janie Posted August 15, 2007 Share Posted August 15, 2007 I need to source some prop coins, and I'm having trouble thinking of anything I could use that would be bigger than a modern 2p and would look suitably genericly olde worlde...Can anyone point me in the right direction? Thank you :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glyn Edwards Posted August 15, 2007 Share Posted August 15, 2007 How realistic do they need to be, very often I've just used penny or mudguard washers spray painted in dirty bronze colours. If they need to be thicker, just stick two together. HTH Glyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janie Posted August 15, 2007 Author Share Posted August 15, 2007 ah...yes that might be good...off to wickes now, thanks for the suggestion :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzette Posted August 15, 2007 Share Posted August 15, 2007 Do you know of any good junk shops? You can usually pick up bags of old penny coins fairly cheaply. But must be old style junk shops rather than "antique" shops. Last time I got some I think it was £1 for 25 coins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy_s Posted August 16, 2007 Share Posted August 16, 2007 when we needed loads of gold coins to pour out of the set a la jackpot on the vegas fruit machines, we got metal blanks from a company called Advanced Alloys in Eastleight, Hants, tel 023 8061 8891. can't remember how much they cost, but we needed hundreds and they can't have been that expensive, give what we usually put aside for the props budget.... they came in a gold colour, so we didn't do anything to them, but if you wanted them to look old and well used, they could be broken down easily enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janie Posted August 18, 2007 Author Share Posted August 18, 2007 Thanks guys, I appreciate it...in the end I found a bag of miscellaneous coins in the back of a cupboard, so have all I need for now :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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