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Parody coin designer Daniel Carr has launched production of an "amero" coin which he is marketing to coin dealers and collectors.Blogger Daniel Taylor called attention to Carr's "amero" parody, commenting, "Pictures of the supposedly designed and coined 'amero' have been making the rounds on the Internet lately, causing a stir among those aware of real proposals for a common currency between the United States, Canada, and Mexico."Carr notes on his website that,"These 'private-issue fantasy pattern' ameros will be struck as an annual series (until such time as it is no longer legal to do so), starting in the later part of 2007.""I think of myself as a sculptor," Carr told WND. "I am a professional coin designer and I specialize in the design and the engraving of the coin. The goal is to make a coin that is interesting and attractive." "Like any artist I have to survive by selling my work," Carr said. "I have been reading about the amero and I started asking myself what I would come up with if I was in charge of minting the amero coin for the North American Union."In 1999, Carr was the designer of the 2001 New York and Rhode Island commemorative statehood quarters for the U.S. Mint.His designs were selected as the winners in a competition with 14 state designers from outside the mint and 10 from within the mint that were asked to create the five statehood quarters minted in 1999."Truthfully, I prefer the Union of North America," he explained, "because then you end up with U.N.A. and you can say 'UNA,' whereas you can't really say 'NAU' in a word."
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