I found Daniel Carr's coins on eBay when I was looking for Tesla collectible coins. (The guy who invented AC current, not the metal band) Daniel submits designs on a regular basis to the mint. He has designed a couple of circulation state quarters, and now he is the "first to mint the Amero"
I just purchased a couple of Amero's for my next trip to New York. The Amero had better include only US, Mexico, & Puerto Rico... no way I'm giving up my loonies & toonies for something with an American bird & American lady liberty.
Once in a blue moon, the line between “fantasy” coins and “real-world” coins becomes blurred. These Ameros truly reflect a realistic modern-day geo-political scenario, and I think they are definitely “crossover” pieces that will have major implications in our community that go far beyond the usual impact made by a typical privately minted coin. Just days after the first pieces had been produced, members of at least one online numismatic forum were already suggesting, with some very hostile words, that Mr. Carr may be part of a conspiracy to replace the dollar under a global dictatorship. Mr. Carr, a member of that forum, replied: “Wow, I really stirred up a hornet's nest here…I guess the nest was just waiting all along and I just happened to be the one to stir it up. The coins pictured are private-issue fantasy patterns that I've designed and minted as collector's items. Maybe someday there will be government-issue ‘Amero’ currency. There is currently no law that says I can't mint and distribute Amero coins. But in the future, there may come a time when it will be illegal to make private-issue ‘Amero’ coins. But regardless of what happens, my Amero coins are the first!”
http://www.geocities.com/erik_mccrea/linksUV.html
Next time perhaps he'll consider his neighbours up to the north & incorporate a beaver, or maybe a tar sands well design, eh?
Saturday, November 17, 2007
Wednesday, August 15, 2007
US Mint to release Jefferson dollar coin - Yahoo! News
Mint Director Edmund Moy believes the new dollar coin series will be an antidote for that. And he can cite a good precedent. The Mint's 50-state quarter program, the most popular coin series in history, has gotten 150 million Americans involved in collecting the quarters that are honoring the states in the order they were admitted to the Union.
"My nieces and nephews know a lot more about geography than I did at their age and the state quarters are playing an instrumental role in that," Moy said in an interview with The Associated Press.
Source: US Mint to release Jefferson dollar coin - Yahoo! News
Sunday, July 29, 2007
Coin dealer carries $1.9M dime in pocket - Yahoo! News
Shortly after boarding the plane, Feigenbaum transferred the dime from his pants pocket to his briefcase.
"I was worried that the dime might fall out of my pocket while I was sitting down," he said.
All across the country, Feigenbaum kept checking to make sure the dime was safe by reaching into his briefcase to feel for it.
"It's the Holy Grail of coins," he said.
Source: Coin dealer carries $1.9M dime in pocket - Yahoo! News
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
"He Tames the Thundering Bolt of Jove and Annihilates Time and Space".
Only 74 coins minted.
Detailed Description
Nikola Tesla 1856-2006 Sesquicentennial Medal.
The obverse shows Nikola Tesla manipulating time and space, with a quote he wrote about man in 1906:
"He Tames the Thundering Bolt of Jove and Annihilates Time and Space".The reverse shows a symbolic representation of Tesla's 3-phase AC power system electrifying the Earth, along with the dates 1856 - 2006.
Conceived, designed, sculpted, and engraved by Daniel Carr.
Source: 2006 Nikola Tesla Sesquicentennial Medal, 38mm, 1.5", 1 Troy Oz 999 Silver. - 0014SS1
Friday, May 18, 2007
Shipwreck yields estimated $500M haul - Yahoo! News
Coins at the bottom of the sea...
We have treated this site with kid gloves and the archaeological work done by our team out there is unsurpassed," Odyssey CEO John Morris said. "We are thoroughly documenting and recording the site, which we believe will have immense historical significance."
Odyssey stock shot up 80.9 percent Friday, closing at $8.32.
Thursday, May 17, 2007
Nation's second president on dollar coin - Yahoo! News
The US has gone Loonie...
The Mint's new formula has borrowed from the 50-state quarter program, the most popular coin program in history, which has lured millions of Americans into becoming coin collectors.
Like the quarters, the dollar coins will feature constantly changing designs — four new presidents each year in the order they served in office.
Source: Nation's second president on dollar coin - Yahoo! News
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Canadian Paper Money Forum - Index
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