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<p>[QUOTE="Endeavor, post: 2169027, member: 60292"]Excuse me Mr. Carr, but it's very difficult to buy your story that you do it mainly for fun when you are selling your coins for profit. It appears to be substantial profit also, but that's not for me to say.</p><p><br /></p><p>I know you have support from some collectors, but I always felt that you are walking a fine line between ethical and unethical. I don't know if you would have made as much money, but I honestly believe you would have made a better name for yourself creating original work.</p><p><br /></p><p>The main issue I have with your work is not your motive however. I just think it's not in the best interest of the hobby that you are helping to insert coins into the market place which could (and most likely will) be used by con artists. I don't believe taking "<i>genuine</i> coins, deface them changing the date to a date that was never issued for that type" is beneficial to the hobby. If you really cared about the hobby more than anything else, I don't think you would be doing this.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This is a meaningless comment. To begin with, how do we know you are not making counterfeit coins? Are we supposed to believe you would tell us?</p><p><br /></p><p>Now if you were to counterfeit and get caught you would go to jail. But why do that when you just replicate coins without stamping "copy" on them due to a technicality in the law?</p><p><br /></p><p>I have to say, the more you attempt to defend your work the worse it makes you look, in my opinion.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Endeavor, post: 2169027, member: 60292"]Excuse me Mr. Carr, but it's very difficult to buy your story that you do it mainly for fun when you are selling your coins for profit. It appears to be substantial profit also, but that's not for me to say. I know you have support from some collectors, but I always felt that you are walking a fine line between ethical and unethical. I don't know if you would have made as much money, but I honestly believe you would have made a better name for yourself creating original work. The main issue I have with your work is not your motive however. I just think it's not in the best interest of the hobby that you are helping to insert coins into the market place which could (and most likely will) be used by con artists. I don't believe taking "[I]genuine[/I] coins, deface them changing the date to a date that was never issued for that type" is beneficial to the hobby. If you really cared about the hobby more than anything else, I don't think you would be doing this. This is a meaningless comment. To begin with, how do we know you are not making counterfeit coins? Are we supposed to believe you would tell us? Now if you were to counterfeit and get caught you would go to jail. But why do that when you just replicate coins without stamping "copy" on them due to a technicality in the law? I have to say, the more you attempt to defend your work the worse it makes you look, in my opinion.[/QUOTE]
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