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<p>[QUOTE="rushcoin1, post: 24673862, member: 2791"]You need to look closer as it is not just me seeing these and others at first glance often have the same reaction as you do, but after they look closer they see and explain the same thing that I see. These also are not lone examples but pics of coins that have numerous examples. Also have other pics some of which might be better but these are the two I chose to show for now. Study the centers of these pics or at least the upper center of the first one and the vertical center of the second one. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Or it could be the opposite of Pareidolia which also exists. If a large percentage of people see something and then others herein (who have been told this is pareidolia), jump on the bandwagon and agree with people they are accustomed to agreeing with, regardless of what is actually there, then they could be intentionally experiencing the opposite of pareidolia. </p><p>Points to remember: </p><p><br /></p><p>1) This comes from a collector who has been specializing in error/variety coins for many years, (several decades) and fully understands the minting processes. </p><p><br /></p><p>2) At least 80 examples of each coin have been examined which all contain the same images. Some images like the second pic, occur on nearly all coins made for a given year or even several years, while others are rather scarce and likely were produced by a single die, such as the first pic. </p><p><br /></p><p>3) By nature and definition, "Hidden Images" are difficult to see, as they are "Hidden". Study some hidden image art and you may see what is often very difficult to see. </p><p><br /></p><p>4) Numerous other images exist on these but only two examples are now shown. I have the advantage of having reviewed all of the pics from differing angles and differing magnifying powers so I am not simply trying to convey what is not there, to waste your or my time.</p><p><br /></p><p>5) Once you know what and where a given image is, you can then locate these with a 10X power loupe, but you may not see as much detail as you would like.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="rushcoin1, post: 24673862, member: 2791"]You need to look closer as it is not just me seeing these and others at first glance often have the same reaction as you do, but after they look closer they see and explain the same thing that I see. These also are not lone examples but pics of coins that have numerous examples. Also have other pics some of which might be better but these are the two I chose to show for now. Study the centers of these pics or at least the upper center of the first one and the vertical center of the second one. Or it could be the opposite of Pareidolia which also exists. If a large percentage of people see something and then others herein (who have been told this is pareidolia), jump on the bandwagon and agree with people they are accustomed to agreeing with, regardless of what is actually there, then they could be intentionally experiencing the opposite of pareidolia. Points to remember: 1) This comes from a collector who has been specializing in error/variety coins for many years, (several decades) and fully understands the minting processes. 2) At least 80 examples of each coin have been examined which all contain the same images. Some images like the second pic, occur on nearly all coins made for a given year or even several years, while others are rather scarce and likely were produced by a single die, such as the first pic. 3) By nature and definition, "Hidden Images" are difficult to see, as they are "Hidden". Study some hidden image art and you may see what is often very difficult to see. 4) Numerous other images exist on these but only two examples are now shown. I have the advantage of having reviewed all of the pics from differing angles and differing magnifying powers so I am not simply trying to convey what is not there, to waste your or my time. 5) Once you know what and where a given image is, you can then locate these with a 10X power loupe, but you may not see as much detail as you would like.[/QUOTE]
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