I have a pretty good understanding of how I would sort different coin denominations and even to their "production run" (meaning their years of production like 1948-1984 or 1999-current) as they can vary somewhat significantly by weight.
What I need to know is if there is a way to sort coins to their year and possibly even minting location. I would think that something like a laser or camera may work (take 1-4 images a second - 2 cameras - both sides), mixed with some OCR software which could orient the picture with a specific distinct spot on the coin. I would even bet it is possible to grade the coins to some degree in this process.
Can anyone tell me which method would be better - laser or photo, and any suggestions on how to handle imageing at speeds like this - say 4 per second.
What I need to know is if there is a way to sort coins to their year and possibly even minting location. I would think that something like a laser or camera may work (take 1-4 images a second - 2 cameras - both sides), mixed with some OCR software which could orient the picture with a specific distinct spot on the coin. I would even bet it is possible to grade the coins to some degree in this process.
Can anyone tell me which method would be better - laser or photo, and any suggestions on how to handle imageing at speeds like this - say 4 per second.