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<p>[QUOTE="Conder101, post: 447754, member: 66"]You would still have to apply artificial wear to it and some kind of aging/ coloring treatment. Because even if you copied a Fine, when you strike it it would still have the flowlines and luster of a MS coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are MANY private mits out there that would be happy to make your token/medal for you. Silvertowne was mentioned, besides silver they can also strike copper, bronze, nickel and other base metals for you. Die cost is around $500 - 800 per die. There is also a private mint right down the street from me that makes a lot of military Challenge Coins. So they are around if you just look a little bit. There used to be a lot of them in the Cincinnati OH area. Another common one that a lot of coin dealers use to make advertising pieces for themselves is The Patrick Mint. <a href="http://www.patrickmint.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.patrickmint.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.patrickmint.com/</a> (no commercial connection to myself) If you use a stock obv die from them they'll strike 1,000 pieces for you with your text on the reverse for $650. Don't know what they would charge for custom designsbut they seem to be willing to do so.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Conder101, post: 447754, member: 66"]You would still have to apply artificial wear to it and some kind of aging/ coloring treatment. Because even if you copied a Fine, when you strike it it would still have the flowlines and luster of a MS coin. There are MANY private mits out there that would be happy to make your token/medal for you. Silvertowne was mentioned, besides silver they can also strike copper, bronze, nickel and other base metals for you. Die cost is around $500 - 800 per die. There is also a private mint right down the street from me that makes a lot of military Challenge Coins. So they are around if you just look a little bit. There used to be a lot of them in the Cincinnati OH area. Another common one that a lot of coin dealers use to make advertising pieces for themselves is The Patrick Mint. [url]http://www.patrickmint.com/[/url] (no commercial connection to myself) If you use a stock obv die from them they'll strike 1,000 pieces for you with your text on the reverse for $650. Don't know what they would charge for custom designsbut they seem to be willing to do so.[/QUOTE]
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