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the voice over my shoulder with the coffee says 'jackass' is more appropriate [does that mean I am more democrat than republican?]

I think the OP thinks photoshop can do the work for you, but...

if you look carefully at Lincoln on a US dollar you see that what is important for a 'hand-made' effect is that the etch lines follow the contours of the face, ie the bone structure

you cannot get...

interesting though that is Bob, it's not an engraving effect, its a wave effect...

I'd like to see that - but only if you have time...

you put in the work you get the result

you don't want to to do this... well sorry, pay someone to do it for you, because photoshop is not a magic wand

first off - the engraving on a dollar [afaik] is not from a photo - I would imagine it is done from scratch

photo's often have far too much detail to do this well, but you can usually do it more...