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you will find, if you havent already, people here can be very nitpicky. Try calling a 1 cent coin a penny and you will get people telling you 'the US does NOT issue a penny, they issue a 1 cent coin!!1!'

So when you come in with a token and you call it a coin, someone will feel a need to correct you...its like when a person uses there instead of their, this happens all the time and I seldom if ever correct a person as I know what they meant...but without fail SOMEONE will ignore the actual subject and say 'its their not there'...it makes them feel better that they know more maybe? It can also be an attempt to belittle and raise themselves up a bit.

With me, if a person tells me there is no US penny, I will call it a penny in every post...because, of course, people know what you mean, it is a common term used in the US for a 1 cent coin whether they choose accept it or not

I like to use the phrase medal/coin as well...some people will jump all over that with reasons why it cant be both...or I will call a token a coin for the heck of it and see who pops in and contributes nothing to the thread but a lecture as to why it isnt a coin...if you cant have a little fun pushing a sensitive button or two...what can you do. Of course we all know what you meant when you said what you said...

 

Here is the point. We are in the Numismatic hobby and have a stricter definition of what constitutes a coin than J6P. For a collector at a minimum it must be monetarized by a sovereign government and/or be/have been accepted in trade and commerce in a region, country or area. If it doesn't at least meet this qualifications then it is NOT a coin and is a token, novelty piece or medal insted.

If J6P wants to call pepperoni on a pizza a coin (as your linked definitions says) or a round piece of medal with their name engraved on it a coin then fine but we as collectors should aspire to rise above J6P's mediocrity.

 

I you don't mind me saying this statement conjures visions of waste matter deposited on the ground by equine...or if I were to aspire to rise above mediocrity (and why not?), I might just say its horsesh--

 

I never expected this post to go this far, but that's what we are here for. Anyway, the English language is a very colorful language, in that, bass can have different meanings, and prison guards, brick masons, etc. use the same word but as a different meaning, as do different sections of the US.

Some coin collectors like to call themselves Numismatist because it sounds more professional, and they don't think of themselves as just a coin collector. We can discuss what should be and what shouldn't be and all the nuances of our language, but we really can't get anywhere with that.

I will say this; It's hard wired into most people's mind that a flat round shape is a coin. At least, on first thought, but an experienced collector would realize the difference between a flat, round metal tab or token and actual coinage. But the fact remains, that we think coin first.

While we are on the same subject. A blank planchet is a coin and we can tell what denomination by the size, metal content and weight, but try to spend it. Also, a basal state coin also has no features to discern its actual type, but at one time was coinage.

Alright, I added another of my two cents. lol

 

Planchets are not coins because they have not been monetarized yet. If they escape the mint then they never become coins and always reman planchets.

 

I thought we already established that a coin does not have to be monetized to be a coin. I think some of you are mixing up "coin" with "coinage". Coinage is metal currency, but a coin can be a token or a round piece of flat metal, and to be poetic, a coin can be described as round pepperoni slice.

Let's not be too close minded here. We all know what I'm talking about.

 

I know what you mean.

 

The blanks are not from the US mint.

Coins start from the blanks and size can range from, token size: 0.800", up to 4 inch diameter. Any shape, varying thickness, different metals and electroplated metals. Inscribing is what the picture was shown. For a gift it is great. Commemorates the moment, that will last forever.

Die-Struck coins or die-cast coins, both are created differently, but can be used just the same. Die-struck is your most common for larger runs. Die-cast is a little less costly as it is a zinc alloy. Common metals to be struck: brass, silver, gold and copper, excluding coinage. Coinage is another subject.

I appreciate the opportunity to talk with you all. Soon we will offer the service of inscribing coins, along with our die-cast and die-struck coins.
Jeffrey

 

still drawing the 2009 S VDB... it's bin 2 week's sorry

 

As we speak, I'm having a design minted through Coins for Anything. They have some cheap pricing. But, only offer brass or brass variants with plating. The reason the die fees are so cheap with places like coinable.com and coins for anything is they outsource the production to China. This is okay, but when it comes to artwork, it makes it frustrating because most of what is conveyed with preferences is lost in translation.

I've also had medals minted by actual mints located here in the USA, Silvertowne and Regency Mint. Both did a wonderful job. But, I had to really simplify my designs as the die fees for fully sculpted 3-D were over $600 a side. The Chinese do it all through a computer process, I think. Whereas the stateside based mints sculpt in plaster and transfer the design almost like the US Mint does when it creates coin dies.

 

great, but expensive

If I had the means to pay for these, I would certainly get "coins" with Yoko Ono on them, because I'm a fan of her beautiful music.

 

Hey isaiah I wouldn't recommend having your city and zip code on your location.

 

I've fixed that

 

I really appreciate the concept. but it is far too expensive.

 

It sure would be wonderful to have a Yoko Ono "coin". Being a fan of her music.

 

I can think of many designs to have minted. I have even thought of making my own designs of coins I think the US Mint should produce.

 

I can safely say that my band will have a coin minted before Yoko Ono. Shoot, I even beat Metallica to the punch. If you like Yoko One, you'll LOOOVE Baboon Rising. She's my biggest influence.

This is the "type 1" of the finished product. The Chinese didn't follow the levels on the artwork.

 

Here's an angled view. I like 'em thick to rival that St. Gaudins coming out next year. ehehe