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MORE COIN MAKER WEB SITESLast week I published a list of web sites in the category of "coin makers" - the creators of numismatic items including bullion coins, fantasy coins, circulation coins,
medals, tokens and (because I didn't know where else to put them), banknote makers. Perhaps "numismatic item manufacturers" is a more accurate term, if long-winded. Perhaps just
"Manufacturers" or "Makers". Anyway, readers responded with some great suggestions to add to the list. -Editor
CHALLENGE COINS Bob Fritsch writes: You forgot the makers of “Challenge Coins” in your list. Many coin clubs have gone to these manufacturers to save their medal program. Here are a few, there are lots more. All About Challenge Coins How could I forget Challenge Coins? I think I repressed the memory because I get spam nearly every other day from Chinese manufacturers wanting to sell me challenge coins. From
viewing these sites I think they're all U.S. based. But it's hard to tell which if any are actual manufacturers or just resellers. But these look like a fine selection for our list. Additions
welcome, particularly if you've had a positive experience.
Gotta love this graphic from the Coins For Anything contact us page. Coin Nerds Unite! -Editor  Bob adds: Coins For Anything is the one I use with great results. While many of these companies are U.S. based, the medals are made overseas, mostly in the Far East. For example, Coins For Anything does everything here in the U.S., including graphics, ordering, billing, etc, then sends the designs to South Korea where they are manufactured then shipped directly to the customer. It sure holds down costs. SCOTLAND AND AUSTRIA David Powell writes: Alexander Kirkwood of Edinburgh has been making tokens and medals since the early 19th century and is still going today. In particular, the company was responsible for a large proportion of Scotland's 19th century church communion tokens. Schwertner are one of the major manufacturers of Austrian New Year tokens; click on "NEUJAHRSMÜNZEN 2018" for the forthcoming 2018 designs. Thanks. The Kirkwood site is a work in progress. I'd love to see examples of their work, but the site is just a shell right now. Guess that Internet-thingy is just a passing
fad anyway... -Editor
Kirkwood Schwertner   GERMANY Björn Schöpe of CoinsWeekly writes: The State Mints of Baden-Wuerttemberg have launched their new website featuring a wealth of interesting information on technical aspects related to the minting of coins and medals. The State Mints of Baden-Wuerttemberg Thanks. Björn included a press release which I've published as an article elsewhere in this issue. -Editor
INDIA Greg Meyer writes: The Republic of India has four coin mints and two different additional locations for printing currency/notes. India Govenrment Mint Currency Note Press (Nashik) Thanks, everyone! I've added all of these web sites, plus one I realized on my own had been left out: Mexico. Please let me know if you discover or think of other sites
appropriate for our list. -Editor
MEXICO Below is one I had to leave off the list. But perhaps someday we'll have a category for non-numismatic sites that are nonetheless useful for certain areas of numismatic
research. -Editor
Anne E. Bentley of the Massachusetts Historical Society adds: This may or may not be handy for numismatic research, but good to know about. Colonial North America at Harvard Library To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see: Wayne Homren, Editor The Numismatic Bibliomania Society is a non-profit organization promoting numismatic literature. See our web site at coinbooks.org. To submit items for publication in The E-Sylum, write to the Editor at this address: whomren@gmail.com To subscribe go to: https://my.binhost.com/lists/listinfo/esylum All Rights Reserved. NBS Home Page Contact the NBS webmaster 
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