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<p>[QUOTE="YoloBagels, post: 7526391, member: 94739"]Hello Everyone,</p><p><br /></p><p> It has been a childhood dream of mine, and a long-time bucket list item, to mint coins/tokens of my own custom design.</p><p><br /></p><p>In 2020, I began working on a design, initially I decided to make a 10 cent token, dated 2020 (or 2021). It was to have the obverse of a capped bust dime and the reverse of a draped bust dime. I wanted to make it penny sized so that I could easily file down copper cents and stamp it over. I even filed & polished eight cents in preparation for this, though it proved to be much more work than I thought. earlier today I caved in and decided to just buy the planchets at a higher rate.</p><p><br /></p><p>In 2020 I also started working on the design, though I quit about 35% of the way after losing drive for the project. About a week ago I picked it back up and completed both the obverse and reverse designs. I decided to change the design from the draped bust eagle to the 1 reale Mexican eagle. Wanted it to stand out more than just being a copy of American coins and it turns out that I really enjoy Mexican coins as well.</p><p><br /></p><p>So today I completed the reverse design, and I am very happy with it. Also payed for planchets and dies, though it should take a while to arrive. Here's the final version of the design.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1299628[/ATTACH] </p><p>It is dated 2014 because that is the year that "YoloBagels" was founded. I also don't want to be paying for new dies every year.</p><p><br /></p><p>Tokens will go on sale, probably in June. I will not be charging a lot for them, probably just enough to remake what I payed for the dies/planchets. Will be posted here once ready. Then again this is mostly for fun as I have always wanted to do this.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks if you read this far,</p><p><br /></p><p>YoloBagels[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="YoloBagels, post: 7526391, member: 94739"]Hello Everyone, It has been a childhood dream of mine, and a long-time bucket list item, to mint coins/tokens of my own custom design. In 2020, I began working on a design, initially I decided to make a 10 cent token, dated 2020 (or 2021). It was to have the obverse of a capped bust dime and the reverse of a draped bust dime. I wanted to make it penny sized so that I could easily file down copper cents and stamp it over. I even filed & polished eight cents in preparation for this, though it proved to be much more work than I thought. earlier today I caved in and decided to just buy the planchets at a higher rate. In 2020 I also started working on the design, though I quit about 35% of the way after losing drive for the project. About a week ago I picked it back up and completed both the obverse and reverse designs. I decided to change the design from the draped bust eagle to the 1 reale Mexican eagle. Wanted it to stand out more than just being a copy of American coins and it turns out that I really enjoy Mexican coins as well. So today I completed the reverse design, and I am very happy with it. Also payed for planchets and dies, though it should take a while to arrive. Here's the final version of the design. [ATTACH=full]1299628[/ATTACH] It is dated 2014 because that is the year that "YoloBagels" was founded. I also don't want to be paying for new dies every year. Tokens will go on sale, probably in June. I will not be charging a lot for them, probably just enough to remake what I payed for the dies/planchets. Will be posted here once ready. Then again this is mostly for fun as I have always wanted to do this. Thanks if you read this far, YoloBagels[/QUOTE]
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