No, the last bastion will not fall...I and many others will never pay a TPG a penny.
I dont bother magnifying the surface to check for minute little scratches (eye appeal is what matters to me). I am sure if I did on the coins I...
no, I wouldnt...but dabbing a coin with soft cotton will not leave abrasions on the coin. Not that I feel the need to scan the surface of a coin...
Dont worry!! You did not harm the coin unless you used the Q-tip to heavily scrub the coin. I have to agree that I wouldnt use fingernail polish...
The forum example is reminiscent of an earlier time and style to me. A sophistication to the bust not as common at the time of this coin or...
Okay, sorry about that. I feel I should say, just in case, that I am simply interested in the process and have always wanted to try to produce a...
So are you saying you have 3/4" rough finish W-2 steel rods you can sell? I can certainly get by with that diameter...problem is I do not have any...
I think I might be able to produce a design like the ones above with an etch then some manual work. I figure, if nothing else, I will probably...
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Okay, I use Nitric already for my zinc plates and I do believe I have some Hydrochloric sitting around as well so that should be no problem at...
here are a few I have: [img] Pius XII [img] A medal with Pius IX, Pius X, and Pius XII
I have decided to mint a coin by simply hammering one. I figure I can create a die the same way I create images on a zinc plate when I am etching....
Good question, I dont know, maybe Bart knows. It might represent the Manneken Pis, a small fountain sculpture depicting a naked little boy...
If any have a chance to circulate it would be these. They arent silver so they wont be hoarded, they are small and to some, interesting and...
No problem and I am glad you like it. The coin is a 10 Sols from Belgium. The somewhat creepy baby head between the 17 and 90 is the mint mark...
of the coins I own, I think this is my favorite at the moment: [img]
technology has nothing to do with the ability to make stunning coinage...the greatest coins ever made are either hammered or created before modern...
I like them, I hope they go on to the end...I see them in circulation here and I am keeping enough from each release to have 5 full sets when they...
I have been thinking about this coin. I seldom like to say for sure that a coin is fake unless I am 100% but it just looks like a cast. I decided...
yeah, you can look for an edge seam from a casting where the two sides of the cast meet, maybe file marks (might be very slight) where they might...
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