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The Elements Coin Series

Updated May 29, 2009

New Releases:
Rhodium
Phosphorus
Barium
Sulfur Encased in Resin
Anodized Varieties of: Zirconium, Hafnium, Titanium and Tantalum
Palladium, Gold, Platinum in Standard Thickness varieties

Welcome to our Elements Coin Series page. In 2006 we embarked on an ambitious project to produce standard-size coins made from as many different metals and elements from the Periodic Table of the elements as we could. So far we have been able to offer many different metals/elements in coin form and are continually marching through the periodic table with the ultimate goal of making these coins out of every element possible.

We have partnered with Penny Press Mint (see website), a small minting operation that strikes most of these fantastic coins for us from the various metals that we provide. These coins are beautifully made as you will see by viewing the high-resolution photos below. The raised lettering and graphics have a frosted appearance which is a nice contrast with the shiny background. Most of the coins have a nice cartwheel luster, just like newly minted coins that show the luster line as it is twirled around under bright light.

Some of the elements we have used for coins are, to our knowledge, the FIRST EVER coins or medals struck with that particular metal/element! (Gadolinium, Indium and Ytterbium are examples)

Almost all of the metals and elements we use in these coins are at least 99% pure with many being 99.9% pure and higher. The thickness of all the coins is the same, except for the precious metals - gold, palladium and platinum. Those are thinner to keep the weight at exactly 1/10 troy ounce (3.1 grams). We do offer as varieties these metals in the standard thickness as the other coins in the set.

These coins are very close to the diameter of a United States 1-cent coin (penny) with actual dimensions 3/4 inch diameter (19mm). These coins are made from punched blanks that are then struck on a coin press to create the images on the coin.

On the obverse, or front side of the coin, is the element name, Periodic Table symbol, atomic number & weight, melting point and density values. On the reverse, or back side, is a graphic representing the Periodic Table of the Elements which will be standard on all coins to be made in this series.

We also offer various supplies such as coin albums, flips and airtites for the convenience of collectors. Those are listed for sale below along with the coins.

Latest Developments:

We are now up to 50 different elements offered in coin form with three new releases in May. New releases since the last update are: Rhodium, Phosphorus and Barium. Thanks everyone for your patience with the long period of time between releases. These materials ended up being very difficult to work with and caused several problems during testing.

Here are photos of the first coins that were made of each of these elements:

Rhodium

Phosphorus (White)

Barium

These can be purchased now on a reservation basis - it will be about 3-4 weeks before we have these in sufficient supply to offer on a regular basis. The barium coins in particular will look better than the one in the photo above as the process to make them is perfected. The phosphorus coins are offered in white or red form, the white form is pictured above. The red form will be considered part of the standard set, the white form a variety.

The Sulfur coins encapsulated in resin are offered in the Varieties section near the bottom of this page.

Here's what is going on with the next elements to be coined:

Strontium: This metal is similar to Barium, and with the success of making Barium coins, strontium should be successful as well. This will lead to the alkali metals starting with lithium.

Rhenium: Rhenium may be possible now that Rhodium has been done. Rhenium is even harder than rhodium making it an additional challenge. Iridium may also be possible once we develop and refine the process for these metals.

Gases and liquids: We are looking for the best way to etch the Elements Series patterns on glass. Then we will offer these elements sealed in the same glass capsules as some of the reactive metals (like Lanthanum).

Tungsten, Ruthenium and Osmium: These most likely cannot be struck by conventional means so we have been looking into alternate processes to produce the coin images on these metals.

The Rest: These are Manganese, Boron, Silicon, Arsenic, Germanium, Tellurium and Iodine. We have done some early evaluations and crude attempts at striking these materials with mixed success. Some of these will be the last elements to be done in coin form. Rest assured though, we never give up!

Alloys: We've picked four alloys to start the alloy-series set of coins. These should be available within the next two months. The dies and materials have been ordered. The first alloys we will be offering are: Wood's metal, Bronze, Brass and Nickel-silver.

