Greetings Thumbsmashers, I have had the pleasure of adding a few of you to the Group per your requests over the last few weeks, and I thought it would help to...
Sorry folks - I'm going to hog some bandwidth here for a brief moment. Emmerich, I've been trying to email you ever since I got your original message after the...
Sorry about the slow return,I have really been busy cutting dies and smacking coins out for the war and other things. Well yes I would like to come out...
... AAAaarrrgggg! Just when you think people have forgotten all that... That's Dr. Cute Herald to you, chum? ;-) Going to West A&S at all? I'll be there. Got...
My apologies, everyone, for the accidental email I just accidentally sent out. Mea culpa! I hit the fool enter button whilst aiming for the shift key. My...
Hello guild I am new in this group. My name will be Juan Fremosino, from the Cabildo de Monederos of León, Spain. I am preparing a tessis in medieval coinage...
Hi Juan Fremosino de León - Number of days one can made in a week (in Kutna Hora in XIV c. they said 22)? Are you talking about the number of days in a week...
Oops!. It is "dies" and "blanks", sorry ... they said ... year, etc I ... the ... was alone. ... do some ... blank. The ... blanks. That ... moving. How ... ...
... Bienvenido! ... (That's 'thesis' in English - with the 'th' sound like the S in 'Castellano' - with a Castellano accent.) ... If you could post your...
wow!, this is a really great help to me. Thank you all. ... bibliography, ... impression ... business. ... best. ... Murtagh - ... information that ... ...
Sterling faith put on exhibit By BRUCE SMITH | Associated Press CHARLESTON -- In another time, before you could take communion at First Scots Presbyterian...
... For those on the list who are not familiar with communion tokens, the ones I've seen were from churches in Scotland and Canada. They looked like pewter...
Well, four of us amateur moneyers got together last night to do our first coin run. I made one die and Ulric made the other. I didn't get a chance to speak...
... first >coin run... ... struck >coins - and I kept telling him that it was our first run and what we were >turning out wasn't bad under the circumstances. ...
... I'll second that sentiment. I had the fortune to handle some coins a good gentle (whos name I forget) had at Antir's May Crown. They realy made me feel...
... That could have been me. I set up a table for the Moneyers' Guild at An Tir May Crown in Chilliwack BC; since it was so lonely in the vast, mostly empty,...
That could have been me. I set up a table for the Moneyers' Guild at An Tir May Crown in Chilliwack BC; since it was so lonely in the vast, mostly empty, hall...
... OK, guys, looking at original period coins is a <good thing>, but what if you don't happen to run into me at an event in An Tir where you can look at coins...
Greets all! I'm trying to find some nice stock to make dies out of and the stuff is proving rather difficult to find. I did find a real hardware store (we...
... is >proving rather difficult to find. I did find a real hardware store (we are >overrun by home depots in these parts) and my hopes were high, but they...
... Ever seen a whorehouse token? I mean as long as we are talking communion tokens.... I have one from somewhere, where exactly will never be known, in my...
... More likely the Madam of the brothel making sure the customers pay up front. ... The only one in my own collection is a fairly commonly encountered one. ...
... Oh - that's too easy! :-) Thanx for the info, Schmett. The "1018 round bar cold finish" looks like it ought to work OK for die stock for most of what SCA...
... While like Ian, I prefer drill rod, you can use the plain galvanized steel rod from Home Despot & etc. You can also cut the heads off of Grade 5 or Grade...
Thank you all for the excellent advice, and especially that source link! I've still got a million questions as I am quite new to all this, so if you don't...