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Just made a 39mm medal for the Fort Collins Colorado Coin Club 50th Anniversary. The first ones are satin brass (for club members only). Next week the proof-like brass and proof-like silver should be ready for general distribution. I took one of the satin brass medals and gave it a toned finish. I think it turned out pretty nice   Edited by dcarr
02/20/2006 01:42 am
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Beautiful and Welcome to the forum! How about working with the Mint to improve some of our recent coin designs! Mike  |
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Very beautiful medal.
I wonder, how did you go all the process in making this? the design, the dies etc, you must have pretty good equipment there:)?
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Hello Daniel Carr! I just read your profile. I had no idea when I posted earlier that you were the the designer of the New York and Rhode Island State Quarters for the US Mint!(among many other fantastic medals and coin designs) Congratulations!!!! We are honored that you have joined the forum. Positively looking forward to seeing more of your work. Your art work is truly outstanding. Mike |
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It's an honour to have you here Daniel.
As a coin designer, do you have any designs that you admire?
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Welcome to the CCF from the "darkside".... You sure have good credentials with what you have accomplished in numismatics.....as a thought, any chance of designing a logo/medallion for the CCF  |
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Good question Lim.
hello and Welcome to the forum Daniel.
We are honoured to have you here, I hope you enjoy your stay here.
Lars
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Welcome Very nice medal How was the toning achieved ? Varnish, inkjet, thermal or chemical process ? As a chemical engineer I am allways curious |
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That is a very attractive medal, and one I'll be watching for. I'm curious why the design elements were chosen or what symbolism is involved.
Time don't fly, it bounds and leaps.
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Welcome to our CC family.  The medal is very beautiful and I like the toned appearance. |
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Beautiful medal Daniel, but then I think all your work is in that catagory. Sure nice to know it may be possible to get one of these later on and would appreciate your letting us know where to obtain a copy.
I bet you can't even immagine what I'm thinking along these lines of medals, now can you Terry? We got a secretary who lives next door to Daniel there in Colorado and MAYBE things could be arranged to see a "dark side" medal sometime in the future. Just think about that Sir Knights!
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Originally posted by RenaL
Very beautiful medal.
I wonder, how did you go all the process in making this? the design, the dies etc, you must have pretty good equipment there:)?
Thanks, Here is a brief outline of the process: I design and sculpt the medal digitally, using a computer program that I wrote. I then cut 3-D 8-inch diameter models ("patterns") of the medal on my computer-controlled milling/engraving machine. The computer controls the movements of the cutter based on the 3-D surface data of the design. I then send the patterns to a die engraver who uses a pantograph reduction lathe to make dies. This is a direct machanical transfer with no freehand engraving involved, just like how the US Mint does it with their galvanos. Then I have a private mint with a large press do the striking. Eventually, I should be able to cut dies directly on my milling/engraving machine, bypassing the other steps. I also want to get my own coin press, but I'll need to mint and sell more of my coins to fund that ! |
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Originally posted by Mike
Hello Daniel Carr! I just read your profile. I had no idea when I posted earlier that you were the the designer of the New York and Rhode Island State Quarters for the US Mint!(among many other fantastic medals and coin designs) Congratulations!!!! We are honored that you have joined the forum. Positively looking forward to seeing more of your work. Your art work is truly outstanding. Mike
Thanks for the nice welcome ! I've applied to work at the Mint a number of times, including their current "Artistic Infusion Program". I have not been invited for any interviews, however. Last summer the Mint had a job announcement for a "Medallic Artist" with experience using sculpting software and computer-controlled engraving equipment. That is what I do every day. I wrote my own sculpting software which is superior to all other programs out there for coin/medal design (my biased opinion, of course !). So I really thought I had a good shot at that job. I mailed my application via FedEx and tracked it to make sure it got there. It did. In the application package, there was a form that applicants could fill out and the Mint would return it when the application was received. Basically, it was an acknowledgement of receipt. They never sent that receipt. I called both numbers listen in the application package and left several messages. Nobody ever retuned my calls. The application required that applicants send physical samples of items they designed. Nine months later the Mint still has my samples. I'd like them back. I talked to another applicant for that job and their experience has been similar to mine. I just read in Coin World that the Mint had hired someone for that job back in August of last year. But I also see that one of their current sculptor/engravers ( Donna Weaver) has just "retired" (after only 5 years at that Mint). If all of this is any indication, I'm not sure the Mint is a place I'd want to work at. I'd probably change my mind if I ever had an interview. I'm not sure if I'd want to move to the Philadelphia area. But if they ever had a similar job at the Denver facility, that would be a different story. |
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