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Coining The Coin Plane

digitalmorphine — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 08:39:18 MDT

Wooooow... that's surely amazing!
Congrats there! I'm really impressed!
(as if i didn't sound i was in my first sentence)

digitalmorphine

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Purple Dave — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 14:32:16 MDT

@peewee27:
Whoops, right, forgot about that. Yes, there is a very clear difference between the smashed penny you get from a shiny penny, and the one you get from one that's all brown with age. Also, some people prefer old pennies because they don't stretch as much, so you get a shorter tail that matches the gripped edge better. If you compare the dates of your pennies with the changes in penny metal content, you can see distinct differences in the shape of the tails.

Purple Dave

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witchdrash — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 02:35:43 MDT

For those far too interested the law states

No person shall, except under the authority of a licence granted by the Treasury, melt down or break up any metal coin which is for the time being current in the United Kingdom or which, having been current there, has at any time after 16th May 1969 ceased to be so.

They took out the being killed bit that they had in the middle ages.

But since almost every school child is guilt of this I'm not sure anyones taking any action :)

The planes pretty cool, how about some instructions?

witchdrash

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wilson_c — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 17:43:20 MDT

Give him the win, but only if he posts instructions. This is great! I wanna know how!

wilson_c

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undinechan — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 16:26:13 MDT

Well, there goes my hopes of winning. (mine was the popsicle plane)I've been completely outclassed in miniature plane-making.

undinechan

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Strangelove — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:59:08 MDT

That's awesome, even better than the popsicle plane.

Strangelove

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peewee27 — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:52:24 MDT

@brieeyeball: Yep, they do use the actual coin. Some of them you even turn yourself with a wheel and you see yourself squashing it between the two rollers. Think it was one at blackpool tower that I saw that on. Remember one at the old wembley too, think that was electronic though. Remember asking the cashier for shiny coins :D

peewee27

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Stevedroid — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 13:15:11 MDT

I'm torn. This is really cool, but it's wasn't made specifically for this contest. I mean maybe this specific one was made for the contest, but it's an established "craft".

It's just some trade that he picked up from his family - and that's cool and all, but I'd rather see something totally original to the contest.

E.g. ever see those biplanes that people make out of coke cans? Those are really, but if someone posted one I wouldn't vote for it, because is wasn't really made for the contest.

Plus Ace Combat is jets, not WWII fighters. So far, the carrot jet or even the B2 from boxes gets my vote, I don't think that were established crafts ;)

Stevedroid

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Odin — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 12:58:12 MDT

Wins for British.

Odin

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(俗・ ) Grey Gecko — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 12:53:06 MDT

amazing craft!

(俗・ ) Grey Gecko

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xanavi — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 12:30:21 MDT

Wouldn't it have been ironic if he modeled the plane after the Eurofighter?

(currency jokes)

xanavi

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Purple Dave — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 12:29:59 MDT

@ChiZ_MacT:
It depends on whose currency you're defacing and where you are when you're defacing it. In the US, they limit it to stuff like clipping the edges of coins (i.e. removing metal to be resold as scrap while still presenting the coins at full face value). Penny-smashers, on the other hand, are perfectly legal because you don't have a reduced-weight penny left to spend afterwards. Now, putting them on railroad tracks is probably illegal on the basis that putting _anything_ on railroad tracks is probably illegal. You know, trains derailing and such.

@hawkerm:
It shows up much better on the reverse side, and you can also tell by checking which way your penny is facing (heads or tails) when you put it in the machine against which image appears on the reverse side of the smashed penny. Now, if you go to a country like Japan, which has no penny-equivalent coin (similar size, primarily copper content, etc.), I've been told you don't have to provide the coin to smash as it'll feed in a copper slug for you.

Purple Dave

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Rockbot — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 11:29:38 MDT

shouldn't it be one for best cosplane?

Rockbot

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SPni — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 11:27:35 MDT

@Mr.Waffleton: Oh they do. The one at my work jammed again. Some idiot put through a 5p instead of a penny and the machine took a hissy fit.

SPni

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Fury-genesis — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 10:31:15 MDT

Good stuff. The most impressive one by far.

Fury-genesis

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Mikeware — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 10:24:53 MDT

@brieeyeball:

I've also seen it in action. And you can also really tell by using a Canadian penny too. You'll still see an after image of the design beneath whatever it stamps. You'll see that sometimes with an American penny too.

Mikeware

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Sinnix — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 09:25:21 MDT

Wow... that's really cool. He's got my vote.

Sinnix

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bawbagdan — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 09:15:48 MDT

my one question is how???

bawbagdan

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Puzzle — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 08:57:16 MDT

Well done! This is illegal!

