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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;robinjojo, post: 4911094, member: 110226&quot;]I wonder if the third image was &quot;processed&quot; using Photoshop.&nbsp; It is very easy to use the spot healing tool to blend a surface in a given area, and if it is done by an expert, very difficult to discern.</p><p><br /></p><p>I remember a year or so ago that I bid on and won an Athenian tetradrachm that was different in hand compared to the auction photo.&nbsp; The coin, when received, had a distinct deposit on the obverse that was clearly not present in the auction photo.&nbsp; The deposit was easy to remove, so it was no big deal for me. </p><p><br /></p><p>Still, I think some photo manipulation or enhancement is done quite often, and when it involves a big bucks coin such as this distater of Thurium, it is an important issue, along with tooling.</p><p><br /></p><p>But looking at the images a little more, the differences could be due to lighting and possibly haze elimination, which, again, can be changed through Photoshop.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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