+kc8hnz Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 I'm thinking of going through Oak Coins to have my coins minted up. Anyone had experiance with this minter, Would you recomend them or not? Quote Link to comment
+ranger216 Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 I'm thinking of going through Oak Coins to have my coins minted up. Anyone had experiance with this minter, Would you recomend them or not? Yes.. they have made some very very nice coins for me Quote Link to comment
+MustangJoni Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 I've worked with them twice, and they have done a great job both times! Quote Link to comment
+501_Gang Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 Our coins were made by oakcoins and we recommend them to everyone. Quote Link to comment
+Marky Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 I've gone through Oakcoins for four geocoins and they have done a great job for me. Quote Link to comment
+Forty-n-Eight Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 I had my coin minted by Oak Coins. They were great. I'd use them again. Quote Link to comment
+GEO*Trailblazer 1 Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 I agree with all above. I have had excellent experiences wih them. Quote Link to comment
+Keeper of Maps Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 I'm thinking of going through Oak Coins to have my coins minted up. Anyone had experiance with this minter, Would you recomend them or not? I've used them twice and been very happy with the results. Quote Link to comment
+Ladybug Kids Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 The folks at Oakcoins offer most excellent service through all phases of a project. They are so nice to work with, we had them do a nongeocaching project for us, too ! Be sure to check out their pins. Quote Link to comment
ParentsofSAM Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 We used them to do our coin. We will use them again. Highly recommended! Good Luck on your coin minting project. Quote Link to comment
+AtlantaGal Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 (edited) I've used them for several coin projects and will be using them for my 2007 personal coins. I've been extremely satisfied with the level of service, pricing and the final product with all my projects to date. Edited October 17, 2006 by AtlantaGal Quote Link to comment
ATMouse Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 Nothing but good things to say about Oakcoins. They made our coins this year and are in the process of making next year's right now. Quote Link to comment
+Team JSAM Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 I'm thinking of going through Oak Coins to have my coins minted up. Anyone had experiance with this minter, Would you recomend them or not? I have never made a coin with them but I do have several coins that were made by them and they do great work! I just got a set of coinfusion yesterday made by oak coins and they are very well made. Quote Link to comment
+ScoutingWV Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 They haven't made coins for me, but I have been on the purchasing side for a while and EVERY transaction has been outstanding. Quote Link to comment
avroair Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 Oakcoins have made the last 5 coins I have produced. They have an online calculator which is very useful for tinkering with quantities and ideas. I shopped about and they gave me the best prices without smoke and mirrors. Just don't use that Neilsen guy, Sara is much nicer. Quote Link to comment
+geoSquid Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 3 times for me. I think they're pretty awesome. Quote Link to comment
Not So Lost Puppies Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 I agree with the others, they have good service, and the coins are very good quality. I had our personal done through them, as well as the World Travel geocoin (the animated icon one) Quote Link to comment
+Marky Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 Just don't use that Neilsen guy, Sara is much nicer. I'm glad I wasn't drinking a glass of milk! Too funny... Quote Link to comment
+Marky Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 ...as well as the World Travel geocoin (the animated icon one) Hey! No gloating! Quote Link to comment
Not So Lost Puppies Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 ...as well as the World Travel geocoin (the animated icon one) Hey! No gloating! Hey, I didn't say the ONLY one with an animated icon That would be gloating was distinguishing it from the other World geocoins: world of geocaching, caching around the world, etc. Quote Link to comment
gregfred Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 I am not sure how much research the other folks have done, but I have been researching quotes and it seems to be that Oak Coins are among the highest prices that one would have to pay for coins. There are other vendors out there, just do your homework and compare prices before you commit. Quote Link to comment
