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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 3148984, member: 10461&quot;]It&#039;s neat, but far from a new art form. </p><p><br /></p><p>I had a holed Indian cent once that was a duplicate on my old Holey Coin Vest.&nbsp; Because it was high grade (aside from the hole), I sent it to a friend.&nbsp; It was supersharp on the obverse, but had some kind of smudgy deposits on the reverse. </p><p><br /></p><p>He later thanked me for the Indian cent with the neat church scene on the back of it.&nbsp; I had no idea what he was talking about. </p><p><br /></p><p>Turns out that what I had thought was just random crud on back of the coin was in fact <i>paint</i>- a tiny painted scene of a night snowscape, including a steepled church with yellow-lit windows.&nbsp; Really cool, once I recognized the design for what it was.&nbsp; The painting was obviously 100+ years old and had darkened a bit with time, but it was totally recognizable once the design was pointed out to me and the coin was turned the right way up.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sadly, I can&#039;t find the old pictures of it now.&nbsp; It was a kind of primitive painting, but a cool find (for my friend, who recognized it).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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