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Shire Post Mint

| West Fork

Shire Post Mint, based in West Fork, makes solid metal coins, jewelry, Wax Seal Coins, and lots of other fun objects! We have created officially licensed merchandise from JRR Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire, Jim Henson’s Labyrinth, Neil Gaiman’s American Gods, Brandon Sanderson’s Mistborn, Patrick Rothfuss’s The Kingkiller Chronicle, and more. We get author approval on our concepts and designs whenever possible. We also have Moon Coins, breakable Pizza Coins, Zodiac Charms, Viking Coins, Memento Mori Coins, Decision Makers, Upcycled Bowling Ball Worry Stones, and more! We use solid metals like fine silver, copper, brass, bronze, iron, nickel, mokume-gane (a layered metal that means “wood grain metal” in Japanese), anodized niobium, and anodized titanium.

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Business

Shire Post Mint

City

West Fork

Website

http://www.shirepost.com/

Bio

Shire Post Mint began in 2001 when Tom Maringer bought his first antique coin press. He had a passion for coin collecting since childhood and his years of knife-making gave him metalworking knowledge that he used to start making coins. The techniques used of hand-engraving steel dies and pressing one at a time are the same used in the 1800s and earlier. After a few years of research, refinement and building a small following online, his work caught the eye of George R.R. Martin, who was interested in having coins made from his new series of books, A Song of Ice and Fire. Since then, Shire Post Mint has grown into an internationally recognized company known for attention to detail and a high level of craftsmanship, all while still being super nerdy! Tom’s son Woody Maringer now runs the coin production and is our lead engraver (he is self-taught!).

In 2021, we moved into our new home: 7,000 sqft building in West Fork, Arkansas. You can now visit our gift shop where we sell our coins (made on site) as well as locally made products from other Arkansas small businesses. From the gift shop, you can peek into our manufacturing shop where we design and manufacture all of our designs!