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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;scottishmoney, post: 476925, member: 12789&quot;]Drusus, I will weigh in and opin that you DID NOT FAIL, you succeeded.&nbsp; The piece is actually pretty good - for a ca. 8-9th century style coin of the Visigoths.&nbsp; When I was hammering coins secretly in my grandfathers workshop I didn&#039;t do as well, especially with silver.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I still have all the dies I made, used aluminium and bronze.&nbsp; Using steel was just too much work and involved more cleanup.&nbsp; I had to do this when nobody else was home, I wasn&#039;t allowed to be in the shop.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have some hammered silver that I bought last year, medals etc. that are just very lovely - </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.geocities.com/scottishmoney/misccoins/armedal.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Created by someone a lot more skilled than myself, and part of the sell off of Joe Rust - Gallery Mint stuff a few years ago.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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