From: peter@tsto.co.uk   
      
   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   
      
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