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October 14, 2023 16:31
I am not really a coin collector by nature, but I have been wondering about this for some time: are there also devices that can scan coins for special deviations, and which are therefore valuable or worth collecting? Something like a money counting machine that the bank has, but instead of checking them for authenticity, it checks them for uniqueness? And is it worthwhile for an entrepreneur, let's say a retailer who receives a lot of cash every day, to have all this checked for any profitable deviations?

Thank you in advance for any answer! It's been bugging me for a while.
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Daveboers So you want to know if there is something that can make you (semi) rich while sleeping? Did you see on the homepage that it says "For and By collectors" (ex collectors are also possible). Are you or were you a collector of something or did you just create this account to ask this question? I think it would be appreciated here if you fill out your profile a little further and possibly post your collection... then others will be more likely to answer your question.
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I do understand the question. If you're a 'not really' collector, and you have some coins, you can spend hours searching to figure out which coins they might be. Usually (always?) of course in the hope of owning a treasure.
Hours and hours of time, only to determine that those 100 coins together have a potential value of 1 euro. If you are lucky.
Do you end up higher? Then you can assume that the chance of mistakes is high.

As a collector you build up knowledge of the subject. That takes years.

In the digital age, 'humans' have been so pampered that they think that there is a digital solution for everything (device, app, etc.) to solve the lack of knowledge and skills. Digitality as a surrogate for commitment. Everything so that you don't have to make any effort.
Not so.
You either have a natural talent for intelligence (or you don't).
However, talent alone won't do you any good. That facility must be exploited.

The question itself is commendable and proves that the person behind this question has already entered phase 1 of the learning process: being aware of incompetence.
That phase is a necessary evil in any learning process.

Now it can start... or it can stop there.
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October 15, 2023 22:15
Quite a good question Daveboers . I have never seen or heard of such a device. If there was such a thing, I think there would be something like it in every store.
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can scan coins for special anomalies
Every deviation (unless serial) is unique, right?
imagine what software (or trend: AI) could do that?
Recognition can often be done with an app (albeit familiar things).
The question is: what is a 'valuable' deviation? and teach artificial intelligence that.
and then again:
he checks them for uniqueness
There is only 1 unique: what serves as the basis? You have to know that there is only 1?
And the non-existence in the memory = hit still tells me that I have to find out why he 'hit' in that case... (etc.)
Just some thoughts ;-)

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October 15, 2023 23:07
Leike-w Daveboers Charles1971 etc
And a device for each currency?
€, $, pound, kip, baht,...?
Program/design each device separately depending on the currency?
I don't remember which 2 coins it was with. And there are probably others like that.
But as an example: you put 1 guilder into the device to make a phone call. But it went just as well with, for example, a coin from country X that had 20 times less value.
And that currency also went through a certain system.
Size the same and ok but shape and thickness were not recognized.
Not the first time, but I'll say it again: whoever invents this can count themselves rich.
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I don't know anything about today's technology, but when I hear that a fingerprint can very easily be compared with billions of others, or that the Chinese can very easily pick you out of a passing queue of people, then I think this is possible. Is this profitable? ? That will be the question. This may have rang a bell with the right person. Greetings Rene
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