Tim Rathjen is a coin dealer and inventor.

He is obsessed with coins and has developed a pattern recognition technology that automates the time intensive and knowledge intensive task of sorting bags of coins.

We discuss the implications of his new machine - called NUMAN - his upcoming coin app, and more... next on the coin week podcast.

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