Within the coming months we are considering or testing other varieties of this coin series, such as:

- Making larger-diameter coins
- Striking coins from metal filings and powders

We can also make customized dies that would allow us to produce an entire collection of our coins with a personalized reverse side. The personalized side can contain any wording you would like, such as your name, company name, unique patterns, etc. If interested, let us know your details and we can provide a quote.

Let us know what you think about these, or any other ideas you may have!

Collector Pages:

Some of our Element Series coin collectors have setup Web pages displaying these coins, see:

Theodore Gray: See Webpage

Jim Rugh: See Webpage

(Special thanks to these folks for creating these terrific pages and for permission to display them here)

The current offered collection (Click on any photo to view a larger image):

Typical Obverse

Reverse Common to All Coins

Regular-Issue Element Series Coins:

Most of these coins are in stock and available for purchase now. They will be packaged in a protective 2-inch x 2-inch clear plastic flexible coin flip with an informational card inserted in the flip. The flip is made of PVC-free plastic that will protect the coin and not corrode it. Some coins will be also packaged inside an "airtite" plastic holder to offer further protection. A few of the other coins will be sealed in glass capsules, and some others encased in clear plastic resin. To read more about this coin series, click here or click on the metal names just above each Add to Cart button below.

Copper: Price $5.00
Packaging: Coin Flip
Purity: 99.9%

Aluminum: Price $4.00
Packaging: Coin Flip
Purity: 99%

Gadolinium: Price $20.00
Packaging: Coin Flip & Airtite
Purity: 99%

Gold: Price $135.00
Packaging: Coin Flip & Airtite
Purity: 99.9%
Weight: 1/10 Troy-Ounce

Zinc: Price $9.00
Packaging: Coin Flip
Purity: 99.9%

Niobium: Price $12.00
Packaging: Coin Flip
Purity: 99.9%

Molybdenum: Price $19.00
Packaging: Coin Flip & Airtite
Purity: 99.9%

Magnesium: Price $13.00
Packaging: Coin Flip & Airtite
Purity: 99.8%

Tin: Price $7.00
Packaging: Coin Flip
Purity: 99.9%

Cadmium: Price $15.00
Packaging: Coin Flip & Airtite
Purity: 99.9%

Palladium: Price $65.00
Packaging: Coin Flip & Airtite
Purity: 99.9%
Weight: 1/10 Troy-Ounce

Vanadium: Price $37.00
Packaging: Coin Flip
Purity: 99.8%

Indium: Price $16.00
Packaging: Coin Flip & Airtite
Purity: 99.9%

Lead: Price $8.00
Packaging: Coin Flip & Airtite
Purity: 99.9%

Hafnium: Price $35.00
Packaging: Coin Flip
Purity: 99.7%

Iron: Price $13.00
Packaging: Coin Flip & Airtite
Purity: 99.9%

Nickel: Price $8.00
Packaging: Coin Flip
Purity: 99.6%

Ytterbium: Price $29.00
Packaging: Coin Flip & Airtite
Purity: 99%

Titanium: Price $10.00
Packaging: Coin Flip
Purity: 99.2%

Silver: Price $10.00
Packaging: Coin Flip
Purity: 99.9%

Zirconium: Price $16.00
Packaging: Coin Flip
Purity: 98.7%

Gallium: Price $29.00
Packaging: Coin Flip & Airtite
Purity: 99.9%
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Yttrium: Price $24.00
Packaging: Coin Flip & Airtite
Purity: 99%

Tantalum: Price $16.00
Packaging: Coin Flip
Purity: 99.9%

Bismuth: Price $14.00
Packaging: Coin Flip & Airtite
Purity: 99.9%

Antimony: Price $21.00
Packaging: Coin Flip & Airtite
Purity: 99.9%

Platinum: Price $170.00
Packaging: Coin Flip & Airtite
Purity: 99.9%
Weight: 1/10 Troy-Ounce

