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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;krispy, post: 628509, member: 19065&quot;]<b>VIPER:</b> I know the two are different coins... there was no mix up. Not sure how you arrived at that. Anyway, each coin even has different counter-stamps besides their dates. The 1937 at the top of page one doesn&#039;t show the reverse. So how can you tell from the flattened area that this is &#039;carved&#039;? The 1955-D on page 2 also has a flattened area and it does show the reverse. It is counter-stamped. Others have concurred. </p><p><br /></p><p>You haven&#039;t explained how the symbol was carved at all. I&#039;ve worked with copper and practiced engraving. Copper is soft enough to hammer and shape with tools, gouge with burins and burnish with oils and steel tools, but I fail to see any evidence of this piece being &#039;carved&#039;, on an already hardened coin. If you can show me any serious evidence to the contrary then please do tell. I am very interested to know. <b>IF</b> indeed this was carved, the amount of time and effort to do this at this scale would take significant skill, man-hours and effort. There would be very few like it and if lost and found in circulation, very much WORTH collecting. Correct, the value is subjective. But given other factors as I speculated in my queries to Camaro and this supposed hand-shaping (carving) of the metal on a miniature scale, well worth a premium.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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