Coin In Error, X-10 X-Mark Xeptor

[dailey]

I tried programming all six channels of the Xeptor for the same coin thinking this will give it a better sample size. I then played a bunch of coins through the machine and got only 1 miss out of 74 coins.  I can live with that. I am not certain that this is what made the improvement, but the machine runs pretty good now.

One thing most people don’t realize is that the US Mint still makes Kennedy half dollars, just not for circulation. You can order direct from the US Mint through their website. There is a large premium beyond face value however.

https://catalog.usmint.gov/coin-programs/kennedy-half-dollars/

[rokgpsman]

That's a good solution, thanks for letting us know how it turned out. When you programmed all 6 channels did you use a different coin for each channel's programming and not the same coin for all 6 channels? (I think that is what you are saying).  By using 6 different half-dollar coins to do the programming it might make the acceptance even better since there could be minor variations in each coin's metallic property.

I didn't know that about the mint still making them available, I guess the premium charged is due to them being uncirculated, for coin collector purposes I guess. Helping to pay down the National Debt!

[dailey]

I used different coins for each channel for a total of 36 coins.

I was thinking that since the Xeptor has optics that measures the coin diameter as well as well as sensors to detect metallic property, a larger sample size should capture more variations.