~~~New Engand Shilling...anybody got one to post??
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I used to hand make dies out of bolt heads in my dads basement, and file in designs, or punch them in....and would hammer quarters flat, and restamp them into NE shillings....
uhhh didnt look too good, I remember
Anybody got a REAL deal to post??
uhhh didnt look too good, I remember
Anybody got a REAL deal to post??
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You see, I was the official coiner of the the Kingdom of Bylosvania. We, well, I......I used to make the coins for the whole kingdom. carried them to school, and other important things. Also, had a box upstairs in my desk which had some Bylosvanian coins in it.
The most popular issue was made from sheet aluminum that was excess from the ham radio chassis Dad used to make from old disc jockey recordings, these were like plastic coated..over clean aluminum. He would soak the records in a sink full of *very hot* water, and after awhile the black stuff would slip off. So what was left from a circle to make his square I could have. He had this tool that would punch out circles....and bolt heads and the vise were excellent dies and press. So this aluminum coin was a three. That meant the bolt head had three deep file cuts across it. Then, I took a punch and made a lot of like little punch marks around the outside. Yeah ya take that into the vise and squeeze it hard and you make the coin. You make the Three. Thats a genuine Bylosvanian Coin.
but I looked...I really did, and couldnt find any of them.
None of the NE shillings came about either. One I done with a dremel, and made a kind of not real ugly die and used that...but you really had to squint to think it looked real. The hammered silver felt neat I remember that though I had one for a pocket piecein 7th grade and my teacher took it from me because I kept playing with it.
Geez I hijacked my own thread but it dawned on me just before I am still 'technically' the chief coiner of the Kingdom of Bylosvania, albiet,,,about 45 years or so older...I was still empowered to sink a new die, and to strike a single, special restrike of the THREE, of The Kingom of Bylosvania. It was fun getting back into the swing of things again, after all these years. It was like old fimes, swinging the big ball peen hammer against the shaft of the Vise, as the THREE is coined.
I think the 2010 restrike of the Kingdom of Bylosvania Three, originally struck 1966, I think it turned out rather nice. The King is Pleased.
Being a coiner was fun. But now witout its perils......
One time...I hit the handle too hard too often and it bent. Really bent, like good steel will when it just cannot take anymore. A good 15 degree angle.
Dad came home. After dinner, went downstairs to do his things..."WHO THE HELL BENT MY VISE HANDLE??????"
well, Mom didnt.
I dont really remember the punishment, probably spanking or maybe ,,,well I dont remember. but , I felt bad about doing it. He bought a bigger and stronger grey vise to replace that one
What a fun thread to read!
thanks for a great Sunday morning read!!
Ahhh, the memories of childhood ...
“We are only their care-takers,” he posed, “if we take good care of them, then centuries from now they may still be here … ”
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