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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;brg5658, post: 1413010, member: 29751&quot;]For the record, I never once said I thought they were counterfeits.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I find the continuation of the US series with &quot;non-existing&quot; year coin to be pieces created for two reasons:&nbsp; 1) As curiosities for people, and 2) to make money.&nbsp; Mr. Carr has no intellectual property or artistic involvement in these designs other than copying the US Government&#039;s designs and changing the dates.&nbsp; His &quot;unique&quot; and &quot;clever&quot; slight changes are to avoid prosecution, not some artistic genius.</p><p><br /></p><p>Mr. Carr&#039;s other pieces, like for example the Ameros pieces, are quite artistic.&nbsp; I will state that for the record I consider him a very talented artist at heart.&nbsp; But, again, in my <b>personal </b>collecting I find these to be trinkets manipulated in mintage to the benefit of Mr. Carr financially.&nbsp; In addition, I find it unfortunate that the US Mint has not adopted some of Mr. Carr&#039;s designs, as they are far more beautiful than some of the current series designs.</p><p><br /></p><p>On an aside, it made me chuckle to be accused of a &quot;diatribe&quot; for my original 5-sentence reply.&nbsp; And, all the more funny was that this accusation came in a six-paragraph, insulting, and ad-hominem rant.&nbsp; If anyone wants to collect the pieces of Mr. Carr, then that is their prerogative.&nbsp; That in no way means that others have to agree with them or justify their dislike of the items.&nbsp; That&#039;s the premise of an <b>opinion</b>.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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