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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Paddy54, post: 2313387, member: 19250&quot;]I remember&nbsp; a day of defacing&nbsp; American&nbsp; money was illegal . A day when on TV and movies money couldn&#039;t&nbsp; be filmed or photographed. My issues aren&#039;t&nbsp; a personal attack against&nbsp; his work, as his token pieces are quite nice. </p><p>However......... stamping over U.S coinage to me is a crime .</p><p>A crime that any collector&nbsp; should recognize , and denounce.&nbsp; As collectors&nbsp; we cherish&nbsp; these little round disc.</p><p>We relate to the history they saw and that we as collectors&nbsp; now hold in our hands.&nbsp; Holding a coin to me means a lot,it means it is or was while in circulation&nbsp; legal&nbsp; tender.&nbsp; </p><p>Don&#039;t&nbsp; you ever think when holding a Morgan, a bust half who may of one time owned this? What&#039;s&nbsp; its&nbsp; story, and every coin has a story. Did it travel across this nation,did it slide across a bar to buy a nickel beer.&nbsp; Was it in the pocket of a soldier&nbsp; at Gettysburg , or given to a child as a special&nbsp; gift? </p><p>Every time a coin is destroyed&nbsp; so is a story. So is history,so is the chance another collector&nbsp; can be a part of that coins history.</p><p>I myself love art and appreciate&nbsp; it but art shouldn&#039;t&nbsp; forsake another art form for its&nbsp; existence . </p><p>My next issue is this...... and I can appreciate&nbsp; that one man&#039;s junk is another&#039;s&nbsp; treasure. But only time will tell as value is in the eye of the be holder . And only the test of time will tell if these over strikes will hold value.</p><p>When you look at a coins mintage&nbsp; you know for certain&nbsp; that number is it......there be no more minted.</p><p>With all respect&nbsp; to Mr. Carr he can make as many of his issues as he please. He can reissue,&nbsp; any time any amount he wishes.....what does that do for value?</p><p>An example&nbsp; artists&nbsp; like Picasso&nbsp; did reproductions for years. Yes some are worth a small fortune&nbsp; ,and others are just a bargain copy. Signed by him with a coa, and never hold value.</p><p>I&#039;m&nbsp; not&nbsp; trying&nbsp; to tell a member or anyone&nbsp; what or what not to collect&nbsp; or spend their hard earned&nbsp; dollars on.</p><p>But when it comes to numismatics&nbsp; each coin to me is a survivor , a history to be passed on .......they are only ours for a short&nbsp; time,then property&nbsp; of another who has the right to enjoy the same pride in ownership&nbsp; and share the history.</p><p>History destroyed is history lost.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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