Is this NT or AT ???????

dcarr

jayboxx

I don't know but it is pretty darn cool looking.

Bruceswar

100% Sunny

Russ

It's rather attractively done.

Russ, NCNE

rainbowroosie

AT but neat

drwstr123

It's a miracle! (and very cool too)

TorinoCobra71

AT, but cool as all heck!

TorinoCobra71

Baley

ArTfully Done

dcarr

Thanks,

Actually, it is NT. And here is the logic behind that claim.
Yes, this coin is intentionally toned. But I'm the minter of this coin. And, as such, I can issue it with any finish I want. So this is the original finish, as issued, on this specimen. So can a coin with the original finish, as issued, ever be considered "AT" ?

PS: This is the original design chosen by Maine before the US Mint modified it (see link below):
Coin World article

Whizzard

I like that Maine reverse!

MrSpud

Interesting!

TheRegulator

A state quarter I actually like!

HighRelief

Tastefully done AT, I like it

Myqqy

tsacch

AT all day, original or not.....AT

GoldenEyeNumismatics

100% AT and 100% cool

oldcameoproofsguy

That would be NT on the surface of Venus.

MrXing

very prety

Shamika

At or not, I like it!

Boom

Pretty. So, let me get this straight. You are saying that you are a US Mint employee and did this purposely?

clw54

AT, and I haven't even looked at the picture.

dcarr

<< <i>Pretty. So, let me get this straight. You are saying that you are a US Mint employee and did this purposely? >>



No, I'm not a US Mint employee. I'm an "independent". If you look at the picture in the first post, and compare it to a US Mint Maine state quarter, you will see that the subject matter is the same, but the designs are different.

I submitted a design to the state of Maine in their state quarter design contest. That design won, and was chosen by Maine for their quarter. But the US Mint modified it by keeping the same theme but re-arranging it. Folks in Maine didn't like the Mint's version (see link to Coin World article earlier in this thread).

The coin pictured in the beginning of this thread is a specimen that I minted using the original sculpture that I submitted to the state of Maine.

ER

<< <i>AT all day, original or not.....AT >>

michael

AT

jdsinva

So this is really an artfully disguised spam thread? Where's the spam icon?

Edited: No spam icon but vegemite is just as nasty. . .

JRocco

For a suggestion- next time leave the area directly around the light bulb in the tower pure brilliant silver color...

dcarr

<< <i>So this is really an artfully disguised spam thread? Where's the spam icon? >>



Sorry, inadvertant vegemite content removed from earlier post.

jayboxx

So this is really an artfully disguised spam thread? Where's the spam icon?

How is this spam?

dcarr

<< <i>For a suggestion- next time leave the area directly around the light bulb in the tower pure brilliant silver color... >>



I might try that, if I ever do another one.

19Lyds

Nice work Daniel! I wonder what this will look like is say 20 years or so?

Xokie

I guess that all of the above makes this a "so-called quarter."

dcarr

<< <i>I guess that all of the above makes this a "so-called quarter." >>



I like that. "So-Called Quarters". That's what I'll call them. I've made about 20 different ones so far. I'm going to do all 50 states eventually.

dcarr

<< <i>Nice work Daniel! I wonder what this will look like is say 20 years or so? >>



Probably similar, but darker.

Boom

Enlightening thread.