Canton of Finance

13 hours ago, Farnsworth said:

Yeah, the sad part is, most of my Cosmere friends say they are going to get it some time this week. We haven't even come close to starting.

@Canton of Finance

The Southern Scadrial coins are described in The Bands of Mourning. A copper/nicrosil one is on pages 184-185. The most common are nicrosil/brass, or nicrosil/duralumin.

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? 
 

16 hours ago, Cowmanthethird said:

These look amazing and they already have my money, I do want to know one thing though:

Has anyone bothered to translate the steel alphabet characters yet? 

 like @WeiryWriter said!

30 minutes ago, Farnsworth said:

I love how they have to keep adding new stretch goals! They had no idea how far this would go. The ash blackened clips and bronze clips sound awesome!

53 hours in. We've only just begun. 

On 9/29/2017 at 7:17 AM, bleeder said:

Has anyone checked the spacing of the pillars on the bank? 

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.

1 hour ago, Harakeke said:

They're certainly beautiful, but at around $10 each (give or take, depending on backer tier) they're significantly pricier than other fantasy coins I've seen, which typically go for less than a dollar each. Is there something about the antique minting process that drives up the price?  

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.

1 hour ago, Harakeke said:

They're certainly beautiful, but at around $10 each (give or take, depending on backer tier) they're significantly pricier than other fantasy coins I've seen, which typically go for less than a dollar each. Is there something about the antique minting process that drives up the price?  

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.

5 hours ago, MPHRD said:

I wonder if they will ever do Southern Scadrian duel metal coins. 

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.

3 hours ago, ccstat said:

Does Shire Mint keep or remake stock from previous projects? Meaning, if I don't get one now through the kickstarter, am I likely to be able to order it through their website a year from now? (Or alternatively through Brandon's store?)

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.