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thedollarman Pillar of the Community Canada 4911 Posts	Posted 05/27/2015 11:11 pm Feel free to call me Will. Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 05/27/2015 11:33 pm https://search.yahoo.com/yhs/search...simp=yhs-004 Report this Post to the Staff
koinpro Pillar of the Community United States 1781 Posts	Posted 05/28/2015 12:10 am Ok guys, I give it up. I be more careful in da futu! Report this Post to the Staff
Conder101 Bedrock of the Community United States 17884 Posts	Posted 05/28/2015 2:19 pm Quote: The basic coin sorting/counting machine as we know it was not invented until the early 1970s, as I understand it. Remarkable if true, given the automatons, slot machines and other arcade gizmos that easily date to the time of this photo. I don't know about sorters but they had counting machines back then, the mint didn't normally use them though. According to Roger Burdette automatic counting machines were not in common use at the mint until after WWI. As late as 1917 the Federal Reserve recommended against the use of counting machines because they were slower than counting boards and caused more damage to the coins, especially gold coins. (An experienced person could count 2,000 coins per minute with a counting board.) Counting boards were used for smaller coins and gold while large coins such as halves and dollars were counted by stacking. The Mint continued using counting boards into the 1930's. Frankly I think the picture would be better if they had converted the image of you to greyscale before the inserted it. Right now it jumps out at you as being faked. In grayscale I would look more like you "belonged" in the picture. Edited by Conder101 05/28/2015 2:27 pm Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 189406 Posts	Posted 05/28/2015 2:36 pm Quote: Frankly I think the picture would be better if they had converted the image of you to greyscale before the inserted it. Right now it jumps out at you as being faked. In grayscale I would look more like you "belonged" in the picture. Could not resist "fixing" this oversight... Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
koinpro Pillar of the Community United States 1781 Posts	Posted 05/28/2015 4:05 pm Ok, Condor & JBuck! Lets be picky! Actually, it looks good! I'll go down into history as being there! Edited by koinpro 05/28/2015 4:11 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Cascade Pillar of the Community United States 7390 Posts	Posted 05/28/2015 4:14 pm Now you need to lucite that one and show the pair off! Report this Post to the Staff
Dar Pillar of the Community United States 1476 Posts	Posted 05/28/2015 4:15 pm Much better! I was going to do it for you if you hadn't. Report this Post to the Staff
koinpro Pillar of the Community United States 1781 Posts	Posted 05/28/2015 4:17 pm You guys are cracking me up! Report this Post to the Staff
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