I did quote you exactly (verbatim cut/paste). Regardless, in both cases, the end result is NOT a copy of the original, it is an alteration of the...
Your original argument focused on the designs: But now you are changing it to the format in which the designs are presented. The point is, every...
If a design is paid for with tax dollars, by law it can not be copyrighted. Almost all US Coin designs are public domain and not owned by anyone....
You repeatedly state that the fantasy-date over-strikes are "copies". That is only your opinion, and it is highly debatable. There has been no...
I included the reference to "Native American" and "Caucasian" because that aspect seemed (to me) to make it more egregious a case of "robbing the...
The subject of the painting is NOT Warhol's design at all. But it is still considered an iconic work of modern art.
Whenever one of these types of threads pops up, I think of it as an extended form of performance art ("PA"). PA can take many forms, such as Boggs...
You claimed that I was "stealing the legacy" of the original coin's designer by over-striking it. I pointed out that you had previously made a...
In 2010 this Andy Warhol painting sold for more than 9 million dollars: [IMG]
The entire die face is not always removed. On rare occasions, a small part of the details may remain. I always wondered if those coin and die sets...
I agree that the very small details of various VAM varieties do not replicate well. With an attributed Morgan Silver Dollar VAM coin, you can...
Thanks to everyone for your nice posts and condolences. Blissskr: Nice tribute to your Dad. I'm glad you have those memories. michael gregoric:...
I have no doubt that the two Indian-Head cents shown in this thread have been harshly wire-brushed. This may have been done for purposes of...
A day after the recent Denver coin show my Dad, Wilfred J Carr, passed away. It was not unexpected, although it seemed a little sudden at the end....
Thanks, Actually I borrowed the border design from my 1715 Fleet 300th anniversary cobs from earlier this year: [IMG]
Thanks. Got the collar and the dies cut. Next is heat-treating (hardening) them.
Here is the final version (cutting dies now): [IMG]
Those Puerto Rico fantasy quarters were produced before it was even known if the US Mint would make any territory quarters. They were minted from...
Yes, and it will work fine to remove haze or light spotting from copper that is otherwise brilliant. But don't clean a brown or red-brown piece.
Here is what I recommend: Cleaning a coin is not necessarily bad if it is done right. And doing so can often stabilize the piece by removing...
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