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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dcarr, post: 2169043, member: 4781&quot;]Yes, I do make a profit which pays the bills. Making a profit doesn&#039;t make it any less fun.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Perhaps you are not aware of my &quot;original work&quot;. So far I&#039;ve produced about 14 fantasy-date over-strike coin types. But I have minted 32 different coin club medals, many dozens of UNA &quot;Amero&quot; coins with original designs, a dozen different modern &quot;Hard Times&quot; tokens with original designs, several state quarter designs, a few dozen trade tokens, a couple dozen other medals of various themes, half a dozen cobs, a couple dozen bullion coins, etc. So fantasy-date over-strike coins are only a small percentage of the various issues I produce. Time will tell how I will be viewed in the future, but some historic names that seem comparable are: Boggs; Dickeson; Scott; Lovett; Lesher; Elder.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Every coin issued by the US Mint could be used by a con artist in some way to bilk someone. The most common occurrence is VF and EF coins that are polished and sold as &quot;BU&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>That is an opinion that you are certainly entitled to. But I would refer to Morgandude11 post # 345 in this thread. Many advanced collectors appreciate the opportunity and enjoy adding these ancillary items to their collections.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The truth is never &quot;meaningless&quot;. Yes, you should believe me.</p><p><br /></p><p>I disagree with the premise that I am &quot;replicating&quot; coins. That is not the right word to describe what I do. A more accurate descriptor would be &quot;altering&quot; or &quot;defacing&quot;. If a &quot;hobo&quot; nickel carver engraved a &quot;1939&quot; date on a Buffalo nickel, would that be &quot;counterfeiting&quot; ? I think not. Defacement or alteration yes. Counterfeiting no.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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