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I hope this doesn't offend coin collectors - if it does and u have a suggestion of something else to use, I'd b happy to hear it. I designed a board game and want to hand make my friends copies (Maybe sell some if people like it). Each set would need 250 "coin pieces". I would use US pennies and spray paint w stencils, but I don't wanna worry about any gray area of defacing currency. Canada of course discontinued theirs... does anyone have a suggestion of a small (roughly penny) sized coin I can buy (like 1000 or 2000 at a time) something that.. will basically cost 1 cent each (or less)? Preferably still in circulation so I can get more. I've thought about if a bandsaw could slice a dowel rod w a thickness setting like a cheese slicer, but that saw would b expensive, assuming I could find one. Also, I may have to print and cut paper squares in heavy paper, but coins would b cooler. Any thoughts? I live in the US Midwest, (in case that affects shipping). Thanks in advance for any suggestions or thoughts.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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I don't think spray painting US cents would be a problem if there is no fraud intended. I would just get several rolls of pennies from the bank.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Of course, there's always the possibility of a player taking the cent pieces from the game--adding them to a coin roll let's say--and taking them to the bank in exchange for currency or other coins.
Maybe just buy a few thousand washers from a discount home improvement store.
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You could always look up (search) "Stamping Blanks" but that might be more expensive than washers as stated - 1.4¢ is pretty cheap.
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New Member
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thanks, people. I can't use washers, cuz of the hole in the middle where an identifying symbol needs to be: 1/5 the coins would need a red heart in the middle, 1/5 a green heart, etc. but I see now... and I'm not sure why I didn't think of this before... i'll look for a spray paint that's washable (or way to stencil / stamp them with a washable ink/paint... that way there's no "defacing" argument of using us pennies: it can just be washed or rubbed off.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Maybe print some round stickers with the different colored hearts. |
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Collecting history one coin or medal at a time! (c) commems. All rights reserved.
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Bedrock of the Community
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To the Forum. |
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United States
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commems - that was EXACTLY what I was looking for!! and thank you ALL for the responses! in regards to round stickers though: too expensive to buy the quantity required (in pre-made sheets) and too tiresome to cut manually. but, I've narrowed it down to 2 options:
1. coins in bulk from the 'world coins in bulk' site, painted w/ stencil or stamp.
2. US pennies, w/ smaller square stickers (printed myself on sticker paper, that I could quickly cut w/ a big paper cutter, and the square sticker would fit inside the face / circumference of the round penny. a removable sticker should appease any argument of defacing currency - 'if you don't like it, just take it off.'
as an interesting note - some local artist in my town 'paul jackson' was protesting the missouri quarter design choice several years ago. he made stickers of his design, that he was putting on quarters and giving out. I don't think he got in any real trouble, but someone might have told him to stop. I think he ended up just looking kind of silly, cuz... dude, they didn't pick your design, things don't always work out. but, maybe there was more to the story, like they were gonna use his design and changed their minds or something. I don't mean to talk bad about the guy - some of his water colors are great, and his quarter design was cool. I remember wanting one of his 'protest' quarters at the time, but was too busy to track one down.
and finally, I'm gonna add you all to my friend list. when I finish the game, i'll try to send/post you a pic of the whole thing, just for fun, so you can see the final product. take care, keep on! ~mike.
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New Member
United States
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ok, last post about this. first off - no stickers, that's crazy: like I could peel all those. just glue and paper squares. i'll be lucky if they stick longer than 4-5 rounds of play, so I don't think i'll have to worry about long term defacing issues. the coins at that link, commems, are just too expensive. it would be great if there was a bank where you could say "gimme 10,000 of the lowest priced (given the current exchange value) currently circulating Centavo coins (all the same), be it form Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, or wherever. but, who would be silly enough to offer that service? finally, here's a link to paul jackson's thing - he designed the missouri quarter, but then they changed it and didn't give him credit, I guess: https://www.pauljackson.com/Quartergate.pdfthanks again everyone and take care. Edited by ukrainebelieve
05/25/2021 10:52 am
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Bedrock of the Community
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I would use US pennies and spray paint w stencils, but I don't wanna worry about any gray area of defacing currency. There are no laws against defacing US coins (There ARE laws against defacing currency, but currency doesn't include coins, not the way the laws are written.). You can do anything you want to US coins that isn't fraudulent except you can't put advertising on them and you can't melt cents or non-silver 5 cent pieces. Anything else is permissible. |
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United States
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Quote:There are no laws against defacing US coins (There ARE laws against defacing currency, but currency doesn't include coins, not the way the laws are written.). You can do anything you want to US coins that isn't fraudulent except you can't put advertising on them and you can't melt cents or non-silver 5 cent pieces. Anything else is permissible. A few examples of this would be the coins that are cut out, plated, elongated, etc. for jewelry and keepsakes. |
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New Member
United States
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well it took several months of working on this project in my spare time, but I designed a stencil grid/frame, learned 3d modeling software to design the files, and then had a friend print them. finally on to the next step. thanks for the advice, folks.  |
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Posted 05/21/2021 6:16 pm
