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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rushcoin1, post: 24674641, member: 2791&quot;]Well that was a mouthful.&nbsp; Your comments are not harsh and very welcome -- some say I&#039;m old too, but I&#039;m only almost 72.&nbsp; The topic of Hidden and/or Blatant Images is a diversion from traditional error/variety collecting so there are some differences as well as some parallels within this category.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Once you know what and where to look for a given image, you will be able to mostly identify them with a 10X loupe, but to fully appreciate detail it helps to use more power if one desires.&nbsp; I used blown-up magnified pics in hopes most people would be able to recognize the images portrayed, but some still do not while others do -- that&#039;s because they are &quot;Hidden&quot; just like in Hidden-Art.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The category of Hidden and/or Blatant Images is nearly new to numismatics but these do not clearly fall into the category of errors but do touch on varieties.&nbsp; Some are Master Hub similar to DDO&#039;s, etc., and some pertain only to a single die or even only a portion of that die&#039;s useful production life.&nbsp; Many RPM&#039;s, OMM&#039;s, etc., come from single use dies if they are noticed by mint personnel and many are then removed from the die, slightly defaced, or the die is discarded or sent for other re-use.</p><p><br /></p><p>I do not believe the US Mint was aware of these images when they were created and used, and that they were probably clandestinely placed there by one or more very talented individuals.&nbsp; The original designs for coins are chosen and then eventually a hub is crafted and sculpted from the design.&nbsp; This then is all approved by higher-ups and they begin making the master dies, which make the working hubs and then working dies which then make the coins.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Since the images are &quot;Hidden&quot; they are not readily seen by anyone other than their creator(s), who then probably follow their work to the eventual finished coin to see how their images survived the processes.&nbsp; It appears that on Lincoln Cents they may have discovered this just prior to the anniversary changes that brought on the Union Cent designs.&nbsp; Those new designs are so plain that it would be very hard for anyone to incorporate Hidden Images onto them with the possible exception of the neck-tie which somewhat resembles a Teddy Bear at certain angles.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>If you study our two pics, the first pic is that made from a single die and in reality shows the entire Kodiak Bear within the Memorial Building, but our pic only shows the head.&nbsp; The angular photography required for these pics is very difficult because often portions of the pic vary within the strength of magnification so that zeroing in on a portion of a given image might then weaken other parts of the image.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>This has very little to do with flow lines since the images that occur from the Master Hubs/Dies such as the Naked Venus in the second pic, all have the identical Hidden Images within them which vary very little if at all, from coin to coin and in some cases year to year.&nbsp; The Bear pic also varies very little from coin to coin but is much scarcer as it is made from only a single use die and perhaps only a small time during the use of that die.&nbsp; Thanks[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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