Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dcarr, post: 2616921, member: 4781&quot;]I made the prop coins for the movie.</p><p>The Art Coordinator contacted me about a year ago, asking if I could make them from a sketch they supplied.</p><p><br /></p><p>I made three dies:</p><p><br /></p><p>Fish with one fin on top;</p><p>Fish with two fins on top;</p><p>Washington (state quarter type).</p><p><br /></p><p>The coins were over-struck on various US Mint Washington quarters.</p><p>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).</p><p><br /></p><p>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.</p><p><br /></p><p>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 &quot;by what mechanism can the design of one side of a coin be transferred and imprinted on the other side&quot;. A version of that question was asked in the movie and the correct answer given by a student was die clashing.</p><p><br /></p><p>The ending credits give a &quot;special thanks&quot; to Daniel Carr (among many others).</p><p>I have these documented now on my web page (see second section from bottom):</p><p><a href="http://www.moonlightmint.com/other.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.moonlightmint.com/other.htm" rel="nofollow">moonlightmint.com/other.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is one that was struck over a 90% silver Washington Quarter. The designs are significantly different, so there are some stray artifacts from that:</p><p><img src="http://www.designscomputed.com/coin_pics/mi_fish2_obv.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><img src="http://www.designscomputed.com/coin_pics/mi_fish_rev.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in