A Big Shout Out to Dave Wnuck and a great 1796 Proof Family Portrait

coinsarefun · June 7, 2018 12:12PM

Thanks to Dave as he contacted me regarding the 1796 Proof Set by Gallery Mint Museum.
I just received it today and took some group photos's......makes for a nice family portrait
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Smudge · June 7, 2018 12:37PM

Nice presentation.

Justacommeman · June 7, 2018 12:54PM

Awesome!!

Dave is great

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Gluggo · June 7, 2018 12:55PM

Beautiful!

coinsarefun · June 7, 2018 12:59PM

Thanks everyone.......I'm going to steal some words and descriptions from @messydesk as he describes it the best,
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"One of the things that the GMM coins were meant to do was reproduce not only the pieces, but also the manufacturing method of the early mint, from maintaining a screw press all the way down to hand-engraving dies and punches. The skill at which this was all executed was one of the big things that attracted me to these reproductions. Ron Landis' work outside the GMM repros, including not only hand-engraved coins, but also on steel guitars, dobros, French horn valve caps (not mine, but someone's who I sent to him), and pretty much anything else metal that needs engraving, is top notch."

Boosibri · June 7, 2018 1:02PM

Great design, presentation and dealer

steveben · June 7, 2018 1:13PM

i really like gallery mint coins...and that is a great set!

RogerB · June 7, 2018 1:19PM

Beautiful set. Are the "gold" pieces gold in your set?

....and every reproduction is correctly marked with the word "COPY" as required by law.

coinsarefun · June 7, 2018 1:24PM

@RogerB said:
Beautiful set. Are the "gold" pieces gold in your set?

....and every reproduction is correctly marked with the word "COPY" as required by law.

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Yes, the gold are gold, they are exact weight and composition

Timbuk3 · June 7, 2018 1:42PM

Sweet !!!

messydesk · June 7, 2018 2:04PM

Great set!

LotsoLuck · June 7, 2018 4:08PM

Very cool Stef!

coinsarefun · June 7, 2018 5:57PM

@LotsoLuck said:
Very cool Stef!

Nice to see you dropping by again!

CoinCrazyPA · June 7, 2018 6:53PM

Nice set

ricko · June 8, 2018 7:27AM

That is a very beautiful set Stef.... Congratulations on a really nice addition to your already great collection. Cheers, RickO

DaveWcoins · June 8, 2018 2:18PM

Thanks for the kind words Stef et al.

But I do want to give credit where credit is due. Those photos were taken by Stefanie, and they are magnificent!

coinsarefun · June 8, 2018 2:30PM

@DaveWcoins said:
Thanks for the kind words Stef et al.

But I do want to give credit where credit is due. Those photos were taken by Stefanie, and they are magnificent!

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Thanks Dave, I laid them all out together on a black mat and took the pic. I took individual pics and those are even nicer.
When I have time I will assemble them altogether and it will look great.

Bullsitter · June 9, 2018 9:21AM

Too cool.....

coinsarefun · June 11, 2018 8:43PM

I made another grouping of the coins. Very similar to the way they would sit in the wooden box
but you see both sides of the coin, I'm not sure as this might look to busy looking, so.........which wallpaper do you prefer?
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coinsarefun · June 11, 2018 8:55PM

I also did one with a black background .
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7Jaguars · June 11, 2018 9:30PM

I'll vote for the last!

cameonut2011 · June 11, 2018 9:42PM

@coinsarefun - The black background makes the pieces stand out more IMHO. That's why a lot of dealers will photograph cameo coins on a black background.

A Big Shout Out to Dave Wnuck and a great 1796 Proof Family Portrait

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