+MustangJoni Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 I am not sure how much research the other folks have done, but I have been researching quotes and it seems to be that Oak Coins are among the highest prices that one would have to pay for coins. There are other vendors out there, just do your homework and compare prices before you commit. I had quotes from five companies, and Oak Coins prices were about the same as the others. The thing that got me was that they gave me pins with my order. So, to me, that was a value added feature. Quote Link to comment
+AtlantaGal Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 I am not sure how much research the other folks have done, but I have been researching quotes and it seems to be that Oak Coins are among the highest prices that one would have to pay for coins. There are other vendors out there, just do your homework and compare prices before you commit. Hmm, there was only one other vendor who's pricing was comperable to Oak's when the GGA coins were shopped with several vendors & quoted, and that one vendor was with a mint where the coin quality was far substandard (at the time). So the decision was simple. In fact Oak was $1 cheaper PER COIN than the higest of the quotes I received. On 500 coins, that's a lot of cash! Quote Link to comment
+AtlantaGal Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 Just don't use that Neilsen guy, Sara is much nicer. LMAO! Quote Link to comment
+rasj & Stacey Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 I am in the process of having our club's coin produced by Oak Coins. Although I haven't received the coins yet, the samples I have received are very nice. Sara is great to work with too. She definately stays on top of things and her patience is amazing. I got quotes from a couple of different mints, and Oak Coins was the cheapest. They were also the only mint that offered me a 12% club discount as well. If we had bought 500 coins, they offered 300 free matching pins (without the discount), but since our club is so new (read small) we just couldn't afford to go that route, so we ordered 250 and took them up on the 12% discount. I'll probably never make another coin, but If I did, Oak Coins would be the ones I called first. Quote Link to comment
+dhenninger Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 Have done several coins with Oakcoins, and been very happy with them every time. Quote Link to comment
+nscaler Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 Christian (Oakcoins) did my coin (on left <--) and is doing the Caching Zone coins (elsewhere in these forums). I'm very happy with his work and will use him on my next coin - same die, different metal. Quote Link to comment
avroair Posted October 18, 2006 Share Posted October 18, 2006 Christian (Oakcoins) did my coin (on left <--) and is doing the Caching Zone coins (elsewhere in these forums). I'm very happy with his work and will use him on my next coin - same die, different metal. Aw! Sorry you had to work with that Christian guy Nscaler, he is almost as bad as that Neilsen guy... Sara is still much nicer (and her typing is so much easier to read). Quote Link to comment
ParentsofSAM Posted October 18, 2006 Share Posted October 18, 2006 I am not sure how much research the other folks have done, but I have been researching quotes and it seems to be that Oak Coins are among the highest prices that one would have to pay for coins. There are other vendors out there, just do your homework and compare prices before you commit. When we did our coin we priced 4 places, we never to this day have heard back from one of them but only one of the others beat OakCoins price and even at then it was not by much money. We knew OC had quality coins so we went with them. Quote Link to comment
+nutlady Posted October 18, 2006 Share Posted October 18, 2006 Well. I feel pretty good then. This is the company I chose. I am waiting ( quite impatiently) for the samples! And as long as we are praising folks.......Jaime at madhatters was AWESOME to work with the design on my coin coming up! Quote Link to comment
Not So Lost Puppies Posted October 18, 2006 Share Posted October 18, 2006 I am not sure how much research the other folks have done, but I have been researching quotes and it seems to be that Oak Coins are among the highest prices that one would have to pay for coins. There are other vendors out there, just do your homework and compare prices before you commit. Don't forget that price isn't everything. Regardless of who you go with you should ask them to tell you which other coins they have done, ask for references and get samples to see the type of quality you can get. There have been several horror stories in the forums before, on quality as well as general delivery times. Anyone who has handled quite afew of the existing coins out there can tell you that there is a quality difference between some of the companies. I wouldn't deal with any company that would not provide me with samples of their work (I would accept a small cost for their samples), or would not provide sample coins before I had to commit to a full order. Of course there are alot of examples of Oak Coins work travelling the caches, and in the coin collections that travel to events. Quote Link to comment
