What on earth are these?

[ozcopper]

What on earth are these?
Any one got any ideas? They seem to be made of resin, they have tiny holes through them, they are nearly 1 foot long and weigh around 1.1Kg each!

 

[STKR]

I think they're original (or copies of the original) sculptings for these coins. They make them in extra large format before producing a die.

 

[STKR]

https://www.usmint.gov/learn/production-process/sculpting

 

[STKR]

Here's how they're done these days..

https://fb.watch/fLMySSVG-t/

 

[ozcopper]

Thanks for all that. I think they were a good speculation to pick up 

 

[STKR]

They are really cool. It would be interesting to know the history of them. I'd imagine the original clay sculptings wouldn't be available for just anyone to make a resin copy from.

They likely came from the Royal Mint. Possibly as samples for their tours? They're a great conversation piece at the very least and could be worth some $$ if you could find out more about them.

 

[Serial]

sorry but no, besides the fact they dont look at all right, they would not have reeding on the edge if they were designer sculptures
i believe they are just someones personal art project

 

[jason1]

to me they look like a vaccuum form mold. the areas they have put the holes are in areas I would put holes if doing vacuum forming to make sure the material is sucked into the tight areas. I could say with a 100% certainty thats why the holes are there. Would a mint do that or not, I couldnt say

 

[STKR]

sorry but no, besides the fact they dont look at all right, they would not have reeding on the edge if they were designer sculptures
i believe they are just someones personal art project

That's a good point about the reeding. Whatever they are, they're pretty damn cool. So is the person who made them  8)

 

[Serial]

If they were the real deal and original designers sculptures I would put a $10k to $13k estimate on them in an auction. That's because the mint never let's them leave into private hands