Report this Post to the Staff
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