Amazingly carved, interactive Morgans

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• kevinstang Posts: 1,521 ✭✭✭

  October 17, 2018 10:31AM

  Saw a post on facebook yesterday about these....cool.

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• thebeav Posts: 3,915 ✭✭✭✭✭

  October 17, 2018 11:38AM

  I love the Holy Grail one.....

  My Ebay Coin Store

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• TommyType Posts: 4,586 ✭✭✭✭✭

  October 17, 2018 11:42AM

  I can't even imagine the delicacy of the work required to create these....(said the guy who puts himself in mortal danger whenever he picks up a screw driver).

  Easily distracted Type Collector

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• johnny9434 Posts: 29,246 ✭✭✭✭✭

  October 17, 2018 12:09PM

  i like that one, way cool

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• fastfreddie Posts: 2,905 ✭✭✭✭✭

  October 17, 2018 12:16PM

  Best thing I've seen all year!

  It is not that life is short, but that you are dead for so very long.

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• BryceM Posts: 11,857 ✭✭✭✭✭

  October 17, 2018 1:22PM

  Why doesn't the mint hire these guys? This art is infinitely more beautiful than the computer cartoon creations they're churning out.

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• silverpop Posts: 6,743 ✭✭✭✭✭

  October 17, 2018 1:30PM

  

  COINS FOR SALE AT LINK BELOW (READ CAREFULLY)
  https://photos.app.goo.gl/oqym2YtcS7ZAZ73D6

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• ricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

  October 17, 2018 3:31PM

  Those are fantastic... I have seen the first one here before... the second is really impressive. Cheers, RickO

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• yosclimber Posts: 5,050 ✭✭✭✭✭

  October 17, 2018 6:15PM edited October 17, 2018 6:25PM

  These are fun. People notice these and we get a thread on them every month or so.
  Here's my post in a similar thread from early August:
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  We discussed the "Coin Trap" device (and other carved / device coins by Roman Booteen) in a thread on June 28:
  https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/1001368/coin-trap
  His instagram has all his creations (some may be slightly NSFW):
  https://www.instagram.com/romanbooteen/
  
  Some may be "seasonally appropriate"

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• Tibor Posts: 3,691 ✭✭✭✭✭

  October 17, 2018 6:53PM

  Where can you buy them and for how much?

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• FranklinHalfAddict Posts: 688 ✭✭✭✭✭

  October 17, 2018 6:56PM

  There’s a guy on Instagram that has more intricate carvings on buffalos and Lincoln cents

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• DNADave Posts: 7,307 ✭✭✭✭✭

  October 17, 2018 6:58PM

  @BryceM said:
  Why doesn't the mint hire these guys? This art is infinitely more beautiful than the computer cartoon creations they're churning out.

  I thought the same thing. These don't have that sterile, perfect look, and look better for it.

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• hchcoin Posts: 4,837 ✭✭✭✭✭

  October 17, 2018 7:33PM

  Beautiful. I agree with @BryceM . Hire these folks at the mint.

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• yosclimber Posts: 5,050 ✭✭✭✭✭

  October 17, 2018 8:40PM edited October 17, 2018 8:46PM

  @Tibor said:
  Where can you buy them and for how much?

  Roman Booteen sells them one at a time on ebay, starting at $.99 . Around once per month.
  Usually the Morgans go for over $1000, and the Buffaloes go for $500-$1000.
  https://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback2&userid=booteen&ftab=FeedbackAsSeller&ftabfocus=true&searchInterval=30

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• Tibor Posts: 3,691 ✭✭✭✭✭

  October 17, 2018 8:44PM

  @yosclimber Thanks for the link and pricing info.

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• koynekwest Posts: 10,048 ✭✭✭✭✭

  October 17, 2018 9:58PM

  Those certainly ARE amazing!

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• CascadeChris Posts: 2,529 ✭✭✭✭✭

  October 18, 2018 8:35AM

  Here's one that sold for $10k last year...

  https://www.coinworld.com/news/us-coins/2017/08/modern-carved-morgan-dollar-sells-for-10101.all.html

  The more you VAM..

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