Before I go crazy printing my own D&D Coins sing my own designs for the provinces in my homebrew world, are there any sites that sell D&D Coinage at prices that rival the "cost" of printing my own?  The media costs $20 a spool and I bet I could get over 1000 coins from a spool (at about the size of a quarter each), but at 2 cents a coin, are there any comparable options.  I doubt it.

My designs are my own idea on D&D Coins for semi-literate cultures.  The Platinum coin is a septagon (7-sided figure) with a rounded torus edge from the "minting" process.  It features the symbol of the ruling house, a lion's head, and the name of the kingdom, along with the date of the minting.  The Gold Coin is a hexagon (6-sided figure) with a rounded edge from the minting process.  It features the symbol of the ruling house, a lion's head, the name of the kingdom and the date of the minting.  The Silver Coin is a pentagon with a rounded edge from the minting process.  It features the crest of the house from the Duchy where it was printed (a Lion's Head, an Eagle's Head, a Bear's Head, or a Horse's Head), the name of the Duchy and the date of the minting.  Copper Coins are octagons minted by the county, with the name of the county, the crest of the county and the date of the minting.  They have more "primitive" minting practices and the coins reflect that.  Trade Bars are minted only in gold or platinum.  They ore hexagonal or septagonal cylinders with a rounded edge at the top and bottom.  The Lion "bust" projects from one end (the top end) of the bar and the bar weighs one pound.  It is cast with a hole through the bar near the top to make it easier to tie a leather thong through the bar and carry it when it is not being transported in a chest made for the task.  These chests are quite heavy and designed with reinforced floors and space for cloth dividers between the layers of trade bars in the chest.  Often Barons, Counts, Earls and Marquis pay their "duties" to their liege with chests of trade bars.  Otherwise, trade bars are not often found.

Anyway, before I go too crazy printing my own D&D Currency, I'd like to know if there is an economical alternative.  Also, if anyone has ideas on the design of D&D coinage, let me know.

Once I figure all this stuff out, I may post images to make it easier to understand what I am describing.  I think I am going to post an image of the coins, and the trade bars, and even the chest for carrying the trade bars.

I don't know a goot alternative, but you can make a great plot hook with money.

Lower percent of fill and funny shapes to show that the money is counterfeit would probably make for a decent hook that focuses on your new props.

I understand you’re going with less sophisticated minting practices, hence the coins not having milled edges. The reason that they started killing the edges on coins was to prevent the practice of shaving the edges of the coins to take a percentage of the precious metals and therefore make the coins lighter and worth less. Most people wouldn’t be able to tell if a coin had been shaved unless it had been shaved several times. Okay ou could also make some that are a little smaller in diameter, but leave the stamping the same size to represent those coins having been shaved as another plot device or just a cool thing.

Please do post images, I would love to see them when they’re all done!

I will share images when I have a few finished samples.  They look great on the computer screen.

I am also thinking about Elven and Dwarven coins that would find their way into use.  The denominations and shapes were standardized before humans came on the scene, so pentagons, hexagons etc, are also used by these cultures.  For Elven money I am thinking of using leaf, seed and flower symbols.  So one Elven coin might show the leaf and flower of the dogwood tree on one face, and the reverse face may have a texture like the bark of a dogwood tree.  Another might have the leaf and berries of a holly tree on one face, and bark of the holly on the reverse.  But the denomination is still a hexagon, pentagon, or what have you.  Dwarven coins would depict a symbol of a dwarven house (clan) and a single rune on the reverse to indicate which branch of the clan was responsible for minting that coin.  For all cultures, copper coins are very basic structures.  Counterfeiting copper coins is generally not worth the trouble just like counterfeiting dollar bills is not worth the trouble.

Also, I am considering changing from copper coins to bronze coins.  Adding a little tin makes them brighter and stand up to wear better.  I could also choose brass which is an alloy of copper and zinc and produces an even brighter metal, but I believe the wearing characteristics of bronze are better.  Maybe I will make that an Elven or Dwarven innovation for their coins; Elves using brass instead of copper coins, and Dwarves using bronze in place of copper coins.

this sounds interesting. i'D like to see what you come up with