This includes engraving dies and procuring the proper planchets, which could well be gold or silver, but more commonly, bronze or nickel. It is not to counterfeit, but to have personally-made tokens, like they use with game machines.
2007-04-10 11:44:58 · 3 answers · asked by Bo_Hemian 2 in Games & Recreation ➔ Hobbies & Crafts
You can't make them as cheap as a private mint. It would cost a fortune for the die making machines, as well as a minting press. Even if you did the ancient thing of two dies, a pair of tongs and a hammer, you still have to know how to harden the dies you make. Go get a book on the minting process and you will see it is not an easy think to do and it is very expensive. If you are any good at making molds you can cast your own tokens. The Chinese cast billions of cash coins using sand molds. I commend you on wanting to try but the cost of your own mint will be expensive and casting takes a knack. Good luck.
2007-04-10 15:45:57 · answer #1 · answered by Taiping 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You could make your own molds out of stainless steel, melt down the metal being used for the coins, pour it into the molds, let it cool and you have coins.
2007-04-10 11:55:20 · answer #2 · answered by golden rider 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i dont no...... mabey they like to make funky pics and stuff. lots of ppl hav weird hobbies. i like soap carving. also...they might like feeling the stuff thair using.
2007-04-10 11:55:18 · answer #3 · answered by adorkable8899955 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