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Coin collecting has many dimensions. Coin collectors consider condition, historical significance, rarity, age, the kind of metal(s) they're made from, and their artistic beauty. Only a very small percentage of people with coins in their pocket have a full appreciation for the precision artistry that they carry. For well over two thousand years, artists have engraved the metal dies used to create coins. Coin software enables tech savvy artists to supplement their art with technology, opening coin production to many new designs.

Coin Art

The art on coins began, and continues to be, a means of identifying the value and the origin of the coins. The artists that engraved metal dies for ancient coins are known only by their work. Not only was the relief sculpted in the negative, it also was sculpted in the reverse. Letters and words are carved backwards, and raised portions of finished coins are carved out of the plane of the die Old coins were often sculpted in a higher, more sculptural relief than modern coins.

The earliest coins were made by dies sculpted to actual size without the aid of magnifying devices. While coins were made of a certain weight and type of metal, they were not always uniformly shaped. Ancient Greek and Roman coins were made with a beautifully detailed artistry that is missing from modern coins.

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