Ian, Have your ever seen any thing like 102 at all. None of the Alfred coins I could find look even remotely similar.Its flip side is at coin102, rather than...
I can see this having a lot of applications for custom work, kingdom and baronial awards. So I am passing this on. For me in particular it would be very nice...
Here is my question of the day. Are the serifs on letters part of the main punch or they added with a small trianglar punch. I'm assuming they are added after...
In most cases of earlier style letters, the serifs were added to the letter forms after the latter were sunk. From the later 13th century onward, the serifs...
Coin 102 is a poor copy of an extremely rare 'offering penny', described under Seaby #1072, but not illustrated. It is illustrated in English Coins, by George...
Hello all, If anyone here was planning on attending Metalsmiths Symposium 5 , please read this anouncment! Due to a site conflict we have had to move the date...
Hello all, Our Shire is planning on doing a coin as a token for an upcoming event and we want to do both silver and pewter coins. Since we would do our test...
In the West we wipe down the dies with a cloth (old denim jeans, shirt sleave, you know what ever is handy) when we notice that the die is getting a little...
... "Edvin Sandborg, 20, and his 17-year-old brother Arvid said they found the hoard last week when they were helping a neighbor with some yard work." ...
So I was reading in _The Mint_ about how for quite some time the english mint cut blanks by using a chisel to pare off the blank from the end of a bar. Have...
Hi all, This relates to the production of French small thick coins. Craigs original
source (when the Mint was published in 1953) was from a french source J....
Never having tried the chisel cut blank method myself, I have no opinion on whether it may be practical for half penny and penny size coins. I can only note...
Hey All! I'm going to be at the AZ REN this saturday and I was wondering if any of you fine folks would be there as well. Thought I could look you up and we...
I've read through the archives, a bit, but most of the advice seems geared towards tin coining. I'm a professional jeweler so melting fine silver or gold isn't...
... From: geoffroibonfils To: sca_moneyer@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2007 1:23 PM Subject: [sca_moneyer] Die and Planchet making I've read...
Greetings, and welcome to the wonderful world of moneying ! As no one has jumped in yet [at the time that I'm writing this] I thought that I'd put in my two...
Geoffroi, I've e-mailed more detail to you directly, but you're going to have to find it in your 'suspect' file folder. Ian ... From: Greg Franck-Weiby To:...
Taken care of and added to address book, further emails will go directly to me without any hassle Geoffroi -----Original Message----- From: Greg Franck-Weiby ...
Cool most of my questions are answered with this. Drill rod and Cold rolled steel I can get from OSH (Orchard Supply Hardware). I "think" they might carry the...
Greetings! A few more bits of information added to what has already been posted. First, hot rolled steel and cold rolled steel are steels that have had a...
Great info on the types of materials to use, Raymond! Re: screw presses, just a note for a sense of scale. The 18th century screw presses used for striking...
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