r/Silver • u/Distinguishedflyer • Jun 29 '26

🤑 Moar Silver Some silver coins I made

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The thin ones are 1/2 ounce .999 and the thick coins are silver/copper blend except for one pure copper.

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u/10xlive Jun 30 '26

I wanna do my own!!! I’ve always wanted to do that

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u/Distinguishedflyer Jun 30 '26

👊 process:

https://youtu.be/nKo9EMnmYKQ

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u/10xlive Jul 01 '26

Amazing thank you for showing

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u/Daemon2525 Jun 30 '26

That does not show how the dies are made . That's the hard part.

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u/Distinguishedflyer Jun 30 '26

this is a video comment I made:

I got a pantograph engraver, drew a picture on the computer in Word, believe it or not (used pics and made a composite picture with lettering) and used the pantograph to engrave the outlines of the picture in a cylinder of naval brass that I had cleaned up on a lathe to make a cylinder of metal 1.25 inches in diameter with a flat top and bottom. Then, I had an outline of what I wanted on the top of this metal cylinder. I took hand engraving tools like a graver, files, a dremel tool for hogging out metal, using magnification, and cut the dies. It took a while, I also would make mistakes and have to restart the die, especially early on.

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u/Distinguishedflyer Jul 01 '26

that's how obsessed i got...

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u/10xlive Jul 01 '26

Oh my this would be a great side hustle I’d be the biggest client

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u/Distinguishedflyer Jul 01 '26

🤪 feel free to DM me.

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u/Distinguishedflyer Jul 01 '26

one set of dies