Neodymium: Price $39.00
Packaging: Glass Capsule & Flip
Purity: 99%
Availability: Typically 1 Week

Samarium: Price $38.00
Packaging: Glass Capsule & Flip
Purity: 99.7%
Availability: Typically 1 Week

Terbium: Price $33.00
Packaging: Coin Flip & Airtite
Purity: 99%

Holmium: Price $17.00
Packaging: Coin Flip & Airtite
Purity: 99.5%

Erbium: Price $16.00
Packaging: Coin Flip & Airtite
Purity: 99.9%

Dysprosium: Price $19.00
Packaging: Coin Flip & Airtite
Purity: 99.5%

Selenium: Price $22.00
Packaging: Coin Flip & Airtite
Purity: 99.9%

Scandium: Price $47.00
Packaging: Coin Flip & Airtite
Purity: 99.9%

Praseodymium: Price $35.00
Packaging: Glass Capsule & Flip
Purity: 99%
Availability: Typically 1 Week

Lanthanum: Price $36.00
Packaging: Glass Capsule & Flip
Purity: 99.4%
Availability: Typically 1 Week

Cerium: Price $39.00
Packaging: Glass Capsule & Flip
Purity: 99.5%
Availability: Typically 1 Week

Cobalt: Price $24.00
Packaging: Coin Flip
Purity: 99.9%

Thulium: Price $48.00
Packaging: Coin Flip & Airtite
Purity: 99.9%

Lutetium: Price $65.00
Packaging: Coin Flip & Airtite
Purity: 99.9%
Availability: In Stock Limited Quantity

Calcium: Price $42.00
Packaging: Glass Capsule & Flip
Purity: 99%
Availability: 1 Week
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Europium: Price $61.00
Packaging: Glass Capsule & Flip
Purity: 99.9%
Availability: 1-2 Weeks
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Beryllium: Price $68.00
Packaging: Coin Flip & Airtite
Purity: 98.7%

Chromium: Price $37.00
Packaging: Coin Flip
Purity: 99.5%

Sulfur: Price $18.00
Packaging: Coin Flip & Airtite
Purity: 99%
Availability: 1 week
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Thallium (Clad): Price $55.00
Packaging: Resin Casting and Coin Flip
Purity: 99.9%
Availability: Typically 1-2 Weeks
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Comparison of Element Series Coins with U.S. Cent,
Euro 10-Cent, Canada Cent

Example of Coin in Airtite Holder
(Photo MAGNIFIED for detail)

Example of Coin in Flip (Front)

Example of Coin Flip (Back)

Anodized Varieties:

We make beautiful varieties of certain coins with the anodizing process. (Learn more) The colors on these coins are brilliant and deep, and will last forever! Click on a photo to view a larger image.

Niobium

Price: $14.00
Each Color

Blue

Purple

Yellow

Green

Titanium

Price: $12.00
Each Color

Blue

Purple

Yellow

Zirconium

Price: $19.00
Each Color

Blue

Purple

Yellow

Green

Hafnium

Price: $39.00
Each Color

Blue

Purple

Yellow

Tantalum

Price: $19.00
Each Color

Blue

Yellow

Other Varieties:

These are varieties of our standard 1/10 troy-ounce coins made of Palladium, Gold and Platinum. The varieties shown below are made with the standard thickness just like all our other coins and are heavier than the 1/10 troy-ounce pieces. Click on a photo to view a larger image.

Palladium: Standard Thickness
Price $85.00
Packaging: Coin Flip & Airtite
Purity: 99.9%
Weight: 5.2 Grams
Availability: Typically 1 Week

Gold: Standard Thickness
Price $350.00
Packaging: Coin Flip & Airtite
Purity: 99.9%
Weight: 8.4 Grams
Availability: Typically 1 Week

Platinum: Standard Thickness
Price $450.00
Packaging: Coin Flip & Airtite
Purity: 99.9%
Weight: 9.3 Grams
Availability: Typically 1 Week

This is a standard Beryllium coin that was struck on a specially polished blank. You can view the link in the box below to see a side-by-side comparison of this with the standard-issue strike. The struck coin is noticeably shinier than the standard issue.

