If you've been reading my series on the making of a medieval style club coin, we discussed all the background research, design selection, inscription translation, processes, technology, and costs that go into such a project.  As you could easily conclude, a project like that can take a lot of effort and time before you even begin striking coins.  But the result was a beautiful, truly medieval looking coin for our club.  This was an incredible, rewarding way to learn about the minting process, particularly for hammered coinage.  The real fun for our club was in actually getting to take part in making them!