ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,494,102, issued on Dec. 9.
"Rare coin identifying machine" was invented by David Christenbery (Charlotte, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The rare coin identifying machine is a coin sorting machine with integrated scanner interconnected to a CPU to identify collectible rare coins. The purpose being to automate the rarity identification for both avid coin collectors and novice. This automation will help alleviate human error in rare coin identification and the time needed to access them. The scanner inside the coin sorting machine scans coins one at a time and the CPU crosschecks database to see if a rare coin match occurs. If one does...