My latest just arrived...

My latest Daniel Carr fantasy issue just arrived. Very happy with it--in the flip for now, and getting sent off to ANACS this week. The marks on the obverse are DEFINITELY on the flip, not the coin.

 

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Congrats!

 

Carr does good work.

 

Now how did I know what I'd see when I opened this thread

 

Definitely a nice looking piece! While I may prefer non-fantasy coins, this is a pretty looking one.

 

I hate to say it, but that looks like costume jewelry.

 

I hate to nit pick but.....That looks like a C4 reverse, which was retired in 1904.
I would expect to see a D1 or D2 reverse used , if they ever actually minted these. So I guess , what I'm saying is, this coin isn't historically correct.

Ironically, the Chinese made the same mistake on some of there counterfeit Morgans, using a D1 reverse for some pre-1904 Morgans. Hmmmmmmmmm

Side note- So this is what it feels like to be @SuperDave

 

Good point but if I had to guess I'd think that dan wanted it to be as historically faithful to the true Morgan design as possible. The 1921 designs are the closest the U.S. mint ever came to making a counterfeit coin

 

Official Mint productions/issues can never be counterfeits.

 

Really? You don't say. The point is that they had to copy a US mint design to its exact specifications from scratch.

 

That is not a coin.

 

Lovely coin, he did a great job with these.

 

Sure it is. Its just been altered

 

It is a restrike. That is a coin, or to be technical, a fantasy issue.

 

Seriously? You openly and quite reasonably use the word "copy" when it's the mint doing the copying, yet when it comes to Carr doing it, you've steadfastly insisted he's not copying anything. Do you honestly not see the problem with this?

 

?? He is copying the design. I can copy it, you can copy it, anyone can copy it to use as they please. It freely belongs to all of us. Then he just changes it around a bit to suit his desire. Don't know where that's coming from. Anyway, that has nothing to about the history of the 1921 Morgan design

 

Really? So I can make lead planchets in my basement and copy the design 100%? That seems doubtful to me.

Let's keep this on my hypothetical - I will not discuss legality of fantasy coins in this thread out of respect for the OP.

 

My only response to this crowd for this thread.

You do the reverse, the Mint has designed nothing and owns no designs.

Then respect the OP and make your own thread, no one cares about the crying anymore

 

Nice one! Looks like MS69.

 

Looks great! Thanks for sharing.