Pewter Coins for Christmas

 

These are a first run coins made as a gift for my husband I normally give them at out Baronies 12 night celebration but I can not be there with him this year so I made them, and gave them to him before Christmas this year. I made him 25

 http://www.forumancientcoins.com/Articles/greek_turtles_ancient_coins.htm

 http://www.greek-islands.us/ancient-greek-coins/aegina-coins/

I intend to clean up the mold and see how many I can make from it till it breaks. I am using a mold made from Plaster of Paris. I make Plaster Bricks about 3" X 3" then I carve them using cheep wood tools and some times a battery powered Dremel like tool that is used for glass etching engraving and manicures.