Coin ID: Coin Value Identifier

I dont really collect coins like seriously or anything, just have this little stash my mom left me, but I started scanning them with this app and its kinda fun seeing what each one actually is. It tells you all the stuff like year, country, even who made it or something, which I never knew. The prices thing is weird tho, like i scanned a 10-rupee coin and it said $0.64-$0.72 which seems high? Maybe i read it wrong or something, dunno, but makes me think its not super accurate all the time. Still I like just browsing through them and seeing all info pop up instantly, its kinda satisfying. Sometimes the app needs another try to get the coin right if its blurry but mostly works. Would be nice if the app had some kind of chat or little forum where people could talk or maybe swap coins

I’ve been messing with coins since forever, back when I had those old albums and had to scribble everything down myself like some kind of notebook detective, and honestly this app is weirdly convenient. You just snap the coin and it spits out a ton of info I used to dig up in books or forums for hours. I still find myself double-checking stuff because it’s so fast, but it’s kind of fun to have the weight, year, and even facts all in one place. I don’t really care about the collections part yet, mostly just like seeing what coin I actually have without hunting through piles or flipping through albums, makes me feel lazy but efficient I guess. I really like the Lettering section too, because sometimes the text on a coin is totally illegible, and this part helps you figure out what it actually says, though it doesn’t always catch every single word. For me, it’s kind of fun just scrolling through coins I’ve found before and seeing everything lined up, makes me remember the weird little stories behind them.

Basically pointless. Cool idea, but horrific recognition algorithms. I’ll take 2 exact same observe and reverse side pictures of a coin with different years and 1 will give me the exact year, details, and value, then the other just tells me the date range that coin was made. It’s about a 50/50 split on if the app recognizes the coin by specific year or just the range. When it does the range you can’t even manually select the correct year. The values can range from 5$ to 500$ and I know it’s a cheap, run of the mill coin but it archives into the collection is the average of the high and low. And I know this coin isn’t worth ~$250. The app cannot handle sets of data, just individual coins. So forget about those prestigious sets being valued. Also can’t recognize pure silver runs versus clad. So basically the app is pointless. Don’t waste your money or time. Just do a spreadsheet. Or use ChatGPT to make your own personal website with ease and archive everything yourself. The way I value my coins is by guessing the grade. Then taking the Redbook value and the value on the main coin resellers I purchase from and averaging those 2 numbers.