+CacheHunters42 Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 (edited) I am not sure how much research the other folks have done, but I have been researching quotes and it seems to be that Oak Coins are among the highest prices that one would have to pay for coins. There are other vendors out there, just do your homework and compare prices before you commit. Hmm, there was only one other vendor who's pricing was comperable to Oak's when the GGA coins were shopped with several vendors & quoted, and that one vendor was with a mint where the coin quality was far substandard (at the time). So the decision was simple. In fact Oak was $1 cheaper PER COIN than the higest of the quotes I received. On 500 coins, that's a lot of cash! Atlantagal, I'm sure there is a least one minter you didn't get a quote from. Edited October 19, 2006 by CacheHunters42 Quote Link to comment
+Nero Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 I'm thinking of going through Oak Coins to have my coins minted up. Anyone had experiance with this minter, Would you recomend them or not? I considered Oak Coins for my new Nero V2 coin which i should have in hand in a few weeks. I sent them a rough art and just want happy with what i was getting back from them. however the coins I have that they produce are very good quality. im sure having art done by someone else who specializes in that is the way to go. they did say that with 500 coins you get i think 300 free pins, but i wasnt looking to get that many coins done. Quote Link to comment
+nielsenc Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 Christian (Oakcoins) did my coin (on left <--) and is doing the Caching Zone coins (elsewhere in these forums). I'm very happy with his work and will use him on my next coin - same die, different metal. Aw! Sorry you had to work with that Christian guy Nscaler, he is almost as bad as that Neilsen guy... Sara is still much nicer (and her typing is so much easier to read). We like Sara too!!! Its rare to find someone with a sign which said "Will work for Coins!". Quote Link to comment
SASS222 Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 They did my coin and I am very happy Quote Link to comment
+big rick Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 I have worked and a couple of projects with Oak coins and hope to do more business with them in the near future. The coins look great and if you have a problem they work hard to get it worked out. A+++ in my book Quote Link to comment
avroair Posted November 1, 2006 Share Posted November 1, 2006 We like Sara too!!! Its rare to find someone with a sign which said "Will work for Coins!" ROFLMAO! Where do I sign up? Quote Link to comment
+Mr & Mrs Loggerhead Posted November 1, 2006 Share Posted November 1, 2006 They did my Alien Geocoin and are minting our Loggerhead Holiday Geocoins as well. Great to work with! Mr L Quote Link to comment
+Rattlingcrew Posted November 1, 2006 Share Posted November 1, 2006 Never used them, but I sure have a load of their products on my desk. I would have to say they do a great job, a lot of very nice coins with their little ad in the sleeve are here. Glen Quote Link to comment
+Cav Scout Posted November 2, 2006 Share Posted November 2, 2006 I am not sure how much research the other folks have done, but I have been researching quotes and it seems to be that Oak Coins are among the highest prices that one would have to pay for coins. There are other vendors out there, just do your homework and compare prices before you commit. Oak Coins has made coins for me and they were the lowest priced. Seeing how you are a seasoned geocacher, how many times have you purchsed geocoins for yourself? Quote Link to comment
Dogapotamus Posted November 2, 2006 Share Posted November 2, 2006 They did my coin and I was very pleased. Sara was incredibly helpful and the price was un-flipping-believable. I will use them again and so will the rest of The E-Team. Quote Link to comment
+geoSquid Posted November 2, 2006 Share Posted November 2, 2006 I did different research for my coin. I assumed that, within a certain percentage, all coins of similar quality would be similar in price. So, before dealing with price quotes, I sent a short list of questions to five mints. Only two answered any of the questions, and only one provided complete answers, including the metallurgical questions regarding the quality and make-up of the coins they produce. That one mint was Oak Coins. Because they could speak intelligently about their business and their product, I had the confidence to pay their price and didn't get other serious quotes, although I did compare them against Coins and Pins on the first coin (the place that had the second best answers) and found the prices comparable. The one thing I would advise anyone to be wary of... Some of the places that have super inexpensive prices may be able to offer those prices because they reserve the right to issue more coins of your design and sell them. There's nothing wrong with that, and frankly, it's a good business model if you ask me... but if rights to your design are important to you, such a place may not be the best choice, even if you will pay more somewhere else. Quote Link to comment
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