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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dcarr, post: 2177492, member: 4781&quot;]You made it about me. I am responding to your assertions and criticisms. You were the one that claimed I was &quot;robbing the legacy&quot; of the coin&#039;s designer by over-striking it. I pointed out that, in my opinion, &quot;hobo&quot; carving was a lot closer to &quot;robbing the legacy&quot; of the designer that an over-strike which is faithful to the original design. And while you had an issue with the over-strikes, you did not seem to have any problem with &quot;hobo&quot; carving a coin. So this was in no way a deflection - it was a direct reply to your assertion.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This is not correct. I NEVER claimed the designs were mine. The certificates for the over-strikes ALWAYS state the name of the coin&#039;s original designer above mine. Look at the certificate posted in this thread (post # 679). And also note that the &quot;B&quot; for &quot;Barber&quot; is still present on the neck truncation after the over-strike.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>As I said above, they are not my designs and I never claimed them to be. I do claim that I arranged the digit placements and chose the font style of the changed digits of the fantasy date.</p><p><br /></p><p>But we will disagree on the part about the over-strikes being &quot;copies&quot;. An analogy would be a restored and re-painted Mustang automobile with different wheels put on it. It is not a &quot;COPY&quot; of a Mustang - it is a restored (altered) genuine Mustang.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have received a vast number of emails and other communications from collectors who tell me how much they enjoy collecting the over-strikes. If not for the &quot;collector enjoyment&quot; that people get from them, I wouldn&#039;t produce them. I like making them because they are a challenge, and I like unusual coins. Yes, I make some profit producing them, but there are a lot of expenses in running a mint, even a small one. Only about 25% of my total business is fantasy-date over-strikes. The rest is commissioned minting jobs and/or original-design works.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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