JAYMEDINC

I was thinking the other night about the type of coins I would like to have, and it occured to me that some of the coins I want don't yet exists. I have an idea for a specific design - or series, rather, that I think would be really cool and somewhat apealing to a niche market.

 

So, give that the coins I want don't yet exist... I was just wondering - what would it take to mint your own coins? I'm not talking about serious mass production here... more along the lines of artisan-quality silver bullion coins of my own design and minted on a small, hand operated hydrolic press, in quantities of, say, 50 or 100 at a time.

 

Speaking hypothetically, how would one even go about doing this? How would you make dies? What kind of press would you need? Where could you get blanks? What other problems would you have to solve? Does anybody do this now?

 

Just thought I'd throw that question out there.... who has ideas?

 

- Spike

You could probably get a Challenge Coin style of coin for $3-$5 each for 100 or more, if you are still looking to do this.

Jesse

http://ChallengeCoinAssociation.org

In one of the last Coin News magazine's (UK) it mentioned that Bill Clinton was an avid collector of these. He use'd to pick one up at every military base etc... he visited. So he must have a few.

About 6 weeks ago I was at a National Guard school in Little Rock. My family came and visited, so in the interest of being tourists, we visited the Clinton Library. His Challenge Coin display is in his Oval Office exhibit. My wife snapped a picture of it and got lectured by security because of the flash. All that, and the photo didn't turn out.

Jesse

http://ChallengeCoinAssociation.org

Yes, I once saw a photo of him with his display case behind him. He even had his own Presidential Coin that he handed out to people. It can be found on eBay from time to time. I believe one of the Challenge Coin Association members has one.Jessehttp://ChallengeCoinAssociation.org

Hello, I see this original post was made from Mortaritaville about the same time I was in the area. Anyway, I thought I would just chime in with a link to my website, since it is on topic. Not many coin communities talk about our favorite type of coin. It would be nice to get this thread going.Challenge Coin Association