Puzzle

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liquid_kore — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 08:57:11 MDT

I think someone needs to make a Spruce Moose with a little crazy Mr.Burns model.

liquid_kore

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Slorg — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 08:44:56 MDT

Gorgeous. Care to do an instructable so we can learn to make these?

Slorg

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Powerlurker — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 08:44:53 MDT

In the US, defacing coinage is only illegal when done with fraudulent intent. So something like this would be perfectly fine as you aren't trying to defraud anyone with it. That having been said, I have no idea what the UK laws are regarding the matter.

Powerlurker

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Ilia Chentsov — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 08:42:08 MDT

This needs a "making of" video to make me believe.

Ilia Chentsov

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brieeyeball — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 08:37:00 MDT

@Mr.Waffleton: Perhaps some of those coin-crushing machines are a scam (no, wait ... all of them are), but I know for a fact that at least some of them actually crush your penny. I've seen ones that have a transparent front panel and let you watch the coin go through and be smashed.

brieeyeball

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BonksUGood — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 08:13:55 MDT

that is friggin impressive.....

BonksUGood

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execrationist — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 07:56:48 MDT

Wow thats incredible, great craftsmanship!

execrationist

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ShiNZ — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 07:56:01 MDT

Congradulations! You're winner!

ShiNZ

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holytramp — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 07:48:04 MDT

I wish I knew how to do that. Guess I'll just change up a load of money. Gonna be just like the scene from Liar liar "It's a goose!" :(

holytramp

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alialo — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 07:39:16 MDT

This is fantastic. Need instructions.

alialo

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Dakobah — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 07:38:29 MDT

This is really good and showing good craftmanship

i will go for the carrot plane though. it was the first to impress me

Dakobah

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Atheist Jew — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 07:37:59 MDT

This should win!

Atheist Jew

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rainofwalrus — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 07:34:42 MDT

winnah. we have so many artists in our little Kotaku-Community, it's sickening!

rainofwalrus

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FlashIV — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 07:33:28 MDT

If it's illegal that just makes it even more bad-ass!

FlashIV

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phicaluk — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 07:27:26 MDT

@Spadgy:

He's doing it wrong, it's actually illegal to stick an envelope upside-down onto a stamp. It's a common mistake.

phicaluk

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freddiefraggles — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 07:21:12 MDT

Wow! I'd buy one. Or ten!

freddiefraggles

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Shiryu — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 07:15:49 MDT

Amazing!

Shiryu

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Spadgy — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 07:00:34 MDT

That's amazing - I'd love know how to do that.

Apparently it's also illegal in the UK to stick a stamp on an envelope upside-down, as the queens head is on it. However, my dad's been trying to get in trouble for it by doing it to every stamp he uses for about 30 years, and he hasn't got in trouble once.

Looks like he might have to try smuggling a grey squirrel into the Isle of Whight...

Spadgy

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Mr.Waffleton — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 06:42:29 MDT

@Sofox:

That's actually not true. Those machines don't actually flatten coins. It's an illusion. The coin slips through a hole and it instead drops out a piece of metal that looks like a flattened penny/pence/dime whatever. I saw a thing on tv about gimmicks like that.

Mr.Waffleton

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greeneggsnsam — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 06:33:35 MDT

@JontyUP: Yes it does!

greeneggsnsam

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gils0n — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 06:32:41 MDT

Winrar. This dude gets my vote.

gils0n

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enewtabie — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 06:28:45 MDT

Wow,that is neat.I would never have the patience for something like that.

enewtabie

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JontyUP — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 06:26:24 MDT

@Dannon: The 50p coin doesn't have the queen's image on it so deface away!

JontyUP

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Naif — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 06:23:11 MDT

@Witzbold: @Sofox:

i just got pwnt, ammirite?

Naif

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Cchrist — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 06:22:37 MDT

We have a winner!

Cchrist

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angry_gamer — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 06:22:25 MDT

Good job! I'm thoroughly impressed!

angry_gamer

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Naif — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 06:22:18 MDT

yea,
ITS ILLEAGEL IN BRITAIN!!!!!!11!111
*gasp*
*rings up the ol' bill*

taking money out of circulation too... dundundun....

Naif

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Witzbold — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 06:21:58 MDT

@ChiZ_MacT: Nobody really cares about that anymore.

Witzbold

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Simple_thinking — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 06:18:43 MDT

Meh. I could do better...

/no not really. that's too cool.

Simple_thinking

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Sofox — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 06:17:01 MDT

@ChiZ_MacT: You'd think so, except there are a bunch of tourist machines at tourist attractions that allow you to press your pennies into mementos of your visit.

Sofox