Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!news.quux.org!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Bob La Londe Newsgroups: rec.crafts.metalworking Subject: Re: Struck Coin Blanks ??? Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2024 12:17:12 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 34 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2024 20:17:12 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="b2d561d65787da575fc57a45b720f0bb"; logging-data="713952"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19yv4LZnLtDAW/t0LCskIX4" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:B3NtWkgaY+gH1//O7X7q/nKiYXU= X-Antivirus-Status: Clean In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US X-Antivirus: AVG (VPS 241128-4, 11/28/2024), Outbound message Bytes: 2495 On 11/28/2024 12:40 AM, Peter Fairbrother wrote: > On 27/11/2024 20:57, Bob La Londe wrote: >> Every since watching a woman dressed in pirate garb at a renaissance >> fair (or faire if you prefer) place a blank in a set of dies and drop >> a heavy weight on it to strike a souvenir coin I have had in the back >> of my mind the idea to strike my own coins.  I can certainly make the >> dies.   4140 is relatively easy to machine if you know how, and it >> will harden "hard enough" for a low production number of from a few >> hundred to a couple thousand coins.  I also keep a bit of O1 and W1 on >> hand for those cutting tools I can't hand grind from HSS or carbide. >> I even have a propane forge in the back along with a toaster oven for >> tempering (although it gets used more for powder coating). >> >> I started writing with two questions in mind. >> >> Where to buy/make coin blanks at the best price?  Not the 10-20 on >> Ebay or Amazon, but a couple hundred to a couple thousand at a more >> reasonable bulk price. > > Ouch, At those prices it would be cheaper to use real money... > > Peter Fairbrother > .... and at those prices almost exclusively shipped from China. -- Bob La Londe CNC Molds N Stuff -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com