Canton of Finance

We'd love to do spheres someday! That potential project would be massive and take lots of planning and approval and all that, so I can't say anything more right now. We're talking with Team Sanderson about some more Era 2 coins (like the bi-metal coins) though those are going to wait until the final Wax and Wayne book is out. I'm also looking at creating custom bullet cases that would be like the ones Wax carries to push off of.

Hi all! We here at Shire Post Mint launched Mistborn coins on Kickstarter a few weeks ago: http://kck.st/2wZD4p0 I figured I should introduce us here too! Tom Maringer has been making official coins since 2003 when he started making coins for George R.R. Martin. We've been blown away by the excitement and love that the Cosmere community has shown us since we announced this new project. You guys rock -Helen

I don't see that as sad at all. Thanks for the tip! I know the copper/nicrosil is oriented with the copper ring on the outside. Do you know how the other two are oriented?

like @WeiryWriter said!

53 hours in. We've only just begun.

So FUNNY STORY. The very first Era 2 engraving got destroyed pretty early in the run. We used this as an opportunity to correct some lines on the engraving of the bank. The pillars are the same but the steps are different. We've got these first ones quarantined and will probably offer them in some way to backers during or after the campaign. I'm trying to figure out how I can fairly release them without asking backers to switch levels since it's a limited edition. Maybe first come first serve on Backerkit? The funniest part about the coin is that the error/change happened organically before Woody had heard the passage about the pillars. Life imitating art imitating life.

Yes! There are some varying ways to produce coins. The cheapest ones come from China, usually cast in zinc and plated. Higher quality coins are made in solid metals and are struck on presses kind of like ours but their processes are usually more modern and streamlined. Our higher costs come from: licensing (part of your purchase goes to Brandon), engraving (done by hand by Woody, our super talented engraver), metal (sourced in small batches in the US), minting (on one of our antique presses 1700's-1920's era machines), finishing (darkened and aged to feel perfect), packaging (high quality archival holders with printed card insert), and of course labor. We've got a LOT more flexibility in the coins but it means that our costs are higher than probably any other mint. This is a really subtle thing, but as far as I know, we're the only mint broadstriking our coins. This means the coin isn't fitted into a collar which would give it the sides on the edge like all modern coins. So our Era 1 coins are broadstruck on one of our older presses with smoother, rounded edges where the metal bubbled out when being pressed and the Era 2 coins are collared in our new modern press (from the Denver mint!) and have those sharper sides plus an intermittent knurled edge which we've never done before! You should be able to see those differences in the photo. All of these elements are again super subtle but important to us since we can create these coins exactly how they should be. tl;dr: making coins the old way is more expensive but dang they look good.

Yes! There are some varying ways to produce coins. The cheapest ones come from China, usually cast in zinc and plated. Higher quality coins are made in solid metals and are struck on presses kind of like ours but their processes are usually more modern and streamlined. Our higher costs come from: licensing (part of your purchase goes to Brandon), engraving (done by hand by Woody, our super talented engraver), metal (sourced in small batches in the US), minting (on one of our antique presses 1700's-1920's era machines), finishing (darkened and aged to feel perfect), packaging (high quality archival holders with printed card insert), and of course labor. We've got a LOT more flexibility in the coins but it means that our costs are higher than probably any other mint. This is a really subtle thing, but as far as I know, we're the only mint broadstriking our coins. This means the coin isn't fitted into a collar which would give it the sides on the edge like all modern coins. So our Era 1 coins are broadstruck on one of our older presses with smoother, rounded edges where the metal bubbled out when being pressed and the Era 2 coins are collared in our new modern press (from the Denver mint!) and have those sharper sides plus an intermittent knurled edge which we've never done before! You should be able to see those differences in the photo. All of these elements are again super subtle but important to us since we can create these coins exactly how they should be. tl;dr: making coins the old way is more expensive but dang they look good.

We're always open to suggestions If someone can get me some source material we can look into creating them. We've wanted to do some bi-metal coins for a while.

There may be some exclusive special edition coins announced, and what you get in the specific tiers is exclusive, (for example, you won't be able to buy a whole Coinshot bag), but the actual coins themselves will definitely be available on our site after the Kickstarter is finished.