New Daniel Carr over-strike coins

Sounds good to me. Mine is still unopened in the sealed box from the US Mint ready to ship. How about a 1916 D gold merc with full bands?

 

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This has me on an amusing line of thought - it can't be "counterfeiting" if you overstrike a real coin with that exact coin, just better....

 

GOT MINE TODAY!! WHOOHOO!

They are beautiful! I will take photos this weekend, I need to setup my microscope.

Meanwhile, something was mentioned about potential stretch marks, in my mind I was dreading that they would look like the stretch marks on my wife. Neither on the coins shows stretch marks.

However, I do see the overstrike on the reverse of the dime, is very likely the dime use had a 10 degree (or so) rotation. It is quite interesting to watch this, never seen it before.

Walking Liberty shows no overstrike, but the strike looks a little weak, still, the details are very good.

These are just my initial observations. More details and photos this weekend.

 

Not being super critical, just giving my own opinion. I don't care much for the merc or walking liberty half over strikes. They look great, too great even. I think it might be cheaper to get a genuine unc coin of these, so I don't understand the allure of just a fantasy date. Now the standing liberty quarter, all barber coinage -- these are types that I may never be able to afford in nice unc grades, as genuine coins. An overstrike would be like owning a significant treasure then, for a really reasonable price. Even a barber half overstrike on ebay, graded, at 150 or so is a tiny fraction of the price of a genuine unc coin (just a unc 62 or 63, and over strikes are probably 68 or 69 so that makes it an even better deal). Unfortunately I missed the release of these overstrikes. I hope I don't miss anything else

 

The thing I like is as you pointed out being able to get a BU Barber half and a SLQ Type 1 at reasonable price.

 

We just don't want you to have kittens, that's how come we're quiet.

 

Far be it from me to get over heated Eddie........I don't even collect the stuff. I'm an avid observer, but have never indulged in the genre.......