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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Yokozuna, post: 960263, member: 26087&quot;]Thanks! I love to work with Photoshop and had to try this. But it&#039;s not a raw coin. I found a really nice photo and worked on it. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> It really it is a slabbed coin and I didn&#039;t have to do anything to the rims at all. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I took a photo of a slabbed MS66 - 1934 Peace Dollar and went through the coin fixing most of the spots and scratches on the coin and slab so that I could make it a MS69. (I think it&#039;s under graded, I may send it back and see if can hit MS70. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> ) With a perfect coin face, I then used Photoshop to change only 1 thing on the coin. At first I tried to pull the 6 off of a 1926, but couldn&#039;t get the light right. Then I tried to turn the 3 into a 6 but it still didn&#039;t work. Then it hit me. All I had to do is take the 9 and invert it! Once I had the 6, I moved it into place and I now had a 1964 Peace dollar. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I changed up the legend to say that it was a 1964-D and changed the grade to look like it was a MS69 and not a MS66. Then I changed the other info so that it didn&#039;t match the 1934 and worked the 6 so that it was as close as I could get it to a real one. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The only other thing was the Series number of the coin. I figured that giving it a .1 after the original series number would work for now. If we ever see one, I&#039;m sure it will have its own Series.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I&#039;ve learned that I can NEVER trust a photo again. I did Motor Sports Photography for a few years and fixed damage on cars. Took distracting signs off or cars that were parked and made cars that were going 20 mph or PARKED look like they were going 150! I also would take shots of cars in turns and &quot;lift&quot; the front wheel to look like it was going faster through the turns and did all this with good old Photoshop.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>This was just a test of my Photoshop skills. I think it looks okay, but I see something I need to fix, so I&#039;ll have to change the photos. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Ben[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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