I see fakes everywhere; or, what is that on the Central States Show Guide!

I thought this may have been a test...





Best, Jack.

 

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On a related note, I have bad news about some of those delicious food photos we've been drooling over.

https://petapixel.com/2018/11/30/tricks-food-photographers-use-to-make-food-look-delicious/

 

Thanks @Jack D. Young

 

My Lord…..motor oil on a stack of flapjacks.

 

My personal favorite:

• Tampons are soaked and microwaved to create steam

 

I am so sorry I posted this...

 

And I apologize for the threadjacking. It's just that my first thought on seeing the image was "well, who'd want to put a nice real raw Seated dollar on top of other coins on a burlap sack for a photo?" From there, it was a quick mental jump to other "photo modeling" stories I'd come across...

 

All i have to say is wow,this is a turnaround i would expect late at night,don't worry @Jack D. Young it wasn't your fault,we all have a dark side.

 

It's a stock photo... it wasn't shot for the catalog.

https://www.dreamstime.com/stock-photo-old-silver-coins-bag-sack-isolated-white-image51392128

 

More specifically that is the exact photo. And it's a cheap source of royalty-free photos. A one-month subscription for up to 5 photos is $25.

 

WOW, that's amazing...

 

It may have been a test. Maybe they were wanting to draw attention to the problem the hobby is facing. It sure got folks talking about it. There is a thread going on over at CU about it but I have not read it.

 

I wouldn't be surprised if it's a stock photo, but it's not that stock photo.

In a group of people who can spot fake coins by minute differences in individual letters or digits, surely I'm not the only one who sees that the stock photo doesn't have twine showing at the front of the bag?

 

Absolutely; certainly adjusted; the German coin is oriented differently as well, but certainly the "inspiration" for it...

 

You're entitled @Jack D. Young. No apology necessary as far as I'm concerned.

 

Thanks; I was referring to the responses of food, motor oil and tampons that followed...

 

Wow, tampons Jack, now I get it...