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This one delivered last night.

 

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Gold available again as well as palladium. Better act fast...probably won't last the night. TC

 

Gold gone now, palladium remains available. Last 9 palladium slightly overweight at 3.2 grams according to MM site.

 

Got my 2016 Knights of the Coin Table Token yesterday. Same token, different angles. Dang, this thing is cool, only 35 of these made !!

 

Is there some kind of hologram embedded in it? I'm not really a fan of the Knights of the Coin Table tokens in general, but gimmicky stuff like that really turns me off. I don't like it when Niue and Tuvalu do it, and I don't like it when the Moonlight Mint does it.

 

Courtesy of a generous Secret Santa!! Carr's work is fantastic and grossly overpriced.. the only reason I don't own any others.

 

Oh yeah, I can see that, but have you seen the stuff the U.S. Mint is putting out..

 

I'll take uninspired over gimmicky any day.

 

"Uninspired".....that's the word I've been looking for...

 

Very nice. I got that one and a morgan overstrike as well. Gonna have @messydesk do an animated gif. He's a master at doing them and just imagine what that hologram spell will look like in a gif!

 

Did you miss the 1hr sellout time on these chief?

 

For me, the "line of gimmickry" hasn't been crossed with the hologram. There is nothing added to the coin here. It has exactly the same composition as the original silver dollar it was struck on. As far as I know, the hologram was struck into the metal, just like the rest of the features. The RCM (OK, not exactly a gimmick-free organization) did this with their gold maple leaves several years ago. In theory, if I die could be made to last long enough for it to be cost-effective, circulating coinage could be struck to include holograms as an anti-counterfeiting measure. The British 2 pound coins had something close to a very low-resolution hologram in the center of the reverse when introduced in 1997. The grooves just weren't close enough together to refract the light. Paint, gemstones, and encapsulated Elvis sweat? Gimmicks. Holograms, not so much.

 

Yes, I did.....

 

IMO, the gimmick isn't necessarily the hologram, but the cartoonish look of the engraving. I guess the former comic book collector in me wants it to look like Todd McFarlane engraved it. Instead I find this one goofy.

 

Mike Kittle produced the best video showing the hologram effect (this one on the antiqued silver version):

 

That is actually a latent image, not a hologram. The Spanish mint was the first one to use latent images, starting in 1993. Many coins now have them as one of the security features; in the UK, the new £1 coin will also have one ...

Christian

 

I just realized that your forum username has D.-C. in it. Coincidence? I think not .

 

This one came in the mail yesterday:

 

"1964-D" Morgan Silver fantasy issue, High-Grade Finish, CLASHED Die Pair 2 Proof-like

 

The Glendale medals are some of the nicest club medals I have ever seen.