I am a new member to this list. I am just starting out in coining. My objective is to be able to make dies to strike tokens for our local blacksmith club and...
I am a new member to this list. I am just starting out in coining. My objective is to be able to make dies to strike tokens for our local blacksmith club and...
... Welcome! ... most commonly penny size, i.e. 3/4" diameter. That's the size of the largest of the Anglo-Saxon 'broad pennies'. A lot of earlier and later ...
Hi Larry I am Jasper up in Montgomery. I have did much work lately but if you want to get together on weekend I the closest. I the former head of Meridies...
Thanks guys, This gives me some beginning info. I have an old axle shaft that I have smoothed and polished the end of. Next I have to come up with the...
I just learned from the rec.collecting.coins usenet newsgroup that Joe Rust, of the Gallery Mint Museum, has passed away. I don't know if he ever participated...
Larry Prattville, Montgomery and the surrounding area all are part of Thorngill. Dothan is Firedrake but I don't know how active the current members are down...
Larry, I recently made a letter "C" and a "D" by first forming a tiny punch that was the shape of the inside of the letter and hardening the punch. Then I...
Order James Coffman book on making coins. It will help but just bought some cheap letter punches from Harbour Frieght and priced the reverse ones in the Rio...
Let's see, first punch the center out and then file away anything that doesn't look like a letter. I have used that technique for maked decreative blacksmith...
Or what me and Griffyi did was to buy a small set of small files from harbour frieght and alter them. the set has the flat file, triangle file etc. I think it...
... Ya, over a hundred of them over 15 years. ... I'm not aware of any process in medieval moneying involving etching. Some of the interior shapes on punches...
Could I have more information about this book. A book search on both Amazon & ABE brought me nothing. Order James Coffman book on making coins. The most...
Greetings Thumbsmashers, Well here we are again in a new year and busy already,making coins for eveyone. Not to mention working up NorthShields people for a ...
oh, forgot the Handbook part... I still got them for $10 via mail with coin samples and errata. James M Coffman 3410 F St Eureka CA 95503 And as for the new...
OK, I've been a lurker here for ages and never got off my rump and done anything. Well, now I've got 2 dies and want to use them. I used to have a couple of...
Hi Elwin, I normally get my brass sheet from scrapyards, although I found a non-ferrous metal supplier once in the YellowPages. I also got copper blanks ...
I already have this book, but someone might be interested in it: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=3363&item=3962350246&rd=1 Chuck Buckley...
Greetings all! I made it to this list through the Northshield moneyer's list (ns-moneyer). My name is Copin Campbell, mka Jamie Boley. I am a bladesmith and ...
Welcome Jamie, I went to your web site and saw your picture. I remember you from Batson's Symposium. I am a member of AFC and help with the setup and take...
... Welcome! ... As moneyers usually need help with tooling and supplies, and it sounds like we have several new moneyers in Northshield, you'll probably be...
... are ... Check out this page of modern screw/fly presses. The technology is the same as earlier presses, but the styling is much different. You can get...
Larry, Yep, I remember ya. Too bad you won't be able to make it, but family is important. It sounds like a few others won't be able to make it either. EDM is...
... of a ... original ... what SCA ... only part ... new, SCA ... I could use an existing coin to make a die. But that's kind of a long way about. The way I...
I would almost bet that this subject has been addressed previously, but I can't find anything in the archives. But does anyone have a source for pewter...
If you want precut blanks (and not just pewter strip), these guys sell them (at least for 3/4 " disks): http://www.silversmithing.com/hagstoz/ Alfred ... ...
... That would involve carving the image in relief, which would probably be somewhat more difficult to do well on the scale of the production die than carving...
