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CregCreg Posts: 1,319 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited December 15, 2024 6:51AM in U.S. Coin Forum

I post this “photoshopped” image of a W cent—a friend did it for my old avatar.

If you remember, I bought a shiny Morgan on eBay, and you guys convinced me that I had set myself up for disappointment because of the work done on the image —I asked the seller to cancel.


If you have examples of a coin whose image has been altered, post it for:

teaching purposes
art
suggestions to the mint
humor?
questions about an image

Thanks for reading.

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  • justcollectingjustcollecting Posts: 210 ✭✭✭
    edited February 22, 2026 5:42PM

    Brown shoe polish look.


    LMAO

  • CregCreg Posts: 1,319 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited February 22, 2026 5:54PM

    I see a lot of those, but I avert my eyes the same way as I do when I see something that I would be ashamed of being seen looking at.
    Edit: I forgot this thread as fast as every one else did.

  • The_Dinosaur_ManThe_Dinosaur_Man Posts: 1,347 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I hope this counts. I base the drawings off of real photographs that I personally take and use the resulting images for the album covers.

    Custom album maker and numismatic photographer.
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    https://www.donahuenumismatics.com/.

  • @The_Dinosaur_Man said:
    I hope this counts. I base the drawings off of real photographs that I personally take and use the resulting images for the album covers.

    Great idea

  • jmlanzafjmlanzaf Posts: 38,928 ✭✭✭✭✭


    All comments reflect the opinion of the author, even when irrefutably accurate.

  • Morgan WhiteMorgan White Posts: 12,789 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @jmlanzaf said:

    Goo goo g'joob.

  • jmlanzafjmlanzaf Posts: 38,928 ✭✭✭✭✭


    All comments reflect the opinion of the author, even when irrefutably accurate.

  • jmlanzafjmlanzaf Posts: 38,928 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Morgan White said:

    @jmlanzaf said:

    Goo goo g'joob.

    Do you think it would fool anyone? That HAS to be a mint error.

    All comments reflect the opinion of the author, even when irrefutably accurate.

  • Mr_SpudMr_Spud Posts: 6,861 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Mr_Spud

  • TPringTPring Posts: 180 ✭✭✭
    edited February 22, 2026 6:59PM

    Not sure that this would be considered an altered image: This is a picture from an auction, but it looks like a watercolor.

    Maybe the seller used an old flip-phone.

    Just remember...the advice you receive on the site is worth every bit of what you paid for it.

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