Ancient Tiny Pianist

dougsmit · Aug 11, 2018

Bury a few of these down by the beach and see if you can make the news reports when someone finds them. You may be the only non-expert in the Caribbean worth interviewing on pre Columbian voyages of discovery.

Don't throw out the Sledge-O-Matic Hammer of Hephaestus. I believe it could be repurposed into an effective insect killer. If you have no bothersome insects locally, you could sell them in Florida.

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Andres2 · Aug 11, 2018

I think you need a team for the best result TIF

TypeCoin971793 · Aug 11, 2018

TIF said: ↑

No photoshop on these. They are genuine fake ancient coins hand-struck from hand-carved dies

At first I tried heating the flans to red-hot but it was very difficult to move the flan to the striking set-up before they grew too cold, so I made a Sledge-O-Matic Hammer of Hephaestus:

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That didn't work out well either. The dies and flans go flying every which way upon striking with the trip hammer. Also, I had to be very careful to move my head out of the way too... yikes!. The first Iguanasus coin was lost in the shrubbery, left for some future generation to find and ponder . I need a heavy solid anvil. Maybe an engine block would serve the purpose?

Eventually I saw a Big Strong Man wandering down the street and he was recruited to do the sledging. Next time I make these I'm going to just strike cold flans. Heating them probably isn't necessary.

Alas, these dies were victims of hurricanes Irma and Maria.

The first Iguanasus in that post was made from fine silver precious metal clay (PMC), using the metal dies as a mold. Fun stuff! The coins in the subsequent three pictures were struck. Some were from fine silver flans and others were from junk US silver. Glad to have found a use for that pile of melt-value silver coins!

Here's another made from PMC. Since this picture was taken Ive fiddled with the patina and it's bit better.

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Oh wow... even more impressive!

TIF · Aug 11, 2018

dougsmit said: ↑

I won't believe these coins until they are slabbed an awarded CACA stickers.
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ominus1 · Aug 12, 2018

TIF said: ↑

No photoshop on these. They are genuine fake ancient coins hand-struck from hand-carved dies

At first I tried heating the flans to red-hot but it was very difficult to move the flan to the striking set-up before they grew too cold, so I made a Sledge-O-Matic Hammer of Hephaestus:

View attachment 810233

That didn't work out well either. The dies and flans go flying every which way upon striking with the trip hammer. Also, I had to be very careful to move my head out of the way too... yikes!. The first Iguanasus coin was lost in the shrubbery, left for some future generation to find and ponder . I need a heavy solid anvil. Maybe an engine block would serve the purpose?

Eventually I saw a Big Strong Man wandering down the street and he was recruited to do the sledging. Next time I make these I'm going to just strike cold flans. Heating them probably isn't necessary.

Alas, these dies were victims of hurricanes Irma and Maria.

The first Iguanasus in that post was made from fine silver precious metal clay (PMC), using the metal dies as a mold. Fun stuff! The coins in the subsequent three pictures were struck. Some were from fine silver flans and others were from junk US silver. Glad to have found a use for that pile of melt-value silver coins!

Here's another made from PMC. Since this picture was taken Ive fiddled with the patina and it's bit better.

Click to expand...

haha..TIF..you are one talented soul~

ominus1 · Aug 12, 2018

i just bought a coin i convinced myself is a Poor Knights of Jesus Christ double rider reverse that was simply listed as a Templar cross coin..i'll post it when it comes in..

S. Porter · Aug 16, 2018

This is the coin from the beginning of this post. Original picture was by the seller.

The poor coin really got skinned during shipping. But now the pianist looks like a griffin. Thanks, everyone.

NLL · Aug 16, 2018

TIF said: ↑

No photoshop on these. They are genuine fake ancient coins hand-struck from hand-carved dies

At first I tried heating the flans to red-hot but it was very difficult to move the flan to the striking set-up before they grew too cold, so I made a Sledge-O-Matic Hammer of Hephaestus:

View attachment 810233

That didn't work out well either. The dies and flans go flying every which way upon striking with the trip hammer. Also, I had to be very careful to move my head out of the way too... yikes!. The first Iguanasus coin was lost in the shrubbery, left for some future generation to find and ponder . I need a heavy solid anvil. Maybe an engine block would serve the purpose?

Eventually I saw a Big Strong Man wandering down the street and he was recruited to do the sledging. Next time I make these I'm going to just strike cold flans. Heating them probably isn't necessary.

Alas, these dies were victims of hurricanes Irma and Maria.

The first Iguanasus in that post was made from fine silver precious metal clay (PMC), using the metal dies as a mold. Fun stuff! The coins in the subsequent three pictures were struck. Some were from fine silver flans and others were from junk US silver. Glad to have found a use for that pile of melt-value silver coins!

Here's another made from PMC. Since this picture was taken Ive fiddled with the patina and it's bit better.

Click to expand...

That is actually kind of cool.

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