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Historical Artifacts

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Just a community for everyone to share artifacts, reconstructions, or replicas for the historically-inclined to admire!

Generally, an artifact should be 100+ years old, but this is a flexible requirement if you find something rare and suitably linked to an era of history, not a strict rule. Anything over 100 is fair game regardless of rarity.

Generally speaking, ruins should go to [email protected]

Illustrations of the past should go to [email protected]

Photos of the past should go to [email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago (12 children)

That won't make coins. It will make the outlines. Molds are reversed. The raised parts are what won't appear on the final blank, while the cavities hold the finished details. This is the opposite of that.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 days ago (9 children)

What are you talking about? Just do a search for chinese coin and this are the perfect mold for them.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Indeed, the coins are broken off the resulting "coin tree" and then cleaned up by filing. The edges and details stand proud. Searching for "ban liang mold" will show other similar Chinese molds.

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