gxseries Posted August 15, 2010 Report Share Posted August 15, 2010 All coins would be unique... Inspired from this: http://www.flickr.com/photos/70349851@N00/4018610098/ Just something random when I was looking at knives. I own a Damascus knife myself and was thinking if planchets were made in such patterns - might be pretty interesting. Damascus is used to describe the wavy grained pattern of two or more different metals mixed together and hand struck. Mokume gane is similar to it and more exotic metal is used. More readings: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damascus_steel http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mokume-gane Now why am I sensing some micro or African nations are going to strike coins in such patterns very soon... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vfox Posted August 19, 2010 Report Share Posted August 19, 2010 The problem is the cost of making the precious metal version of this...mokume-gane is a pain in the butt. It's sadly machine made for the most part today but it would probably cost more than a depleted uranium coin, haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Stilson Posted August 20, 2010 Report Share Posted August 20, 2010 It would be neat on a commemorative. A Damascus or other base metal blend may not be too expensive. A few folds could get a pattern. But they would have to treat the coin after minting to bring out the grain. Any design would have to be very bold and simple. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Seeley Posted August 20, 2010 Report Share Posted August 20, 2010 Hi, I just received a notice that Mokumé-gane came up in a thread here. If you really would like to look at some of this metal you might look at my site. I am the master distributer of Shining Wave Metals. Phil Baldwin who makes these laminates was part of the team at SIU that worked out how to do this with contemporary metals in the late 70s. There are 18 examples of Mokumé products developed for the contemporary metal smith. We re : <www.reactivemetals.com> There is also a very interesting site making patterned metals out of very exotic combinations like titanium/niobium: http://xpmcorporation.com/ Very cool. As for me I am the titanium, niobium anodizing guy. Have been teaching and supply exotic metals and the technology for working with them since the early 80s. If you have any questions about these metals please feel free to contact me. bill@reactivemetals.com All coins would be unique... Inspired from this: http://www.flickr.com/photos/70349851@N00/4018610098/ Just something random when I was looking at knives. I own a Damascus knife myself and was thinking if planchets were made in such patterns - might be pretty interesting. Damascus is used to describe the wavy grained pattern of two or more different metals mixed together and hand struck. Mokume gane is similar to it and more exotic metal is used. More readings: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damascus_steel http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mokume-gane Now why am I sensing some micro or African nations are going to strike coins in such patterns very soon... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vfox Posted August 20, 2010 Report Share Posted August 20, 2010 Hi, I just received a notice that Mokumé-gane came up in a thread here. If you really would like to look at some of this metal you might look at my site. I am the master distributer of Shining Wave Metals. Phil Baldwin who makes these laminates was part of the team at SIU that worked out how to do this with contemporary metals in the late 70s. There are 18 examples of Mokumé products developed for the contemporary metal smith. We re : <www.reactivemetals.com> There is also a very interesting site making patterned metals out of very exotic combinations like titanium/niobium: http://xpmcorporation.com/ Very cool.As for me I am the titanium, niobium anodizing guy. Have been teaching and supply exotic metals and the technology for working with them since the early 80s. If you have any questions about these metals please feel free to contact me. bill@reactivemetals.com Were you at the 2009 SNAG convention? You sound familiar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Seeley Posted August 20, 2010 Report Share Posted August 20, 2010 Were you at the 2009 SNAG convention? You sound familiar. Yes, Reactive Metals Studio goes every year. We had a booth in the vender area. Phil did a mokume pattern development demo. As an aside... we did about two years of development with the Canadian Mint on a Niobium coin. The price jump two years ago caused them to give it up. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gxseries Posted February 14, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2018 So I came across this coin and remembered this thread. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Canada-2015-Pan-Am-Parapan-Toronto-Games-20-Silver-Maple-Leaf-Proof-Mokume-Gane/161735200269?hash=item25a82b4e0d:g:wx0AAOSwCZ5Vfsso Canadian Mint did end up having an example!!! And to think I thought of this back in 2010... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted February 16, 2018 Report Share Posted February 16, 2018 good memory! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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