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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Tom Maringer, post: 2866448, member: 7033&quot;]We have the press fully up and running on a new project. We just launched a Kickstarter for our MISTBORN series, licensed with fantasy author Brandon Sanderson. Here&#039;s a link to the Kickstarter project! <a href="http://kck.st/2yvRlea" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://kck.st/2yvRlea" rel="nofollow">http://kck.st/2yvRlea</a></p><p>In the Mistborn world, the small denomination copper coins are called &quot;clips&quot; and the the large brass coins are called &quot;boxings&quot;. Magicians use them to perform various feats, such as flying... so they are important to the story. We have been working with Brandon and his team for over a year now on the designs for these. The introductory video has a clip of the restored Ferracute press running, in production on the era-2 Boxings! <img src="https://ksr-ugc.imgix.net/assets/018/426/642/8a90994bcdab1ad78ee8db16b709a966_original.jpg?w=680&amp;fit=max&amp;v=1506016159&amp;auto=format&amp;q=92&amp;s=59815e015093cb4ca25887efe17ddb38" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>The inscription is in a language that Brandon invented for his fantasy world. Boxings of Elendel feature the The Lord Mistborn in the fertile Elendel valley surrounded by the words &quot;ELENDEL&quot;, &quot;ONE BOXING&quot; On the reverse is the First Central Bank surrounded by the symbol for the number 1. The same weight as the historical Era 1 Boxings, these are thick solid brass coins with a satisfying interrupted-reeded edge. Both of the Era 1 coins are broadstruck on an older style press, since they hearken (in the story) from a thousand years or more ago. Both Era-2 coins are collar struck on our Ferracute press for a more modern look and feel. There are actually three variants on the Era-2 boxing. The image shown (and the standard issue) is type 3. The type 1 die suffered a catastrophic brockage after just 450 strikes, snapping the smooth collar and cracking both dies. Those have been set back in reserve for collectors. Type 2 used the recut new dies (with some design changes) with a finely reeded collar. That collar turned out to have too much friction to eject reliably, so a third collar was made with deeper smoother reeding. That combination of die#2 and collar #3 is continuing to work. Mintage on that coin is at about 3,500 at present, using up our blank supply. We&#039;re now preparing to make more blanks. </p><p><br /></p><p>Please visit our Kickstarter and/or website!</p><p><br /></p><p>Have fun!</p><p>Tom Maringer</p><p><a href="https://www.shirepost.com/collections" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.shirepost.com/collections" rel="nofollow">Shire Post Mint</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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