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I trust you are not implying that I am promoting counterfitting. I respectfully request that you clarify your post.
I certainly was not, and I certainly shall.
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You probably did not read my post and perhaps did not understand my term "Y2K" technology. I am talking hammer and anvil "artisan" level of methodology. Are you familiar with the so called "hobo" nickel? These are folks (as I understand it) who use hand held metal working tools to modify existing coins.
I, frankly, had no idea what you meant by "Y2K technology"; I
assumed you meant "modern technology", since 2000 was only 10 years ago. "Y2K" certainly does not imply "mediaeval" to me. The Chinese counterfeiters are certainly using modern technology to make copies of low-mintage coins, which was what I
assumed your question was asking.
I apologize if my assumptions about your meaning were wrong, and in so doing caused offence. And I'm sorry I did not reply earlier; I am in Australia and have only just woken up now.
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My question was whether there are other artisans who start with a blank "planchet" or sheet of metal, using hammer and anvil or crude homemade methods to craft coins for personal or artistic purposes.
In that case, the answer is, "yes, of course there are". Practically every jeweller in the country has the ability to do that, if you asked them to. If your interest is specifically in hobo nickels, then yes, there certainly are people making similar items around.
Beyond that, there are historical re-enactors such as the Society for Creative Anachronism who strike "coins" in the mediaeval fashion, using hand-carved dies and a big guy with a hammer.
Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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