"Anti-Theft Dots is a special clear adhesive that is easy to apply with a special applicator brush. You simply brush it or dab it on your property. It's very difficult to see when it's applied.
In the adhesive there are thousands of microscopic dots - these dots have a laser etched number on them, all the dots in every container are the same..but every container is different - your DNA for your property!"
We had a police officer give a lecture at a coin club meeting a couple of years ago, where these things were featured. Apparently, the cops love these things, as they rapidly allow proof of your claim of ownership of disputed or stolen property.
As he was giving his presentation, however, I saw two issues with them, from a collector viewpoint:
- You can't microdot the coins themselves, because we coin collectors have a problem with smearing glue onto our coins - so you have to do the slab, 2x2, album or other holder. So, of course, a thief that suspects the presence of microdots can simply remove the coins from the holders and sell them raw.
- It doesn't cover the prospect of you selling or giving away your own coins - you either have to remember to remove the coins from the microdotted holder yourself before disposing of the coin, or be prepared to have "your" coins turn up all over the place as they get on-sold and on-sold again - which kind of dilutes the whole traceability argument. I believe I already own some coins with someone else's microdots on the 2x2; I have no idea whose they are.
Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
Ever go to a flea market? Yard, garage, estate sale? IF anything there has those dots on them, no one cares. Most wouldn't know what they are, could care less and just buy whatever it is. Same at a coin show or any show where again, not much is considered where the items came from. Even those tools and items with cribbed names on them get sold and not much is done to check whose they are or were. And with coins, stamps, etc. you just can't put those things on them.
Hive known about them for a while and wondered that myself on how it could help the collector community but unless there's a way to transfer information and people remember what's tagged I see a very flawed concept
There are numerous makers of items like Anti-theft dots...
I assume if you sell the marked item, you can change registration to that item through the company. If you forget to change ownership name over to the new buyer when using "Anti-theft dots" I guess you just have to remember whom you sold the item to as you will get an email if the item if ever stolen from them & recovered by police. Then you can let law enforcement know who bought it to return it to them.
"When the personal information is accessed by any law enforcement partner, or administrator of the program, an automated notification is sent to the user"
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Posted 05/18/2015 05:32 am
