How Amazing is our Host's Certification detection on our phones!

joeykoins

Hi guys,
This device that PCGS gives us to scan our coins, are truly a blessing! So convenient, so useful, so COOL!
lol Esp at a Coin show where the information is literally at your fingertips. How many of you guys use this feature. And if no, why not?
Thanks PCGS

FlyingAl

The NFC chip?

I was under the impression that sellers disabled the NFCs in the slabs during shows because customers would add the coins to their sets (there's a portion of code that allows you to add a coin even if it's under a different user's set so long as you use the NFC scan feature). As such, the functionality is down to either typing in the cert number or you could scan the barcode. Without images though (non-TrueView slab) the functionality comes down to whether or not you can identify a counterfeit slab/coin.

joeykoins

@FlyingAl said:
The NFC chip?

I was under the impression that sellers disabled the NFCs in the slabs during shows because customers would add the coins to their sets (there's a portion of code that allows you to add a coin even if it's under a different user's set so long as you use the NFC scan feature). As such, the functionality is down to either typing in the cert number or you could scan the barcode. Without images though (non-TrueView slab) the functionality comes down to whether or not you can identify a counterfeit slab/coin.

Yes! How Awesome is that?

justindan

@FlyingAl I don't think someone can turn off nfc on a slab.

They could block you physically from being close enough to access it.

asheland

I love it. I use it often. 👍
CoinFacts, too.

JBN

Both the NFC scan and the barcode scan functions work nicely and I use them from time to time.

CoffeeTime

@FlyingAl you can’t just turn off a nfc. It’s conceivable someone could jam it, but that would likely impact a wide area. And would likely garner legal pitfalls

FlyingAl

@CoffeeTime said:
@FlyingAl you can’t just turn off a nfc. It’s conceivable someone could jam it, but that would likely impact a wide area. And would likely garner legal pitfalls

I must have misread something somewhere. Thanks!

johnny9434

I gotta go try this, hmmm

BStrauss3

There are some older reports about creating a working reader with a 60cm range using a metal shopping cart as the antenna!!! Laptop in a backpack and scan away.