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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;OldGoldGuy, post: 2140958, member: 72697&quot;]Conrgats, you have managed to make yourself look like one of the most pompous, arrogant members available. I know with you being a &quot;supporter&quot; of CT that I should know better than to bump heads, or, depending how tightly you suckle from any of the headhunting mods&#039; teets, disagree with anything you say. But, I guess it is in my nature to feel the need to humble those in need of a strong dose, as well as being fundamentally wrong.</p><p><br /></p><p>I would reason that my knowledge of the minting process, the metals utilized, the machinery utilized, the processes and specifications utilized, etc, by the mint, along with a background in chemistry (and for your weak analogy, lets throw nuclear physics in as well) rivals if not surpasses your own. We can measure by level of degrees earned and if necessary, argue later about quality of university said degree(s) were earned at.</p><p><br /></p><p>I know that throwing around irrelevant data works with most, that wouldnt have to be too hard, if your IQ was simply 111, you would be smarter than &gt;51% of the population according to the most recent available data following a normal distribution. However, as indicated with your pompousness, I doubt you have entered the 120&#039;s. Which would leave us a healthy few or more DECADES apart in that category.</p><p><br /></p><p>How you interjected the minting process into PERFECT UNIDENTIFIABLE REPLICATION of a coin is ridiculous. Your argument is producing a unique design with no limitations on its process, the others is to mimic the resultant product - I see NO EXAMPLE provided of a laser scanning machine coupled with a laser etching device to make a die, that could then, as you insist on discussing, replicate the minting process from that point on. Show me that and I kindly bow to you and say &quot;Thanks, I didnt think the $5.3M scanner and $12.7M Laser etching device provided would be, as I originally stated, an ECONOMICALLY FEASIBLE concept. The cost of machinery alone is ridiculous - that is, for our poor, unfortunate overly stereotyped peasant chinese forger, but yes, congrats on providing a link to machinery capable; I will begin worrying when it is <u>commercially</u> and <u>economically</u> a threat&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>Don&#039;t try to throw your own intelligence around. Hang on to it, it is a dwindling resource.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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