Creating Your Own Coins...

[+planetrobert]

Here is mine...

 

I have done a little testing and am ready to start making coins for myself. I just need to make my die first.

 

Here is what I did...

 

1) I took an aluminum slug

 

2) a 5 ton bottle jack

 

3) a frame for the jack to sit in

 

4) a practice die

 

a) I put the jack in the frame I made so that it pushed across the frame to create pressure.

heated up the slug with a oxy torch using a slightly sooty flame only till it was too hot to touch.

c) put the die piece on the head of the jack and the slug between the die and the frame.

d) pulled the handle as hard as I could physically pull it.

e) remove 1 freshly pressed aluminum coin.

 

I plan in making a bunch of them and having them all be trackable. Not as nice as you can buy in the quality department, BUT in the coolness factor I think they are an 11

[+Milbank]

Can you post a photo of one.

Thanks,

[+planetrobert]

yeah, ill borrow a camera and take pic's of everything and post them here.

[+Anonymous']

That's a pretty cool idea.

[+primofam]

I didn't make our coin but I designed them. Would you like to trade?

 

GOWT coin

 

Edited January 15, 2005 by primofam

[+Renegade Knight]

Interesting. Any details on the part about making your own die?

[+The Fraher Family]

Another option are "pressed pennies". Attached are links that may be of help.

 

Smashing Pennies

Squished Pennies

Penny Collector

 

Edited January 19, 2005 by The Fraher Family

[+zygote2k]

Instead of making homemade coins from worthless metals or for that matter getting a geocoin made, why not make all of them from 1 oz. silver rounds. They are relatively cheap and are actually worth money. If you make your own die and press....

[+justybug]

i've been collecting silver for awhile and have yet to see any 1 oz rounds that are blanked, even on one side. most mints will put their unique tag on it somewhere. you could melt them down and just recast i suppose....

i'm working on using old cull silver coins to recast for miscellaneous little silver things.

i like the homemade stuff though, geotoken wise.

[+RustyBeerCan]

Took me awhile to make this out of copper

Tools used

• Hack saw
  
• Grinder
  
• File
  
• Engraver
  
• Sandpaper
  
• Chisel
  
• Hammer
  
• Ect...
  

I Think I'll try melting something next time....I like fire

[+dhenninger]

My first ones were cast. Made a plaster cast. Melted silver solder (melts easy and does not contain lead). and pour into the molds. Stamped numbers on the back with a punch set.

[ATMouse]

My first ones were cast. Made a plaster cast. Melted silver solder (melts easy and does not contain lead). and pour into the molds. Stamped numbers on the back with a punch set.

 

Isn't solder too soft to be durable? Or is silver solder different?

[+dhenninger]

My first ones were cast. Made a plaster cast. Melted silver solder (melts easy and does not contain lead). and pour into the molds. Stamped numbers on the back with a punch set.

 

Isn't solder too soft to be durable? Or is silver solder different?

 

They are pretty hard