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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;HawkeEye, post: 3092837, member: 86305&quot;]I actually think you are right, but what started me thinking about it was pictures of famous people.&nbsp; Ansel Adams certainly owns his work because his photographic skill was a value add to what was often pictures of public lands.&nbsp; But if I took what became an iconic picture of Elvis, do I own the rights to it jointly with his estate?&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>For a coin, or art, or anything else of artistic value, I think it might be a little different.&nbsp; A photograph of the Mona Lisa that I snap going through the Louvre might be mine, but I doubt I have marketing rights to my picture when the image is of something I did not create.</p><p><br /></p><p>If a coin is an artistic creation of the Mint can anyone really claim &quot;ownership&quot; of an image of their work?&nbsp; And if their work is in the public domain how does taking a picture of it take it out of the public domain?</p><p><br /></p><p>Probably a good coffee shop debate and nothing more.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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