The State of California, USA is polling Californians for their opinion on submitted designs for the State Quarter. I thought this might be of some interest to...
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Edwin Hewitt <brog...
irendraca
Feb 2, 2003 1:43 pm
The State of California, USA is polling Californians for their opinion on submitted designs for the State Quarter. I thought this might be of some interest to...
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Edwin Hewitt <brog...
irendraca
Feb 2, 2003 2:00 pm
The link below is for a nuministic museum in Köln, Germany, "Geldgeschichtliches." Check out the animated cupid hammering coins on the home page. :) Edwin ...
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kad.dsl@...
unraag
Feb 10, 2003 6:14 pm
A pair of questions to the list: Is there an East Kingdom Moneyer's Guild and if so, does anyone have their contact info? Is there a web site for the...
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Gryffri of Newmarch
ld_newmarch
Feb 11, 2003 12:45 pm
I know of no East Kingdom Guild. "Wanna start one?" The IKMG has no web site, but I could host one I guess if I had a spare moment. (Not likely soon) The...
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Jasper Murtagh
jasperrdm
Feb 11, 2003 12:59 pm
If you want help starting a guild I started one here in Meridies but it was griffyi's fault! Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*....
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kad.dsl@...
unraag
Feb 12, 2003 1:23 am
Hmm... I just might, I just might at that. Lemme actually make a few coins first though. :-) Kean...
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kad.dsl@...
unraag
Feb 12, 2003 2:30 am
What is the most common coin/die size used amongst the moneyers here? I'm just getting started and I'm trying to decide what size die material to buy. The two...
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grunal@...
grunal
Feb 12, 2003 8:33 am
Hi, Obviously the larger diam of coin the harder the striking blow needed so a tiny coin such as a medieval farthing (10mm) can be struck with a a light blow...
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g.p.franck-weiby
iancnulle
Feb 12, 2003 11:11 pm
... The most common size coins minted in the SCA are 'penny' size, i.e. 3/4" diameter, the size of the larger Anglo-Saxon 'broad penny' types. That's ...
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grunal@...
grunal
Feb 13, 2003 8:59 am
In a message dated 12/02/03 23:14:00 GMT Standard Time, ... Hi all In England Fine silver is rated at .950 not .999 and is the right quality of silver for...
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g.p.franck-weiby
iancnulle
Feb 14, 2003 1:09 am
... re-emergance >in 1551 for a few years so the General rule for English style coins is Fine >until 1279 then sterling after. I must confess to some...
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grunal@...
grunal
Feb 14, 2003 2:08 pm
The Term Sterling and its origins is really lost in the mists of time and whilst no-one knows definitively past theories include the word originateing from the...
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kad.dsl@...
unraag
Feb 14, 2003 2:46 pm
Hmm... What is the advantage of using a 1" die for a 3/4" coin, as opposed to using a 3/4" die? It seems to me that it would be easier to get the coin...
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kad.dsl@...
unraag
Feb 14, 2003 2:52 pm
Does anyone have a source for a Kerr ElectroMelt type furnace that doesn't cost $1000+ US? The only one I've found so far is one from RioGrande with their own...
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grunal@...
grunal
Feb 14, 2003 10:24 pm
1" die stock for 3/4" coin? the excess metal around the design helps to prevent die spread and cracking as the 3/4" inner gets progrssively work hardened...
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kad.dsl@...
unraag
Feb 16, 2003 8:32 pm
I picked up an assortment of music wire / drill rod this weekend and I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions on "basic" punches that a beginner should...
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kad.dsl@...
unraag
Feb 16, 2003 8:35 pm
Greetings all, I've seen two different "bases" to strike coins on and I was wondering if anyone had any pros & cons on them. The first was a large chunk of...
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Ted Hewitt
irendraca
Feb 17, 2003 6:29 am
... Hello Kean, Go to the Yahoo! Groups sca_moneyer page (subsection: files) @ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sca_moneyer/files/ Download the font,...
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emmrikus <emrik@.....
emmrikus
Feb 17, 2003 6:18 pm
Well....Greetings Thumbsmashers, Ok since I do read every post,I have the greatest desire to walk and talk thru the Basics just for fun,and cover some of the...
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Edwin Hewitt <brog...
irendraca
Feb 17, 2003 7:33 pm
... Hello Master Emmerich, Warmest greetings from Edwin, in Caid. What is the chance that you could put up a full series (i.e. "Talking through the Basics")...
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kad.dsl@...
unraag
Feb 17, 2003 8:50 pm
... Thanks, I actually have the font already (grabbed it a week or two ago) but I hadn't realized the punches were under the punctuation. ... Well, I HAD a...
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kad.dsl@...
unraag
Feb 17, 2003 8:51 pm
Definitely, Please do!!! Eagerly, Kean...
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Ted Hewitt
irendraca
Feb 18, 2003 4:43 am
I could only find A - H. Did it all transfer? Edwin...
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g.p.franck-weiby
iancnulle
Feb 18, 2003 5:54 am
... That basically sounds like the type of 'anvil' or 'bolster' used in the west coast moneyers' guilds. The question is, "how large is 'large'?" As ...
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g.p.franck-weiby
iancnulle
Feb 18, 2003 5:54 am
... cracking as >the 3/4" inner gets progrssively work hardened whilst the rim remains virgin An interesting parallel is that dies for modern machine struck...
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g.p.franck-weiby
iancnulle
Feb 18, 2003 5:54 am
... If you're doing a lot of casting in general, an electric furnace would probably eventually be a worthwhile investment, but it's not necessary for SCA style...
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g.p.franck-weiby
iancnulle
Feb 18, 2003 5:54 am
... Spufford's quotation of a reference to subsidies paid by Richard I to the Count of Flanders in 1198 in 'denariorum estorlingorum' sounds pretty ...
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GTSport@...
nickelcarver
Feb 18, 2003 6:21 am
Hi All, Well, I couldn't sleep, so I added the "punches" to the font and renamed it "Henricus 2". If you download this one, you will find that not only are...
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Gryffri of Newmarch
ld_newmarch
Feb 18, 2003 1:13 pm
English Hammered Coinage Volumes I & II. Volume I is ISBN 0907605346 if you have the 1993 copy. If you have an original English set like mine from 1963 there...
