Epic piece.
Thanks Canary and Sels, true appreciation for a genius artist of our time. When I look at the painting I visualize the train cars moving up the mountain, smoke from the engine rising and the stars twinkling in the background sky. A bit of a snow storm brewing but, the engine keeps saying I think I can, I think I can, lol. All fun stuff. |
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This was my favorite concept commissioned and painted by Ricky Allman The Little Engine that Could  |
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I could see this being auctioned for a pretty penny if the coins do come out great and are well received. Nice job on bringing something new to the table. Plus, the wrench... As someone who appreciates good movie references, I can say that you did a fine job with this concept. Congratulations and good luck with the coins! Looking forward to seeing how they come out.
The concepts I have enjoyed the most have been from my younger years for sure, the little engine that could from Ricky Allman was perhaps my favorite. I doubt I would ever do an auction for the artwork but, once the coins are made I will be open to any serious offers for sure. Again, thank you and I hope I get a chance to show off a coin, I know they will look incredible from CI. |
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I could see this being auctioned for a pretty penny if the coins do come out great and are well received. Nice job on bringing something new to the table. Plus, the wrench... As someone who appreciates good movie references, I can say that you did a fine job with this concept. Congratulations and good luck with the coins! Looking forward to seeing how they come out.
Thanks Og, appreciate the kind words. |
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Reserve 2 for me.. where do i send the doge??🤔🤔🤔🤔
Let's let CI do an official pre sale and see where we are. My best advice to all that have sent me private emails is to post your interest here on this thread Thank you |
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I think we have enough that want the coin 1.5 oz. and 38-39 mm funded 1000 doge and limited to 25 like the rare silver dogecoin one of CI's early masterpieces mintage 25.  . |
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Reserving two for a valued member on the board.
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With a Gox refund seemingly on the timeline for next year, I wonder if bigtimespaghetti will be making another coin to celebrate the occasion. It might be funny to include a coin set like this in a frame along with some of the lawsuit paperwork. I don't recall if I threw mine away or if it's still sitting in a giant envelope... I guess it's time to go find that and set it aside.
Here is mine  |
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Yes I’m in. I’d love two but will take one minimally.
I think this is the right direction and would prefer more gold and load value to increase the exclusivity of this coin. In my mind, it may be out of reach for some but the goal here is not to create many of them. The CI 10k Doge are still out there and come up for sale at times, and are excellent candidates for those who can’t afford the higher point of entry here.
In order to keep the coins rare and a low mintage I think we have to keep this at a max of 25 or less . This would allow for a few owners to have two of the coins. |
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So far there are 4 that would want one, if you posted in the previous thread please post again here. Based on the previous thread and this thread there would need to be a mintage of approximately 20 to fill the requests so far. The consensus is definitely the 1.5 oz. 38-39 mm.
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Just a humble opinion, and going against the grain here, but I would prefer a .5 ounce. If we are talking about Gold, I think 1-1.5 oz of Gold + Premium + load would price these coins out of most of the blue collar collectors here. If the thought is producing a limited run of 10 that only a few people would have the opportunity to obtain with deeper pockets, 1-1.5 oz is probably the best bet. Whatever is decided, good luck with the project and excited to see the final product!
Hey spooky, your input is always appreciated, and yes this is going to be a limited coin or we would have gone silver. I hope you stretch your pocket a little and get one since I think this will be right near the top of CI's greatest coins. |
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I think on a 1 oz gold coin it would be very small, I really think the best would be a 2 oz coin something like ognasty coins.   I think the cost starts to get prohibitive for most so I don't want to go up to 2 oz. If it's 1.5 are you in for one? |
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If enough members don't mind the increase in cost we can go with the 38-39 mm 1.5 oz gold.
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1 oz or 2 oz would be nice but pricey as it is gold and even pricier because CI coins are always more pricey than most other coins but they are great looking coins and maintain their value nicely.
Are you in for one? |
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I would like to be able to provide CI with an accurate count of how many of you will want a dogeball coin if it is 1 Oz gold and the dimensions are 32.7 mm and thickness is 2.87 mm. That is the size of the 1 oz. gold eagle which is a nice size coin. I also need to know if the coin is 38 mm 1.5 oz if you still want one since it will be a little more costly. Let me know who wants any  Here is the oil on canvas which I also obtained all the rights to the image so we could make the coins  |
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The 1 oz. gold eagle is a really nice size coin with a 32.7 mm width and 2.87 thickness. I will post a new poll with this size coin to try and get an accurate count of how many members will want one.
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I am leaning towards the 38 mm in diameter and the thickness of about 2.9 mm which I believe is the thickness of the 1 oz gold american eagle. The eagle is about 33 mm in diameter so our coins would end up just over 1 oz of gold. I'm sure once CI has calculated all the costs from start to finish, we will be able to come up with the appropriate limited mintage.
I guess for a 38-39mm coin we could do with 1.5 Oz, a Maple Leaf 2Oz is 42mm Thing is, do you mind the coin reading 1.5 Troy Oz? BTW, other metals different to gold/silver can not be minted with the current mint I am using. I have never seen a 1.5 oz. coin so it would be pretty unique, otherwise we need to go back to 1 oz and a smaller diameter like 33 mm . |
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I am leaning towards the 38 mm in diameter and the thickness of about 2.9 mm which I believe is the thickness of the 1 oz gold american eagle. The eagle is about 33 mm in diameter so our coins would end up just over 1 oz of gold. I'm sure once CI has calculated all the costs from start to finish, we will be able to come up with the appropriate limited mintage.
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