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Message:: [QUOTE="Nyatii, post: 3448569, member: 85686"]Well, as I said, you would know better than I would, and I accept what you say. Clawcoins asked the question about what the planchets might bring if sold. I was just throwing it out there as being possible to make them fairly easy. And, as I said in the original statement, it would depend on being able to duplicate the original metal. Mainly it would all hinge on what they would sell for. If they brought 10 cents, no, if they brought $10 dollars, yes. At 100-200 per hour, that would add up. Assuming there would be more than 3 people wanting to buy them. I wouldn't do it as it would be fraudulent to sell them to someone thinking they would be original. I just think it wouldn't be too hard to do.  I'm not sure if you are familiar with swagging or not. I have a manual press and a hydraulic one. I can swage solid copper. I can cut blanks or swage into a shape like a bullet or a coin. Just feed zinc strips thru, cut discs, copper electroplate, and swage into shape. It would be interesting to just swage a cent to see how much of the detail was left if any. I'm guessing the copper would shift and leave zinc displayed in various areas. Planchet errors! Just kidding. I think they would be close enough that someone would think they were originally from the mint. That was the only point I was trying to make.[/QUOTE]