Hello All, Received this while I was on vacation. Looks like it will impact what we send. Owain ap Maredudd ... Yahoo! Groups <notify@yahoogroups.com> ...
Happened on this today. Doesn't look too old. http://www.grunal.com/ A moneyer and jeweler. Coins for wedding tokens no less. :) Some entertaining stuff on...
... Over the years, I have minted a couple of types for weddings myself. The only limit on what people can commission coins, medals and tokens for is their...
Lord Ian, I had some difficulties reaching you directly -- not sure if my email made it or whether you have had time to read my correspondence so I thought I'd...
I have just finished my first set of dies for a local event; so far, so good. We tried stamping some coins from blanks cut from copper flashing, and some from...
... Brass tends to be significantly harder than pewter. Although brass is used in the eastern kingdoms to mint 'gold' florin gaming tokens, all of the ones...
Greetings, I was talking to a SCAdian friend the other day and he noticed the coins I strike (from dies made by Lord Ian) and wanted to know how difficult it...
Check your old Tournaments Illumanted One merchant in texas would do signet rings. Also do a web search on wax seals. Share your photos without swamping your...
... good, and it sounds like they are, the problem could be in the stump. Check to make sure the base is square so that it sits nice and straight. Check the...
... I've made the image on signet rings twice over the years. Most recently, I engraved Master Emmerich's device on a 14k gold ring (an old ring he found ...
... As someone who used to teach jewelry and foundry casting, I've thought about seals and signet rings a lot and have done a lot of research into the subject....
Greetings Thumbsmashers, Has anyone noticed that our numbers have jumped again-I find that that is amazing how the Craft is spreading. All you newbies should...
... Hey, A newbie here, I'm from the shire of Iron Ox, the principality of Gleann Abhann in Meridies. I found the meridies moneyer's guild website last week,...
Hello all! I'm just checking in! I finished up site tokens for the Black Lion Emprise 3, That was a lot of fun making those. I used silver solder and pounded...
Greetings everyone, A couple of months ago I did my first portraits of the K&Q on a penny, instead of the Kingdom device that I normally put on them. The King...
... Have you sent specimens to the Master Emmerich for the Guild Museum? ... I've seen evidence of this technique used on coins ranging from an Ummayyad dirhem...
Greetings one and all, Yes, I've been lurking on the list for a couple months now. I haven't struck any coins as of yet, but I'm looking to produce something...
Hailsa, thumbsmashers! Unfortunately, I have progressed slowly with my novice work on moneying. Real World and a bunch of really fun wars intruded into my...
I am planning on scanning a bunch of coins I have produced for the front page of the Kingdom newsletter. I could email a copy to Master Emmerich for the time...
... these ... The beading punch I use for borders of all period styles is about .5mm in diameter (it can be sunk more shallowly to make smaller beads). For...
... Welcome! ... Such a stepping up is a good occasion to mint presentation pieces in their names, although a 'commemorative set' is a rather modern concept. ...
I realize that casting coins is not really period at least not for Western Europe. But there are times when all one needs are a few pieces (say for a really...
... Yes, in fact, Master Emmerich started out casting pewter medals in, I believe, plaster molds (maybe he can jump in here with some technical info)....
Well where to begin? I have used plaster of paris before to fair effect-you just need to let it dry well-3 days in a sunlit window is good. For small runs I...
I have cast pewter tokens in a Gypsum based product called "Hydrostone" which is tough as concrete, which leads me to think that pure cement (without sand) may...
... Hello, I am Jared Phelp of Canterbury (mka Bren Mayhugh) and a newbie to the group and the art. In a search to make my SCA experience more dimensional, I...
