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1. Our own Dan Carr in the news....9News Denver, CO: "Loveland man mints coins for USS Colorado"

   

   Discussion by Goldbully · March 19, 2018 6:20AM · Home› U.S. Coin Forum

   Kudos to Dan. Daniel Carr was asked to create two special coins for the commission of the Navy's latest attack submarine, the USS Colorado. Author: Nelson Garcia Published: 9:34 PM MDT March 17, 2018 Updated: 10:11 AM MDT March 18, 2018 Making things memorable is the business of Daniel Carr at his workshop called Moonlight…

2. Re: Our own Dan Carr in the news....9News Denver, CO: "Loveland man mints coins for USS Colorado"

   

   

   Comment by Bullsitter · March 19, 2018 12:19PM · Home› U.S. Coin Forum

   Picked up these 2 pieces at the USS Colorado website last month.

3. Re: Our own Dan Carr in the news....9News Denver, CO: "Loveland man mints coins for USS Colorado"

   

   Comment by JBK · March 19, 2018 8:56AM · Home› U.S. Coin Forum

   I guess I'm in for one. A good cause top be sure. The USS Colorado is a first of sorts: the thingie that used to be called a periscope (now it is called something else) is controlled for the first time with a Game Boy-style video game control. Heard this on the news. If that isn't a sign of the changing generations I don't…

4. Re: Our own Dan Carr in the news....9News Denver, CO: "Loveland man mints coins for USS Colorado"

   

   Comment by dcarr · March 19, 2018 5:16PM · Home› U.S. Coin Forum

   That is the main control panel. It shows the status of all systems (green LED = ok, red LED = fault or off). It is also for starting and stopping the motor, setting the motor direction, controlling multi-strike mode, and it has displays which show the number of strikes since the last reset.

5. Re: Our own Dan Carr in the news....9News Denver, CO: "Loveland man mints coins for USS Colorado"

   

   Comment by Zoins · March 19, 2018 9:02AM · Home› U.S. Coin Forum

   Does this make it more susceptible to an EMP?

6. Re: Our own Dan Carr in the news....9News Denver, CO: "Loveland man mints coins for USS Colorado"

   

   Comment by CaptHenway · March 19, 2018 8:03AM · Home› U.S. Coin Forum

   Way to go, Dan!

7. Re: Our own Dan Carr in the news....9News Denver, CO: "Loveland man mints coins for USS Colorado"

   

   Comment by oih82w8 · March 19, 2018 6:33AM · Home› U.S. Coin Forum

   These are pretty cool!

8. Re: Our own Dan Carr in the news....9News Denver, CO: "Loveland man mints coins for USS Colorado"

   

   Comment by Gluggo · March 19, 2018 7:39PM · Home› U.S. Coin Forum

   I am glad to see you take safety serious by wearing your safety glasses. Good job sir.

9. Re: Our own Dan Carr in the news....9News Denver, CO: "Loveland man mints coins for USS Colorado"

   

   

   Comment by Goldbully · March 19, 2018 6:35PM · Home› U.S. Coin Forum

   Very interesting. Was the control panel manufactured with the original Grabener press in 1986?

10. Re: Our own Dan Carr in the news....9News Denver, CO: "Loveland man mints coins for USS Colorado"

    

    Comment by CaptHenway · March 20, 2018 6:19AM · Home› U.S. Coin Forum

    Don't you remember the movie "A Christmas Coin Story" where Ralphie wanted a Graebner Coin Press for Christmas and Santa Claus said "You'll put your eye out, kid!" :)