Coin Machinery, Coining, Coin Production! Need Help!

Essentially you'd be producing gold "rounds" not coins. Any expectation of them having value above bullion would be wrong. If gold falls you are stuck with a lot of expensive equipment and bullion value disks.

I have been reading this thread and I think this is an amazing idea and headache in one, 1st did you ever think you would get a knock on your door from the "feds' or the federal reserve police, ie: making fraudulent coins or copying coins or just them thinking you are:
"Just need to find the right company that wont rip me off. In china they are extremely clever , the can almost replicate anything."
just like the above statement says, people are all not on the up and up, and some are down right dishonest,and will do what ever it takes to not be honest and do a days work for a days pay.I think your idea is, on a grand scale, unique,and a huge undertaking in the least, however you seem to be set to do this, at least that's what I read between the lines, and I wish you and your family all the best in your ventures.Do not take this in the wrong light, I am only thinking out loud or in print, JUST MY OPINION...

If you really wanted to lower your start up costs, while maintaining the purity of your rounds. You could outsource the design and production of the dies, and purchasing of the various industrial equipment you would need, but maintain the coining procedure in the UK or where ever you trust.

If you want to find someone in China to make dies or the equipment. Please PM me.

Good looking out 'bmanofnbc' I will join and contact him now.
Been struggling trying to find someone to make the coins for me. ive emailed 5 companies from made-in-china.com and got the same reply from all of them.

Examples:
'Thank you for your inquiry but sorry we can't export gold coins.
Sorry for the inconvenience.

Best regards,
Sherry'

'Thanks for your enquiry to us. We do have copper, iron, stainless steel. But, we do not have gold coin manufacturing machine. Thanks for your interested in our coin products. If you prefer to choose copper material, please contact us. Thanks!

Thanks & best regards,
Ella Kwong'

I even contacted http://www.montereycompany.com/coins/coins.html which looked very promising but I got rejected from them too.

Hello thank you for your inquiry with us. We do not make solid karat coins. we don't have a supplier that makes real gold coins, only pins.
So sorry.
Good luck to you!!

Since you are in the UK, you may want to try Pobjoy Mint Ltd

thanks roots and steve for the advice.
Gonna still give it a shot see what happens . If I fail then ill be the one with the black eye lol

thanks biokemist6 for the link very good find. will be contacting them today

If Daniel Carr is still a member here maybe you could ask him about it...

http://www.dc-coin.com/

What hallmark is on your gold bars? I would just keep them or *try* and exchange them at weight for 1 oz or fractional coins.

And to roots: in China, gold is mined by the Paramilitary, or WuJing. These are the people you don't mess around with. In the government food chain, they are higher than the military.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People...Armed_Police

As for buying and selling gold in China, jewelry are OK (in 2002 they were 88RMB/$11 per gram!) but as for bars and coins, all of that is heavily regulated and you'll have to carry certificates of ownership.