Beryllium: Polished Blank
Price $85.00
Packaging: Coin Flip & Airtite
Purity: 98.7%
Availability: Very Limited Supply
Click Here to compare

This is a standard Sulfur coin that is safely sealed in a resin casting, same size and shape as other resin-encapsulated coins offered on this site. This variety is intended to offer a completely safe way to store a Sulfur coin along with other coins in your set, without the possibility of the sulfur tarnishing certain other metals, like silver.

Sulfur: Encased in Resin
Price $38.00
Packaging: Resin Casting & Coin Flip
Purity: 99%
Availability: Typically 1-2 Weeks

Other Packaging Varieties: We can offer most of our regular-issue coins in several packaging options such as Glass Capsules and Resin Castings. There are some coins that cannot be offered in this format. If you are interested in obtaining these coins in these non-standard packaging, let us know by email and we will see if your requesst can be accommodated, and if so, pricing.

Supplies:

To round out the collector experience with this coin series, we are offering several supplies for storing and displaying your Element Series coin collection.

Compact Album:

This album conveniently stores and displays your Element Series coins within Air-tite containers. One album can hold up to 54 coins total. Click here for more photos and more details of the album.

Price $29.00 each

Availability: Typically 1-2 Weeks

Air-Tite Containers:

These Air-tite containers are the same standard air-tites that are supplied with some of our Element Series coins. They help protect the coin from the environment and come disassembled.

Price $0.60 each

Availability: In Stock

2x2 Coin Flips:

These coin flips are the same standard flips that are supplied with all of our Element Series coins. They are PVC-free and safe for long-term storage of coins. Sold as packages of 10 flips.

Price $2.00 per package of 10

Availability: In Stock

Coin Flip Pages:

These flexible coin flip pages hold up to 20 coins in the standard 2x2 flips and fit neatly in a 3-ring binder.

Price $1.25 each

Availability: 1-2 Weeks

Glass Capsule Retainers:

These are special retainers that help contain the glass-encapsulated coins in the Compact Album. Can only be purchased as an accessory to the album. See Special Instructions for details on this accessory.

Price $8.00 per pair (One pair required)

Availability: 1 Week

Buy Partial or Complete Sets:

For convenience, if you wish to buy the entire current Elements Series regular-issue coin set (46 different coins as of today's date) you can do so here. Also offered are partial sets. All sets are discounted about 5% from the total purchase price of the individual coins within the set.

Current Complete Element Series Coin Set:
50 coins in all (not including Varieties)

Price $1960.00

Delivery: Typically 2-3 Weeks by Insured Mail

Elements Coin Starter Set:
8 different coins
Contains: Aluminum, Copper, Tin, Nickel, Zinc, Silver, Titanium, Iron

Price $63.00

Delivery: Typically 1 Week

Elements Coin 20-Coin Set:
20 different coins
Contains: Aluminum, Copper, Tin, Nickel, Lead, Zinc, Silver, Titanium, Niobium, Iron, Bismuth, Magnesium, Erbium, Indium, Tantalum, Zirconium, Molybdenum, Antimony, Gadolinium, Yttrium

Price $240.00

Delivery: Typically 1-2 Weeks

Elements Coin Rare-Earth Metal Set:
16 different coins
Contains: Scandium, Yttrium, Lanthanum, Cerium, Praseodymium, Neodymium, Samarium, Europium, Gadolinium, Terbium, Dysprosium, Holmium, Erbium, Thulium, Ytterbium, Lutetium

Price $540.00

Delivery: Typically 2 Weeks

Periodic Table View of Available Coins

Shipping Options:

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