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Bedrock of the Community
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I first saw one on an ebay auction a few months ago. Then this week encountered one on a Kitco page. You would think that they could have used a picture of an actual coin but instead inflicted this monstrosity on us. The silver chunks look like wads of aluminum foil, and the bars have a distinct Lego appearance. https://www.kitco.com/opinion/2025-...ew-relevance  Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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12/04/2025 10:45 am
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Bedrock of the Community
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Here's the image from ebay:  Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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Pillar of the Community
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I guess when your focus is selling bullion (or jewelry), you don't care what the actual coin looks like. . .
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Looks like AI needs a bit more work before they look OK.  The text part looks awful.  |
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I guess when your focus is selling bullion (or jewelry), you don't care what the actual coin looks like. . .   |
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Pillar of the Community
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My only thought is this ...
If using those kinds of images doesn't hurt their sales, it says some negative things about who is buying.
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If using those kinds of images doesn't hurt their sales, it says some negative things about who is buying. That is fair. |
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Pillar of the Community
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At this point, anyone can create images of anything they can dream up. I was playing with ChatGTP a while back and got this ancient Roman coin with my dog as emperor.   "Nummi rari mira sunt, si sumptus ferre potes." - Christophorus filius Scotiae
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I was playing with ChatGTP a while back and got this ancient Roman coin with my dog as emperor. Well done. |
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Bedrock of the Community
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That's pretty cool, Bump (and a bit frightening)!
Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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Pillar of the Community
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That's pretty cool, Bump (and a bit frightening)! We would be wise to be frightened if he were emperor. I'm fairly sure he would give Caligula and Caracalla a run for their money!  "Nummi rari mira sunt, si sumptus ferre potes." - Christophorus filius Scotiae
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wow Bump! pretty cool - and way above my capabilities...
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I'm fairly sure he would give Caligula and Caracalla a run for their money!  |
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way above my capabilities... I want to reassure you that if I can do this - anyone can. There is no special skill involved other than "fine tuning" your request in ChatGTP. I would suggest you go onto that site and play around. You don't have to have a paid version to do this, but you do need to set up a free account. All I did was upload a photo of an ancient coin and a photo of my dog and told the program to create the coin with my suggested legend. A few minutes later, this popped up. It's fun to tinker around, but it can also be addictive - I have to be sure not to stay too long on that site...  "Nummi rari mira sunt, si sumptus ferre potes." - Christophorus filius Scotiae
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It is easy. We built an AI Text-to-Speech server* to create recordings that sound like the lady who does our recordings because she is retiring this year. No one can tell the difference.  * Really just a desktop PC with a hefty GPU. |
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