Incredible Print at ANA Library
I was wandering around the ANA library during Summer Seminar this week and this massive print of an uncut sheet of 1896 $1 Educational Series notes is hanging on the wall behind the shelves. At about 6 feet high, each note is about 1 1/2 feet high and 3 1/2 feet high, which is about 6x normal size. The print is needle sharp edge to edge. I spoke with Doug Mudd to see if he remembered how it was made. Someone (can't remember the name) was experimenting with ultra-high resolution scanning using a special camera that was made with a scanner detector quite some time ago. The scanning resolution was probably over 2000 DPI, taking multiple passes, probably taking hours to finish the scan. The printing technology was equally impressive to be able to produce the final result. Below is a picture of the framed print and a close-up of the Constitution showing just how sharp it is. Keep in mind that these are phone pictures that contain a bunch of post processing even before being uploaded here, which shrinks the size and increases the compression artifacts.


Keeper of the VAM Catalog • Professional Coin Imaging • Prime Number Set • World Coins in Early America • British Trade Dollars • Variety Attribution
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Wow!
& That close-up is impressive.30+ years coin shop experience (ret.) Coins, bullion, currency, scrap & interesting folks. Loved every minute!
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Way cool!
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Most excellant, I like
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Quite a piece.
Successful transactions:Tookybandit. "Everyone is equal, some are more equal than others".0 -
The close up has much detail but under magnification one can clearly see that this isn't an engraved item.
On an engraved printing there wouldn't be dots or lumps in the text and the pages at right would be straight lines, not zigzagged and irregular.
To the naked eye I'm sure it's quite impressive but under magnification one can tell the difference.
Collector and dealer in obsolete currency. Always buying all obsolete bank notes and scrip.0 -
Yes, one can tell the difference under magnification. I had my loupe out looking at it. Free of distortion and vignetting corner to corner, edge to edge had me most impressed.
John
Keeper of the VAM Catalog • Professional Coin Imaging • Prime Number Set • World Coins in Early America • British Trade Dollars • Variety Attribution0
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