Custom Minting in Alaska

Oxford offers full-service custom minting in Alaska. We can create custom gold & silver coins and medallions for your special occasions or gifts.

Medallions and minted coins can increase in value over the years and can become lasting mementos or collector’s items. They are used in a variety of ways, including:

Fundraisers
Awards
Employee anniversaries and incentives
Promotional and advertising events
Visitor souvenirs or Redeemable tokens
Corporate gifting
Commemoratives and Keepsakes
Personal anniversaries
Religious or inspirational items

Designs

Any design can be reduced and used in the creation of your Alaska custom minted products or custom coins. However, a small piece with an intricate design may be challenging to render. Some options to consider for your plan include:

Business Logos
Landscapes or Architecture
Animals, People or Symbols
Portraits or Landmarks

In addition to the above, options for lettering could be names, slogans, mottos, events, locations, dates, advertising, or a simple message.

These medallions can be made from precious metals, such as silver and gold, or base metals, such as bronze, copper, and nickel silver. We do a beautiful job of antiquing brass, which is especially useful when making key-chains so that they stay looking beautiful even when handled.

Artwork & Design Services

Camera-ready artwork (4” x 6” minimum) is helpful but not required. Business cards, drawings, photographs, or your written concept roughly sketched to give us an idea of the placement of subjects and lettering can also be used. Digital images such as a JPEG or TIFF file should be 6” x 6” minimum with a resolution of at least 300 dpi. However, for greater accuracy, an actual photograph would be best. Since your medallion would be created from an 8” plaster sculpt, any artwork provided should be large enough to fit into this format.

Special Finishing

When creating your custom gold & silver coins, you have the choice of several unique surface finishing options which include,

Complete gold or silver plating
Select gold plating
Clear coating
Enameling
Antiquing

Surface Quality & Finishing

The quality standards of surface finishing for your coins can be:

Proof
Proof-like
Brilliant Un-circulated (BU)

Other custom minting options are available on request and can include serial numbering, edge lettering or edge numbering, and sequential edge marking.

Packaging

We offer a range of packaging presentation types to enhance and display your precious metal, gold, or silver minted product. Some of these include:

Clear plastic flips
Acrylic capsules
Leatherette boxes

Timeline & Cost

When we receive your design ideas, an account representative will provide you with the exact cost of your dies. Die costs can range from $950 to $1850 per side, dependent on design details. Sculpting of the plaster model begins when you approve the layout artwork, and a minimum of 50% of the total die cost is received. Usually, the timeline for completion of your medallions is 8 to 12 weeks.

Metal for your Custom Gold & Silver Coins

Oxford can obtain the metal necessary for you based on current market prices, or you can supply the metal. Please contact us for details.