Mint and Coins Project

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In 2010, I embarked on a study of economies and currencies as value-carrying talismans within them. As part of that project, I designed and had constructed a simple striking mint. In that mint I struck a run of 32 fine silver (.999 pure) coins and one electrum coin called “zeroes”.

struck inside crater of Mt. Tabor just after sunrise 12/22/2011
average size 13-14mm in diameter, 1.60-1.80mm thick
most with irregular “landscape” edges and varying “star” points on faces