Just got my Daniel Carr Astronaut Concept Dollar! Wow!! :)

bhartman35

Hi, Everyone.

I just got my Astronaut Dollar in the mail. It's a great design. Better than the Sac, IMHO. Here are some pics I took. (Freehand, so sorry if there's any blurriness.)

Coin In Slab

Obverse

Reverse


Pretty nice, if you ask me! Thanks, Mr. Carr!

flaminio

It's a beauty! Good show, dcarr.

Zoins

Gorgeous coin! It's probably obvious I like this design but always good to see pics

Thanks dcarr and bhartman35.

ss350camaro

Daniel Carr does excellent work !

I picked this one up from him a while back.

JapanJohn

I got the two tone astronaut coin and it's awesome. I'd love to see a coin like this circulate.

John

lordmarcovan

"One Roller"?

bhartman35

<< <i>"One Roller"? >>



Actually, I've got a question about that: In the auction's text (IIRC) it said that the text was changed to "One Roller" to comply with legislation. I've seen early pattern coinage (from the 19th century) and it seemed to have the actual denomination (e.g., "One Dollar"). Was the law changed recently, or is the difference the coin's status as a "concept" dollar?

MWallace

<< <i>Actually, I've got a question about that: In the auction's text (IIRC) it said that the text was changed to "One Roller" to comply with legislation. I've seen early pattern coinage (from the 19th century) and it seemed to have the actual denomination (e.g., "One Dollar"). Was the law changed recently, or is the difference the coin's status as a "concept" dollar? >>



Daniel Carr's pieces were privately minted and therefore he cannot use the term "Dollar". The 19th century pieces you're probably talking about were patterns struck by the US Mint. If you'll look at many of the Hard Times Tokens (circa late 1830's) and Civil War Tokens (1860's), the issuer used as a denomination "NOT ONE CENT", with the word "NOT" very small, to comply with the law.

Here is virtually everything you'd want to know about Mr. Carr's concept pieces.
LINK

bhartman35

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<< <i>Actually, I've got a question about that: In the auction's text (IIRC) it said that the text was changed to "One Roller" to comply with legislation. I've seen early pattern coinage (from the 19th century) and it seemed to have the actual denomination (e.g., "One Dollar"). Was the law changed recently, or is the difference the coin's status as a "concept" dollar? >>



Daniel Carr's pieces were privately minted and therefore he cannot use the term "Dollar". The 19th century pieces you're probably talking about were patterns struck by the US Mint. If you'll look at many of the Hard Times Tokens (circa late 1830's) and Civil War Tokens (1860's), the issuer used as a denomination "NOT ONE CENT", with the word "NOT" very small, to comply with the law.

Here is virtually everything you'd want to know about Mr. Carr's concept pieces.
LINK >>



Thanks for the clarification. I knew Mr. Carr sculpted his own designs and designed the coins w/ his software, but I wasn't aware that he minted them himself, too. That's pretty cool.

MWallace

<< <i>but I wasn't aware that he minted them himself, too. >>



He didn't. A private mint struck them for him to his specifications.

Tootawl

Daniel is a very talented guy and a very cool guy to hang around with.

13PacesEast

cool stuff.

don't care for the reverse of either one.