I have film images from the visit, all packed away. Ron took an image of me and Adam striking 14 stars from a distance. Really cool perspective. Awesome memories. ALSO have my film images at one ANA Seminar, I think Joe's first visit to Summer Seminar. Crowded mayhem. Back when there was one big event, not two sessions/classes.
When Ron offered his Medallic Arts press for sale at like $2,800 I called him up chatted about it. I loved that press but it was likely couple tons and 7 foot tall. Balls maybe weight 200 times two. Could be disassembled to put in pick up. I worked up to offer $1200 more including delivery. But it was a come & get it offer. Someone bought it for $2800 or less. At the time he was rehoming all his green paint/restored production equiptment. Later his unrestored stuff, musical instruments, engraving van, some dies... That was before he'd gone public with his health realities.
RIP Ronald Wayne Landis, Joe Rust, & Verne Walrafen.
Verne was keeper of their history & who was also my shopping nemisis when bidding / buying ebay treasures.
Cliff and Verne had a rule that who bid 1st got no competition from the other. I did not play by those rules, but was nice to know they had a gentlemans shopping agreement.
This was back when ebay displayed bidder's handles & email communication between everyone was possible.
Had I never met Ron at 1992 ANA Summer Seminar I would have never wandered into exonumia.
Would have just remained an error coin collector of Gov't Mints' Boo~Boos. GMM were so open to fullfilling my special order error coin desires and from others I was aware of. At my productive period I had a single row box hitting my mail box every month. Back when I sent a check, made phone calls. Then I eventually tappered off to no orders for many years. I was satisfied with everything they executed for me. Didn't NEED/WANT anything else. Then I jumped on the Carr Art Fantasy Coins 15 years ago. I am glad I reconnected with Ron over the phone & via facebook. I bought some .999 silver & 24k gold goodies when he relaunched his stored die pair of 1938 FIVE CENTS and of course, errors.
I had several image filled posts on Verne's Scrapbook / his Gallery Mint websites but when he passed in 2012, those bills no longer got paid so it sort of just erroded away.
There were bits and pieces accessible via The Wayback Machine last I looked 2 or 3 years ago.
But the vibrancy, most imagery is now broken links. Alot of Text is disappeared.
WALRAFEN had like 4 sites, Old Mexico Coins, Hobo Tokens, Landis Scrapbook, Fishing Locations.
@Nickpatton said:
You are wise and lucky My Lindy, wish I’d been able to see and do what you did with all those folks at Gallery Mint Museum ‼️👍
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Thanks Mr Lindy, those are so Kool ‼️
And doing the 14 stars with Ron had to really be awesome ‼️‼️👍🎯
I have film images from the visit, all packed away. Ron took an image of me and Adam striking 14 stars from a distance. Really cool perspective. Awesome memories. ALSO have my film images at one ANA Seminar, I think Joe's first visit to Summer Seminar. Crowded mayhem. Back when there was one big event, not two sessions/classes.
When Ron offered his Medallic Arts press for sale at like $2,800 I called him up chatted about it. I loved that press but it was likely couple tons and 7 foot tall. Balls maybe weight 200 times two. Could be disassembled to put in pick up. I worked up to offer $1200 more including delivery. But it was a come & get it offer. Someone bought it for $2800 or less. At the time he was rehoming all his green paint/restored production equiptment. Later his unrestored stuff, musical instruments, engraving van, some dies... That was before he'd gone public with his health realities.
RIP Ronald Wayne Landis, Joe Rust, & Verne Walrafen.
Verne was keeper of their history & who was also my shopping nemisis when bidding / buying ebay treasures.
Cliff and Verne had a rule that who bid 1st got no competition from the other. I did not play by those rules, but was nice to know they had a gentlemans shopping agreement.
This was back when ebay displayed bidder's handles & email communication between everyone was possible.
Happy Hump Day !
Lindy
These L👀K suspect to me ‼️
You are wise and lucky My Lindy, wish I’d been able to see and do what you did with all those folks at Gallery Mint Museum ‼️👍
https://www.ebay.com/itm/327273409063 for the rest of us
Thanks Nick !
Had I never met Ron at 1992 ANA Summer Seminar I would have never wandered into exonumia.
Would have just remained an error coin collector of Gov't Mints' Boo~Boos. GMM were so open to fullfilling my special order error coin desires and from others I was aware of. At my productive period I had a single row box hitting my mail box every month. Back when I sent a check, made phone calls. Then I eventually tappered off to no orders for many years. I was satisfied with everything they executed for me. Didn't NEED/WANT anything else. Then I jumped on the Carr Art Fantasy Coins 15 years ago. I am glad I reconnected with Ron over the phone & via facebook. I bought some .999 silver & 24k gold goodies when he relaunched his stored die pair of 1938 FIVE CENTS and of course, errors.
I had several image filled posts on Verne's Scrapbook / his Gallery Mint websites but when he passed in 2012, those bills no longer got paid so it sort of just erroded away.
There were bits and pieces accessible via The Wayback Machine last I looked 2 or 3 years ago.
But the vibrancy, most imagery is now broken links. Alot of Text is disappeared.
WALRAFEN had like 4 sites, Old Mexico Coins, Hobo Tokens, Landis Scrapbook, Fishing Locations.
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Yes, they look like these unauthorized versions of Dan's work:
Documented on MM website (near bottom of this link): http://www.moonlightmint.com/fakes.htm
And judging by the price ($37.50), it's unlikely they're made of silver.
At least the seller didn't mention Dan Carr or Moonlight Mint.
Successful BST transactions with forum members thebigeng, SPalladino, Zoidmeister, jacrispies, coin22lover, coinsarefun, jwitten, CommemKing.