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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Hobo, post: 1615013, member: 11521&quot;]I have had the pleasure of visiting Dan Carr&#039;s Moonlight Mint and actually striking medals on his coin press. I have purchased some of Dan&#039;s fantasy pieces and viewed the actual dies that strike (or struck) those pieces. </p><p><br /></p><p>Dan explained that he scans a genuine example of a coin into his computer and digitally alters the date before making a die for his fantasy piece. When he strikes the fantasy pieces he uses a genuine example of the coin as the planchet so that he reduces the population of genuine examples by one for every fantasy piece he creates. (For example, his Oregon Trail fantasy pieces are struck over genuine Oregon Trail Half Dollars.) </p><p><br /></p><p>Dan&#039;s fantasy pieces are high quality but it is very easy to spot the differences between the fantasy pieces and genuine coins. His fantasy pieces typically have a satin finish and will often have several tool marks or other stray marks that are easy to spot. </p><p><br /></p><p>Dan Carr is not some fly-by-night guy with a coin press cranking out worthless crap. In case you did not know this, he designed the New York and Rhode Island State Quarters. You should read some of his numismatic accomplishments <a href="http://www.designscomputed.com/coins/resume.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.designscomputed.com/coins/resume.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>I like his work (and I like Dan as a person) and I don&#039;t think what he is doing harms the hobby at all. In fact, I support Dan&#039;s efforts and plan to purchase more of his fantasy pieces in the future.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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