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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;JBK, post: 2199208, member: 1101&quot;]Neon beat me to it.&nbsp; The force needed is not related to the thickness of the planchet, but the size (diameter) of it. So, a dollar or half-dollar sized coin is a huge (prohibitive) undertaking, regardless of thickness.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Don’t get me wrong – I hope you can find a way to do it – I would then be interested in the details so I can do it myself also. But, I am pretty sure a large coin is not going to work unless you want to invest many thousands of dollars and lots of space. In that scenario, it is best to just pay someone to make your medals.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>You can build a small minting contraption - basically a die you strike like a chisel against a planchet that is resting on top of the other die (see the reference to the Alaska guy) but we are talking much smaller coins. Elongating or squeezing is much easier.&nbsp; Striking like a coin is a far bigger challenge. If you are willing to sacrifice relief and details then you can do something simple with hammer-struck dies – the pewter tokens I saw being done at an ANA show were about the size of a nickel as I recall.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>You MIGHT (not sure) be able to do something with those hydraulic shop presses you can buy in Harbor Freight Tools for a couple hundred dollars.&nbsp; It would need some custom work to make it suitable for coins, and you would then need to buy dies.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I would start with whatever process is readily available and work up from there.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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