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About to watch this and wanted to let you guys know about this show. John1  |
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How was it? Worth watching?
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Didn't care for it. It's just OK. John 1 |
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I've never been inside of a mint before. I've seen the couple of documentariees that show how it's done, but I thought this film (which I'm sure I'll eventually watch) might be a sort of virtual mint tour. Geez, I think I've had too much coffee....
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Pillar of the Community
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I missed it but thanks for the heads up.
I'm sure it will be on again soon.
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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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