Hi, you should try casting in aluminium just for fun, it has a relatively low melting point, so easier to work with, and heaps of resources on the web on how to's for mini foundries and moulds etc.
I have been playing around with melting down aluminium cans to make some feature pavers to make our landscaping more interesting, but striking some unique coins sounds fun. Your advice and posts in general here are great! Thanks
it is the dies that cost so much and the molded ones don't look good. But I wanted them to be something people can have that has value and one troy ounce of silver will always hold value regardless of the design. Shoot if the demand was big enough we could get the costs even lower per coin.