I just logged in and realized my last post was some years ago. It's been a busy time and much has happened! The biggest news is that we have built...
[ATTACH] The battle of Adwa... the only time an indigenous African force actually repelled an invading European colonial power. The Italians...
[ATTACH] If you like wooden coins, here's one that's actually struck up on dies, then rubbed with shoe polish to bring out the design. The...
Custom 1.25 inch copper fundraiser token for the Ozark Natural Science Center located in Bear Hollow in in Madison County Arkansas near Eureka...
I got mine back in 2001, while it was still in print. I think it was $80 at the time. It is still the best book extant on explaining some of the...
I concur. Around here those go in the melt bucket. You can make a kilo of coiner's bronze (10% zinc) by mixing 100 grams of cents (40 pennies)...
Fans have suggested two more coins to add... may not be able to get them done by the end of the Kickstarter, but they're on the list!
Some of you may know about the fantasy coins we make for such fictional places as the Middle-earth of J.R.R Tolkien and the Westeros of George...
We have the press fully up and running on a new project. We just launched a Kickstarter for our MISTBORN series, licensed with fantasy author...
My favorite story with the nickels is... staying in rural Nevada for a couple weeks prospecting. I would go down to the convenience store every...
We've now struck over 25,000 of the counterstamped "novelty" nickels, wearing out two sets of dies. Many rotational and die-state variations...
Went through five bricks (250 rolls) of random nickels. Found three war-nickels, and two no-date buffaloes. Lots of them (probably 100) had some...
I suggest that toning artists should be able to apply color to coins as an artistic expression, as long as they are clearly marked as "AT" or...
Toning is just time, chemistry, and temperature. Easy to manipulate. Nobody should be willing to pay ridiculous premiums like that. I'd say it...
It takes work and effort to do artificial toning. Isn't it worth something for the time? I do think he should be up front that it is AT.
or get some rolls of BU 1964 Kennedy Halves as the test subjects. I'd be happy to create the chop-mark punch for you.
The chop-mark is key. I would suggest that artificial toning be acceptable as long as the coin is chop-marked to show and attest that it has been...
Okay, fair enough... so the entrants have to start with mint state brand new coins that they request (and pay for) from the group sponsoring the...
Yep, a James Randi style challenge would work. I bet if you offered a $10k prize for the most natural looking artificial toning, you'd get...
At least counterfeiting a Morgan Dollar requires a certain level of effort, equipment, and expertise. Artificial toning is freshman chemistry...
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