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<p>[QUOTE="Drusus, post: 663804, member: 6370"]I am not making celtic coins. I made a few a while ago that would never ever pass as real. It had an Odin obverse and a flower reverse (similar to the birthday coin flower)...nothing like that ever existed and the style of the reverse was modern.</p><p> </p><p>I am now trying to make a coin that is in the STYLE of a crusader coin. I dont plan to put anything special on the coin to mark it as a replica (which it isnt, it is fantasy) save inscriptions that would NEVER be found on such a coin and a style well enough removed from the actual style of these coins. I wouldnt worry...even if I manage to make a good looking coin, it will never be confused for real. These are just experiments. I am not trying to make perfect replicas to decieve...The end result, I am hoping, will be a tribute to a coin style on the obverse...and something modern on the reverse...like maybe cointalk, coinpeople, or my own website.</p><p> </p><p>Tell you what...if I actually get a coin produced that is even halfway competent...I post it, and you think it is deceptive. I will melt it down and burn a mark on the die...I promise. I dont ever want to be accused of try to introduce fakes...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Drusus, post: 663804, member: 6370"]I am not making celtic coins. I made a few a while ago that would never ever pass as real. It had an Odin obverse and a flower reverse (similar to the birthday coin flower)...nothing like that ever existed and the style of the reverse was modern. I am now trying to make a coin that is in the STYLE of a crusader coin. I dont plan to put anything special on the coin to mark it as a replica (which it isnt, it is fantasy) save inscriptions that would NEVER be found on such a coin and a style well enough removed from the actual style of these coins. I wouldnt worry...even if I manage to make a good looking coin, it will never be confused for real. These are just experiments. I am not trying to make perfect replicas to decieve...The end result, I am hoping, will be a tribute to a coin style on the obverse...and something modern on the reverse...like maybe cointalk, coinpeople, or my own website. Tell you what...if I actually get a coin produced that is even halfway competent...I post it, and you think it is deceptive. I will melt it down and burn a mark on the die...I promise. I dont ever want to be accused of try to introduce fakes...[/QUOTE]
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