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Cutting Jagged - Ghost Coin


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Getting close to Halloween, but this is actually not related to the holiday.  This is military emblem for Call of Duty Ghosts game.

 

Anyway, I've cut this coin a few times before, but I really tried to slow down and get the jagged nature of this design down. And just to think, usually I'm trying to smooth things out.   I also wanted to create scary small holding points so that it looking like it is floating.  There isn't much holding it on.  

 

Added a second coin I just cut in for fun.

 

---------Randy

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I've also done the hand frame, but, using scroll saw is much funner/faster.  Give it a whirl, but not with those coins.  Practice on junk coins.  Those coins are a great size, but I imagine way too expensive to cut on.  I have had several people offer me full silver coins to cut, but I won't do it.  I don't cut anything worth more than a few dollars tops.  I would be so scared of making a mistake, I would be shaking too much to cut.

 

You have me curious though, so I'm going to look those coins up.

 

---------Randy

 

 

Update:  Wow, they have some copper coins (not just zombies) that are about a buck each.  They are just a little bigger than the Kennedy Half Dollar, so they are a great size.  I have bookmarked their site and keep an eye out for something I think would be fun to cut.

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Getting close to Halloween, but this is actually not related to the holiday.  This is military emblem for Call of Duty Ghosts game.

 

Anyway, I've cut this coin a few times before, but I really tried to slow down and get the jagged nature of this design down. And just to think, usually I'm trying to smooth things out.   I also wanted to create scary small holding points so that it looking like it is floating.  There isn't much holding it on.  

 

Added a second coin I just cut in for fun.

 

---------Randy

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Ha,  I did not see the skeleton face until I read Dick's post and then went back and looked. I do not know how I missed it.  Plan as day. That is some delicate cutting.  What do you hold the coins with when cutting?  Some kind of jig?  Something I want to try some day.  Now days I rarely have coins or any currency for that matter.  Rarely even carry cash. 

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What do you hold the coins with when cutting?  Some kind of jig? 

 

I have good news for you.  A jig is not needed or recommended for Kennedy Half dollars.  Your fingers are the best jig.  For smaller coins, super glue the coin to a thin piece of wood that is large enough to handle, then release by soaking in Acetone when finished.

 

If you have seen jigs like Steve Good demonstrates, those are worthless for detail coin cutting because it leaves the center of the coin unsupported.  You can't do detail without support.  Besides, if you glue the coin to the wood, when you are finished, you will have a wooden copy of your coin with more detail that what is normally possible with straight wood.  For added support, I tape a credit card over the hole in the saw table for zero clearance to keep as much of the coin supported as possible.

 

----------Randy

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  • 3 months later...

Nice looking coins Randy, what type of blade do you use? Do you only use Silver coin?

 

Len

 

I don't cut silver, at least yet.  Most of my coins are Kenney half dollars and a few Eisenhower.  I have recently bought and cut a few solid copper bullion coins like wbr posted above, and have several waiting for the right pattern.  I did buy one silver coin, but am too chicken to cut it yet.  I use Pegas 3/0 Jewelers blades.

 

=======Randy

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