Does the PCGS coin sniffer detect puttied gold?

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• ecichlid Posts: 1,212 ✭✭✭

  June 16, 2010 12:15AM

  Probably not then?

  There is no "AT" or "NT". We only have "market acceptable" or "not market acceptable.

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• PerryHall Posts: 46,824 ✭✭✭✭✭

  June 16, 2010 1:14AM

  I believe it's supposed to detect anything that's been added to the surface of a coin including putty and chemicals used to AT coins. I'm not sure how well it actually works in practice.

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• PerryHall Posts: 46,824 ✭✭✭✭✭

  June 16, 2010 2:09AM

  I wonder if this sniffer technology can be used by resturant owners to verify that their employees washed their their hands after using the restroom.

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• homerunhall Posts: 2,496 ✭✭✭

  June 16, 2010 9:45AM

  
  Yes!

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• Barry Posts: 10,100 ✭✭✭

  June 16, 2010 10:33AM

  
  
  << <i>Yes! >>
  
  
  Is that yes to the original question or the one about restaurant employees?

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• sinin1 Posts: 7,500 ✭

  June 16, 2010 12:11PM

  it probably picks up PVC better than most can see it

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• ecichlid Posts: 1,212 ✭✭✭

  June 16, 2010 12:51PM

  That gives me a good reason to purchase gold in a secure plus holder. Thank you David!

  There is no "AT" or "NT". We only have "market acceptable" or "not market acceptable.

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• messydesk Posts: 20,295 ✭✭✭✭✭

  June 16, 2010 1:01PM

  
  
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  << <i>Yes! >>
  
  
  Is that yes to the original question or the one about restaurant employees? >>
  
  
  Hmmm.... I think perhaps HRH has just hinted at what's most often used as putty.

  John
  Keeper of the VAM Catalog • Professional Coin Imaging • Prime Number Set • World Coins in Early America • British Trade Dollars • Variety Attribution

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• PerryHall Posts: 46,824 ✭✭✭✭✭

  June 16, 2010 7:59PM

  
  
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  << <i>Yes! >>
  
  
  Is that yes to the original question or the one about restaurant employees? >>
  
  
  Hmmm.... I think perhaps HRH has just hinted at what's most often used as putty. >>
  
  
  
  
  
  

  Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
  "Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
  "Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire

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• ricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

  June 16, 2010 8:52PM

  Sniffer technology has been around for many years. It is very effective and will identify foreign substances on the coin surface - including putty. Google is your friend. Cheers, RickO

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• ecichlid Posts: 1,212 ✭✭✭

  June 17, 2010 9:25AM

  Thank you ricko, I'm going to try that Google tool. Sounds neat.

  There is no "AT" or "NT". We only have "market acceptable" or "not market acceptable.

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• leothelyon Posts: 8,488 ✭✭✭✭✭

  June 17, 2010 1:23PM

  
  
  << <i>Thank you ricko, I'm going to try that Google tool. Sounds neat. >>
  
  
  
  You can type just about anything in that box and google does the rest.
  
  
  Leo

  The more qualities observed in a coin, the more desirable that coin becomes!

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