Daniel Carr... Would You Buy Him A Beer?

I am a member of another coin forum, which can not be named here, and Daniel has produced all our medals, including the Gary Burke memorial medal, mentioned previously. His work is outstanding and much sort after. I would certainly buy him a drink. I would not buy his medals though, just because I don't collect them. (except the ones minted for the other forum)

Steve

Thanks for dropping in dcarr. I hope you found the reception palatable. Alot of us love your work. A few questions, That fallen angel sculpture series is quite unique. On the large one, what's the eye compsition? Is it enamel or cold-painted? And the "defiance" piece is awesome the way Zeus's bolt is being flung back to him. Is that Hercules? Anyway, I hope you stick around and update us from time to time on your future works. Too bad I'm not in your neck of the woods, I'd have loved to see that sculptural exhibit!

Ps. Just wondering if you have ever thought of doing a reissue of your more popular pieces like the 64 peace, 1909 morgan & the ikes etc in 5oz puck size? Or would this be out of the realm of possibility

@Darth

I'm more scared of 3D printing merging with machining to a level of capability where legitimate dies can be produced, than anything else. The tech already exists to create a *perfect* counterfeit in software; it only remains for the hardware to catch up. And the benefit of such technology to industry is so transparent - zero off-computer development for any machined part, however small the production run - that prudence requires the assumption that smart people are bending over backwards trying to make it happen. The technology dovetail between 3D printing (as new carbon- or epoxy-based materials become available for the process, thereby displacing parts machined from more traditional metals) and machining is obvious. You print the new part as close to tolerance as the 3D process allows, and shoot for one machining step with the product unmoving from where it was created.

And when the machine fits on a table, you can wire a bunch of them into the network spilling onto the exit line at timed intervals and produce six different parts at once, each of which were mere noodles on paper the morning before.

Industry is driving this, and the counterfeiters can only benefit. It's coming.

I have, in fact, already thought of a "1979" Eisenhower dollar over-strike.
It is a possibility at some point. But not a high priority since I've already done all possible Eisenhower dollar types ("1970", "1975" regular reverse, "1975" Bicentennial reverse, and all of those in 40% silver and copper-nickel clad).

If I follow the path that I made on the "1975" Ike dollars and "1975" Kennedy half dollars, for the Washington quarters I still have these to do: "1975-D" (copper-nickel clad, regular reverse); and "1975-S" (silver, regular reverse).

Some other modern (current design) over-strikes that I've thought about:
"1908" Lincoln Cent;
"1942" Lincoln Cent in steel with a large "P" mint mark identifier like the "war" nickels;
"2009-S VDB" Lincoln Wheat-back Cent in bronze.
"1937" Jefferson nickel;
"2005" Jefferson nickel in the original (non-Westward-Journey) format;
"1999" Washington quarter in the regular (non-statehood) format;
"1978" Susan B Anthony dollar;
"1982" Susan B Anthony dollar;
"1998" Susan B Anthony dollar;
"2000" Susan B Anthony dollar;
"1999" Sacagawea dollar.

The last one on this list could be problematic, however, since the Sacagawea obverse is one of the few US coin designs that actually is copyrighted. But as an over-strike on a genuine Sacagawea design coin, it is undetermined if there would be any issues with that.

Great to have you here, Daniel. I am a Peace dollar collector, so my vote (not that it counts for anything lol) is a 1929 Peace dollar (then a '30, '31, '32, '33, not that I'm greedy). Also, I was curious if you have any opinion of Bashlow's restrikes? I have the J.J. Conway & Co. Bankers set, and love the story behind them. Anyway, I hope you stick around!

2009 vdb & the 42 steel/war mm sound interesting.

Would I buy him a beer? No. Would I buy any of his creations? No