Coin Cutting

[Arry 24,449]

1 hour ago, fireman said:

Maybe do some from the 1950 or 60's  so folk can get a birthday year or something or folks order the year from you?... 

I'm short on good copper coins so I can only do dates I have mate. The first ones I did apart from the 2p I did for my lad were coins I dug uo detecting.

Cheers Arry

[Arry 24,449]

1 hour ago, fireman said:

Maybe do some from the 1950 or 60's  so folk can get a birthday year or something or folks order the year from you?... 

Got a few sixpences but they are so small, will try and think of something mate.

Cheers Arry

 

[Arry 24,449]

13 hours ago, gnipper said:

Arry have you seen the old Irish 3d coins with the Hare on them? You could maybe cut round it?

Yes mate I have one but little apprehensive at the moment till I fell more confident. I see some on eBay 5 or six for about a fiver. I do really like them.

You can actually buy them already cut out on line Mate.

Cheers Arry

Edited 14 hours ago by Arry

[mitre 214]

I  believe you use a piecing saw very fiddly if not tightened used one years ago while in college 

[fireman 11,331]

1 hour ago, Arry said:

Got a few sixpences but they are so small, will try and think of something mate.

Cheers Arry

 

Maybe look at some older foreign coins for a suitable date or size thing?..

[Arry 24,449]

15 minutes ago, fireman said:

Maybe look at some older foreign coins for a suitable date or size thing?..

Out of likes mate got a bunch of 2p's but its only the early one that are copper. After 1992 they are steel pated with copper.

Cheers Arry

[chartpolski 27,340]

37 minutes ago, fireman said:

Maybe look at some older foreign coins for a suitable date or size thing?..

It’s got me looking in all the draws for foreign coins ! 
Im sure I’ve got a couple of Canadian loonie bird dollars and some different Arabic ones with falcons and such on !

I’m going to give it a go with the dremel !

Cheers.

[mushroom 13,910]

Isn't destruction of the queens likeness and coin classed as treason and punishable  

I've got a few old coins knocking around somewhere. Mostly the old pesetas, I think one or two might have galgos on them.

Just found this photo online, I'll have a rummage and see if I can find them and if I have one with. More than happy to ship it across to you

 

[chartpolski 27,340]

UAE;

New Zealand;

Missus says there’s a bag full of foreign coins somewhere. I’ll have a look tomorrow.

Cheers.

[Arry 24,449]

18 minutes ago, chartpolski said:

UAE;

New Zealand;

Missus says there’s a bag full of foreign coins somewhere. I’ll have a look tomorrow.

Cheers.

Think you will struggle with just a Dremel Charts. I use a piercing saw with fine blades 4/0 they are very easy to break I ordered so 4's by mistake they are much tougher. but much thicker. I drill a 1mm hole and thread the blade through wax the blade with bees wax.

Cheers Arry

[chartpolski 27,340]

5 minutes ago, Arry said:

Think you will struggle with just a Dremel Charts. I use a piercing saw with fine blades 4/0 they are very easy to break I ordered so 4's by mistake they are much tougher. but much thicker. I drill a 1mm hole and thread the blade through wax the blade with bees wax.

Cheers Arry

I was thinking of taking as much metal away with a drill, then using a dremel to get “almost there” then needle files to finish ?

Cheers.

[comanche 3,252]

34 minutes ago, Arry said:

Think you will struggle with just a Dremel Charts. I use a piercing saw with fine blades 4/0 they are very easy to break I ordered so 4's by mistake they are much tougher. but much thicker. I drill a 1mm hole and thread the blade through wax the blade with bees wax.

Cheers Arry

Good  post Harry ; l think you've inspired a few people to have a go ,  including me.

I even dragged my old jewellery  tools out of the shed.  Some of the  saw blades are getting on for fifty years old. I hope they haven't   metal fatigue    

Edited 22 hours ago by comanche

[tillylamp 1,897]

best be careful bud  when/were you show these arry....criminal offence apparently....

 It is illegal to cut up UK coins without consent from the UK treasury, a lot of people think you can cut up or destroy pre-decimal coins but you cannot unless you have the permission to do so, you cannot cut up or destroy/melt any decimal coin even if its out of circulation, you can use coins from other countries.

[comanche 3,252]

6 hours ago, tillylamp said:

best be careful bud  when/were you show these arry....criminal offence apparently....

 It is illegal to cut up UK coins without consent from the UK treasury, a lot of people think you can cut up or destroy pre-decimal coins but you cannot unless you have the permission to do so, you cannot cut up or destroy/melt any decimal coin even if its out of circulation, you can use coins from other countries.

Good point. Several older coins such as   two bob bits and tanners  were still legal tender in the early  years of decimalisation.  Any currency  valid in the decimal period even if it was made prior to that period is still protected  .

 

[Arry 24,449]

8 hours ago, chartpolski said:

I was thinking of taking as much metal away with a drill, then using a dremel to get “almost there” then needle files to finish ?

Cheers.

Might work Charts it's worth having a go mate.

Cheers Arry