THE GOOD AND BAD OF AI IN NUMISMATICS

My work on AI coin analysis and grading has me closely following advancements in AI models, and the industry is evolving rapidly.

Previously, AI could only analyze static images of coins, which severely limited accuracy.

Collectors know the importance of viewing coins from multiple angles and lighting. Well...Google's just updated Gemini 1.5 Pro to support video uploads. It can now analyze thousands of frames instead of just a few images. This is a game-changer. Below are AI grading results when I used just uploaded photos for analysis.

I recorded a short video to check whether it would even return coherent results. I ran a quick test on a slabbed 1925 Lincoln Cent. The AI accurately identified the coin, though the grade was slightly off. That's okay, though. If I had used a high-resolution camera, set up better lighting, conducted additional tests to determine the optimal video length, and fine-tuned the model, I bet I would have gotten an accurate grade.

That's not to mention that OpenAI just released the best AI model in the market, the o1 model, which now has PhD level intelligence and reasoning. That model can't take video inputs yet, but I'm excited to test it out when it does.

In short, AI is now just two steps away from surpassing human graders. The next step is AI being able to analyze a live video feed. The final step after is integrating live video into a robotics platform. The AI would be able to analyze a coin in real time. Just like a human, it can dynamically rotate a coin to see all angles. But beyond a human, it can:

At some point the narrative will shift from "AI can now mimic a human grader" to "AI is better than a human grader in every way".

I will note that my underlying assumption is AI using technical grading standards. Market grading is a whole other beast.

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"This book is not factual - It is not accurate and full of misinformation. No factual accuracy. Totally inaccurate. Inaccuracy on almost every page.

The claim of 350 photos is misleading. There are only 132 eBay listings as valuable error coins listed. I counted over 90 mistakes in this book. This book is written by taking parts of writings and all of the photos from the internet, some of which is not correct.

How can a book like this be a best seller? What are your credentials? If I could use my credentials to get this book removed, I would.

Do not use this book to determine what error coins are. Many of cut and pastes from eBay are incorrectly listed as errors. Of the many I have listed four below and stopped after the Nickels. Some of the photos are bad, so actually validating is impossible.

There is a photo and an error listing for a 2002-D Lincoln cent closed AM - This is not an error, but a standard business strike - 2nd closed is not correct wording, it is close AM

There is another 2002-D Lincoln cent listed as struck through grease - It is not anything, but a circulated coin and millions of coins appear like this.

2017-P Lincoln cent listed as struck through grease is incorrect.

2001-P Jefferson nickel missing cladding - What does this mean? This Jefferson nickel is made of a mixed alloy, there is no layering

2004-P Jefferson nickel listed as a retained cud - This is not a retained cud; it is a die crack.

He uses "double die" which is not correct - it is doubled die

Glossary - Some of the definitions are incorrect and others are misleading. Below is just a few.

Brass - Incorrectly states pennies are made from brass

Flan - Although a "flan" is a metal disk, this is not an American term for planchet.

Fair - A coin in pretty rough condition, not very valuable. There are some coins in fair condition that are very valuable. What defines "pretty rough condition"

The concepts of this book were taken from other books written by authentic numismatic writers. It is a partial copy reworded of all the areas in other books without any quotes.

These books that spread false information are not good for advancing the collecting community."