Fair enough. I'm not going to bother with figuring out the techniques for emulating the splotchy natural toning... since I'm not going to try to...
Since they are my own private mint coins they weren't meant to fool anyone, they were meant to be an artistic expression. They were all eagerly...
Starting to come together. I visited the Carson City Mint museum, where they have a working press almost exactly like ours. I was hoping that they...
Well... I stand corrected. This is circulation damage after all and I have proven it experimentally. I took about 400 near-mint post 1982 zinc...
Hmmm.... I'm going to take a couple hundred near-mint post 1982 zinc cents and put them in a dry tumbler just with no other media and see if they...
Now THAT one I can see as being a little rollover curl from bashing... it's ragged and discontinuous.
Sorry but I must disagree Oldhoopster! The problem with this example is that it does have a lot of wear on it, so in order to prove my point I dug...
I have no idea of the value of such things... but it's very interesting from the minting-process side. I have never seen such a late die-state...
Extra metal inside the rim is not wear! It looks like a damaged die to me, probably nearing the end of its useable life. The die was probably...
I need to find some books on old-timey engineering. The problems we face include such things as: when is grease better than oil in a bronze...
I have eight operational presses on the shop floor right now, from 5 ton to 320 ton capacity. Each has its own specialty usage. I'm not terribly...
More likely... based on the finding of many small crucibles... and the work of Ron Landis at Gallery Mint Museum... they were made by weighing out...
Most of the older Tolkien-based coins are available on the website. http://www.shirepost.com The newest ones are here on this Kickstarter. Even...
Yes Blissskr! That's the video. I realize that it's slow compared to the most modern presses... but it is BLAZING fast for us! There is SO much to...
Available by the kilo here (200 nickels/kilo) https://www.shirepost.com/products/no-more-lies-free-press-bulk-novelty-coin?variant=40438630228
We here at Shire Post Mint are very proud to announce that we have finally gotten our newest acquisition into operation! It is a 1930s vintage 110...
A new nickel counterstamping has surfaced... NO MORE LIES on one side and FREE PRESS on the other. [ATTACH] The nickels are mixed random dates,...
The kickstarter is into its last hour as I write! I just minted up the last of the silver dalers yesterday. We have broken through the 80k...
The kickstarter is into its last hour as I write! I just minted up the last of the silver dalers yesterday. Most sets are already assembled and we...
[ATTACH] Here's a pic of some of my customs that were batch processed on fresh coins right off the press. This is a selection of the more intense...
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