CHAT: Hey anybody know of an app that allows you to take a picture of a coin to identify it and give a $ value?

[mowowie]

My grandmother who passed away in 1996 had this thing where she was buying coins. I got a few ziplocks full of them stashed away in a draw that i'm thinking of checking out.

[desertsolitaire]

Does Google lens have decent coin discrimination?

[desertsolitaire]

Does Google lens have decent coin discrimination?

[lee martell]

Touche’. You got me again, Alex B.!

[sauropod]

No, I don’t think so. I would check out govmint.com or other sites like that.

You need to understand what the coin grading system is. E.g. MS 70, etc.

[DAC21]

“Ebay?................”

Definitely not, there are some scammers on eBay creating error coins that don’t exists or are common. “Rare” issues from the various Mints that aren’t all that rare. The prices are all over the map.

There are some legitimate websites that are relative straight shooters.

[SandwicheGuy]

Grok.... Finally, the definitive answer,

[plain talk]

“Keep in mind that the values those apps give for coins are always wildly incorrect. They will identify them, but so far no app will reliably grade them.”

Ditto what Fluffy said.

[politicianslie]

for later

[Hootowl]

Yeah, they’re called coin dealers. Find them in the phone book.

[mowowie]

Thanks for the advice!