I was dumb and missed Mintage Monday yesterday, but fear not! There’s always Treasure Tuesday!
For most of my games, I buy generic-but-somewhat-thematic coinage from a company like Artana or Fantasy Coin. Sometimes, games come with bespoke coins.
And every once in a great while, someone like The Broken Token will make bespoke coins for a specific game that are absolutely spectacular, as is the case with these bespoke coins for an all-time classic, Carson City.
Finding coins with a U.S. currency theme, especially from the Old West, is difficult. There are bespoke coins for Montana and a Brazilian company makes some for Great Western Trail… and then there are these. These are heavy, thick coins with a great lacquered finish. And they even replicated the rectangular $20 “bill”!
Included in the set is this amazing metal round marker, as well.
They really are fantastic. But they are also fantastically expensive. These are the most expensive coins in my collection, and even though I love them I’m not sure I’d pay the price again. And I absolutely cannot recommend them at this price.
But they sure do look nice.
