They may be the cheapest as long as you checked them first for varieties rare dates etc. I found (2) 1918/7's in an inherited coffee can of buff nickels used as poker chips.
125 inches x 32 inches (27 sq feet!!) laying on oak veneered plywood then covered in clear resin that you pour on and heat the bubbles out. I laid out 1 SQ ft and there were 230 nickels in it so I need 230x27 minus what I already have. It's going to be a couple thousand easily. The first pic above is approximately 1 foot square
I don't remember if the place was called silver dollar saloon or bar. It was in N Mexico in Old Mesilla .The bar was done in silver dollars. It had a long history of the likes of Billy the kid and the outlaws.45 years ago I wonder if its still there.
I was on the path to do this years ago, and got sidetracked. My thought was to use all nickels, and to buy dateless and acid treated buffs, then mix in nickels with damage on one side. I wanted to include T1 buffs, and also shield and V nickels as well.
Never got it started!
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great project but the dark and ugly coins may be distracting. I would wash them in dilute mauratic acid it will make em look a lot better since there just going to be entombed and not collected.
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Looks like you will need lots more. You could throw in a few other types for face value.
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You should throw in some other denominations and mix them in as some sort of pattern.
Maybe throw one of these in the bathroom
Doing it all in Buffs (I'd leave out the overly dark ones) will look great. Mixing in other denoms would cause odd gaps.
Do it with Morgans, less coins, more pizzaz.
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in Old Mesilla .The bar was done in silver dollars. It had a long history of the likes
of Billy the kid and the outlaws.45 years ago I wonder if its still there.
I haven't been back since I posted about Lincolns 10,000 Silver Dollar Bar back in aught 7.
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Never got it started!
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<< <i>I haven't been back since I posted about Lincolns 10,000 Silver Dollar Bar back in aught 7.
Have not been there in a while. Think I will stop on my way to the Portland ANA in March.
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cool project.
<< <i>Sprinkle in some steel cents and a few bucks face of silver coins.
An after pic is mandatory
And maybe a handful or two of cull 19th Century coins.