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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Badger Mint, post: 2306561, member: 42121&quot;]Very nice piece. i picked this one up at a recent CNG auction. <img src="https://cngcoins.com/photos/enlarged/3570585.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>To answer some of the questions, one mold can make multiple electrotypes before another mold needs to be made.&nbsp; Also, molds can be made from electrotypes as the copy is as perfect as the mold it is made from, I have made a mold from the above coin and made copies from that mold.&nbsp; The filler metal was most likely lead as it is cheap, the trick would be to keep the two halves together while the lead was molten so it wouldn&#039;t leak out.&nbsp; I still haven&#039;t mastered that part.&nbsp; Molds in the early days of electrotyping were made from pressing a coin or medal into lead or using a low temp fuseable metal alloy.&nbsp; Later on it was found that using plaster, wax, or natural rubber was possible if the mold was coated with a conductive powder or metal foil. With proper care, the molds shouldn&#039;t degrade.&nbsp; According to the old books, using their primative batteries, it could take several days to make some electrotypes.&nbsp; Using a modern, controllable power supply, I can make an electrotype that is thick enough to take the tin filling (I don&#039;t use lead) in about 8 hours.&nbsp;&nbsp; If you find more out about Robert Ready, please post!</p><p><br /></p><p>Joe Paonessa[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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