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It's a Netflix movie. You can watch it whenever you want if you have Netflix
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I have never been to a mint either, maybe someday. If you have Netflix it is there to watch whenever you want to. If you don't have it, it should be available elsewhere I would think. John 1  |
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I made the prop coins for the movie. The Art Coordinator contacted me about a year ago, asking if I could make them from a sketch they supplied. I made three dies: Fish with one fin on top; Fish with two fins on top; Washington ( State Quarter type). The coins were over-struck on various US Mint Washington quarters. I sent them the over-struck coins and the two fish dies (but not the Washington die, which was subsequently defaced and scrapped). These appeared several times in the movie. The dies are probably the most accurate aspect in the movie since they are the modern US Mint style (so as to fit in my Denver Mint surplus coin press). The Art Coordinator also asked me to send some props, so I provided some of my concept dollar 8-inch acrylic models. Those did not appear in the movie, however. The producer did not consult with me regarding minting technology or anything, except for one thing. They wanted to know an appropriate question that the tour guide could ask the students about minting and errors. I suggested that the guide ask "by what mechanism can the design of one side of a coin be transferred and imprinted on the other side". A version of that question was asked in the movie and the correct answer given by a student was die clashing. The ending credits give a "special thanks" to Daniel Carr (among many others). I have these documented now on my web page (see second section from bottom): http://www.moonlightmint.com/other.htmHere is one that was struck over a 90% silver Washington quarter. The designs are significantly different, so there are some stray artifacts from that:   |
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That is pretty cool.  |
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I'd say! Thanks! |
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I had no idea Daniel Carr was a CCF member,  John 1 |
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I just watch it and it was like John1 said it's OK, but now I read that Daniel Carr was involved not bad. |
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dcarr, nice job on the coin. It would have been nice if it had gotten a little more time in the limelight. Also, I liked your website.
As for the movie, well, the acting was much better than I thought it would be but the plot holes were enormous. However, one does agree to suspend disbelief for the sake of fiction so ... I agree with John1: It was okay.
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I had no idea Daniel Carr was a CCF member, Nor did I! Very Cool Daniel!! I'm gonna watch the movie! |
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What other coin forum would he choose to belong to?  |
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That's cool Daniel! CONGRATS!
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Maybe Mr. Carr can design a coin or token for CCF  John 1 |
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I've been trying to catch up with Sherlock on Netflix, but I'll keep this film in mind for when I'm done. Mr Carr, have any of these pieces made it into the wild? I like the trout, although the fisherman is a bit plump. A couple of these guys in clad would stay in circulation forever. They look like the real deal, and only people aware of when the State Quarter set ended might notice the date and pull them. Pressed on silver quarters, all the edge searching silver stackers would yank them. |
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My review from a different thread (where I thought it should have been...): Coin Heist is a Netflix original movie about a bunch of private school kids that make a run of error coins by breaking into the US Mint in order to save their school. Aside from the wooden performances and implausible plot there is some decent coin stuff... They show a public US Mint (Philadelphia) tour where they go directly onto the production floor which we all know wouldn't happen. The machinery is nowhere near prototypical and the processes are much simplified. The sets are reused over and over. The school wood shop and one of the characters mechanical shop as well as a couple rooms in the "Mint" are obviously the same set redressed. Even the camera angles are the same. They do a pretty decent job however with the protagonist coin, a "Wildlife Series" (created for the movie, based upon the Statehood and ATB series) quarter for Michigan in which the add a fin to the fish design. They mention the Wisconsin Statehood Quarter variety as the inspiration for their plot. As for the movie as a whole, if I was not into coins I would have never watched it willingly. No one I ever heard of was in it and there were no "pretty people" or exciting action to catch the attention of the sex and violence crowd. There really was no other reason for me to bother than the coin aspect. As for the coin topics it was mildly interesting but mostly lame. The premise was original but suffered from the tedious and boring production. With a decent cast and production values as well as better writing this could have been something good. Overall I would give it 1 star of 4 and that is only due to the fact that I like coins. * I did notice the hubs were correct, as verified by Dan Carr. I was surprised at that until I read that he worked with the film, which answers how the coin stuff is pretty much right on. With decent actors and script it would have been pretty good. |
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