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**DESIGN PERIOD COMPLETE - 2007 BYOAC Token BACK SIDE Design Thread**

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Santoro:

OK... I've been holding the door open for mr.Curmudgeon to get his submission in.  If anyone else wants to submit please do so ASAP.  The double-final super drop-dead closing date is midnight friday (eastern time.)  I promise no more extensions\delays.

mr.Curmudgeon:

Doh! I've had it done since just after the *last* deadline. Looks like we've both been too busy for our own good. I designed a front and a back that are designed to go together as a theme. I'm just going to post them both here for now, I can split the image up to seperate threads if that's more appropriate.

Anyhow, I'm a big fan of Steam Punk stuff, so my token design is part of that genre. The central theme is based on the challenge stated on the coin, "How Retro Can You Go?", which is an homage to one of the core aspects of this hobby..our love of the past, and our desire to recreate it.

The idea behind some of the details is that the coin was hand-crafted years ago, using a watchmakers time-honored attention to detail and a showman's penchant for flair. Imagine, if you will, that it were two thin coins, (like magicians trick coins), intricately machined together, so that one (toothed) outer edge could be turned with the fingers, causing the tiny gears to spin, in turn, rotating the stars on the back, which would then (using pins that go through the coin) rotate all the "stars" on the front face of the coin. (ie: so all the stars on the coin are rotating). Trust me, I'm mental. I planned this whole thing out as if it could actually work.

There are ten stars on the coin, each with ten facets, which represent the 10 years that BYOAC has been helping all of us relive our past, and challenging us with the question, "How Retro Can You Go?"

Originally, versions one and two were even more detailed, but then I realized I was working on a token that was going to be 25mm in diameter. Duh.


Version 3 - Click to Zoom



Version 4 - Click to Zoom
(a little less detail on the text)


Love 'em or hate 'em, there they are.
mrC



KDOG:

I like it :applaud:

siropa:

I like them mr.Curmudgeon. They really remind me of old tokens from arcades.

Pixelhugger:

I love them. And I hate them. I hate them for being so much more amazing than anything I could do. I hate them for being so f%$%*ING cool I'm gonna hafta fork over more much needed cabinet money just to hold these intricate little beauties in my hand!

Having gone the rounds with the mint several times now, IMO nothing so far would hold a candle to the feel of these actually minted with all that insane detail. I like steampunk stuff too, but aside from that these are so unusual and would look so incredible in metal I feel like I've gotta have them. I'm sure some people will beg to differ since they are decidedly more "retro" than the hobby in general, but I think that makes them that much cooler. These have to be the most "token" like of anything we've done so far.

Wow!

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