ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,731,176, issued on Sept. 8.

"System and method for creating digital art from photos and videos of coins and various methods of presenting the art to be viewed" was invented by Nazareno Cruzada (San Marcos, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of creating digital art from photos and videos of coins and various methods of presenting this art to be viewed, including presenting the digital art in a large frame that can hang on a wall for view at hundreds of times magnification and with very good to excellent lighting, which accentuates the coin's beauty and allows coins to be presented in a more user-friendly way than the tradition...