Went to the Texas Renaissance Festival today and dropped by the "Royal Mint" they have a drop hammer mint set up there for medallions.

Backside view


Front view just prior to pulling release



Dies



Close up of set up


Splitting to two messages

Setting up my medallion


Still setting up.



After being struck


And here it is.


.999 silver they gave the option of "toning it" there. I should have either passed or had him put it on lightly.

Do they still have the Ren Fest £1 notes? I have one from 1988.

Neat pics. Thanks for sharing.

Not sure. I did get a couple of the Wheresgeorge notes.

Cool!

Neat!

Very cool. I like the design.

I went there a few weekends ago, I might have to go back and get me one of these

Very interesting, thanks for sharing the pics! That press, with the "face of leaves", looks cool too ...

Christian

I had to dig it out, I would have bought the £5 and £10 notes, but these were the good old days when my then girlfriend(now wife) and I were poor so I could only afford one £1 note.

This is a pretty attractive design with St. George on the obverse and the dragon and his money pile on the reverse.

Very cool!

I'll have to look for the notes next time I go.

me2, in fact I might run down there tomorrow if the weather is nice.

Although in the end a job becomes just a job, I kind of envy the guy minting the coins...I have always wanted to try my hand at designing and minting my own coin. I guess I have the Conder Token do it yourself Spirit but I fear its a big investment.

I think the part about it I like the best is the demonstrations. Blacksmith, glassblower, falconer, etc.

They have thae same setup here at the RenFest in GA....