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From: Peter Fairbrother <peter@tsto.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: Struck Coin Blanks ???
Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2024 10:36:43 +0000
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On 28/11/2024 19:17, Bob La Londe wrote:
> 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.

Hmm, be a hecka lot more once Trump's in.

But I was thinking of using coins for blanks. Here in the UK post 1946 
75/25 cupronickel florins are about 20p each in 1,000 lots - pre 1920 
92% (sterling) silver ones can be had for about £11, 1920 to 50% silver 
ones are about £5.

Florins are old pre-decimal currency, once worth 2/- (2 shillings) or 
10p. 28mm diameter, weigh 11.3 grams. There are also the slightly larger 
half-crowns.

You would have to anneal the cupronickel ones.

I don't know whether the US has anything similar. Or Canada, or Mexico...

Peter Fairbrother