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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;element159, post: 26062709, member: 112949&quot;]But they *ARE* genuine U.S. Mint issues. I believe that Dan strikes these using genuine U.S. Mint issues as blanks. So that apparent 1933 DDO $5 half-eagle is coined on an ACTUAL $5 gold half-eagle, so it is entirely genuine legal tender of the general kind it purports to be. Of course, it is not an actual 1933 dated coin, that part is completely fabricated, it is really some other year. In a way, it is like carving a hobo nickel, what you have is still a perfectly valid nickel, but it was not minted with that design. Doing this alteration with a coin press takes this transformation to another level.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m not sure if I personally like these or not, they are definitely provocative and controversial, but that all can make you think, like art does, which I think is good.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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