Beverly Oaks Metal Pirate Coins - Gold and Silver Spanish Doubloon Replicas - Fantasy Metal Coin Pirate Treasure (30-Coins)

I purchased these coins to create a reward system for my son, using them in place of real money to set up an incentive-based "store" at home. Right out of the box, I was impressed with the quality. The coins have a great weight and texture to them; not flimsy or cheaply made.That extra tactile element adds a layer of excitement and imagination that makes earning the coins feel more special and engaging for my son. It’s not just about the reward anymore, it’s about the experience of earning treasure. He gets genuinely excited about collecting them, which has turned chores and positive behaviors into a fun, motivating game.

Perfect as tokens or currency for any game, with a generous helping for those wishing to outfit more crowded gaming tables. Good quality and unit-to-cost ratio.*These coins are about the size of a US quarter, only slightly thinner, and about half as heavy; but are still quite solid, unlikely to bend, and have a nice heft to them. Pleasant to handle.They come in equal portions of 50 gold and 50 silver, each portion having 25 “shiny” and 25 “tarnished” coins, resulting in a mix of new and old. Attractive to the eye.Additional thoughts and points of interest:-Great for people who don’t want to settle for cheap plastic coins.-The irregular shape and design gives them a nice “Fantasy / Historical” feel.-They are cast from molds rather than handwrought (which would be slow and prohibitively expensive), so the coins are identical to each other, which might put off some potential buyers. Personally, I say: ”Yay, for technological progress!”-Useful to simulate one or more coin currencies in your games. The resourceful D&D player might use the tarnished coins in place of Copper Pieces.-For those apprehensive of the “tarnished” coins, do not fret: The finish, likely achieved through an acid bath, means the “tarnished” coins are not grimy or dirty; and the texture, while slightly rougher than that of the “shiny” coins, does not feel rusty or flaky at all. When examined in person, even the tarnished coins are quite attractive in their own right.-Yes, they are in fact metal. They don’t appear to be ferromagnetic (I tested, but with a pretty weak magnet).-I have heard that similar products in the market have an unattractive greenish-yellow color that looks “fake,” or that they (other coins, from other manufacturers) discolor if left in the sun. But the “shiny” coins from this manufacturer are of a realistic color comparable to authentic coin currencies, and I have not personally observed any discoloration (though I have not been abusive in my testing).-Every LARPer should have a leather drawstring bag full of these.*At the time of writing these coins were the best priced among their competitors if you are looking to buy in bulk, with the “Lot of 200” from the same manufacturers being the most cost effective.

When I ordered these coins I was under the impression they would be nice looking, but rather thin metal. This is just something you live with in this day and age of toy companies cutting costs wherever they can. When they arrived I was in for a very nice surprise. The coins are indeed all metal, and are a pretty decent weight and strength too. These sturdy coins will take some doing to bend out of shape and have the weight and thickness of what I would expect from an actual coin. Not a gold or silver coin mind you, but maybe the weight of a nickel or quarter.These are two sided coins with designs very much resembling gold doubloons from the 1800's. So you can even use them to flip heads or tails, which is a nice tough in the level of detail that I was not expecting (shoot... I was half expecting a once sided design with the other side blank). As another reviewer has stated they are not exactly as you see them in the picture. While the coin design definitely is the color options are not. You only get three different colors: Gold, Silver and that darker faded color. So you won't be getting the same color variations as you see on the picture. It's still all good to me. Plus they kind of give you amounts based on "value" with the darker coins being the most prominent and the silver coins being about half or less that amount and the gold coins being less in amount than the silver coins. Nice touch.I love just about everything about these coins. The only slight drawback is they are smaller than I expected. That could just me be when thinking about those plastic gold coins you see at Party City, however I just want to make sure your expectations are set reasonably. I don't feel the slightly smaller size in any way affects how freakin' cool these coins are. We are using them as a token reward for my son. You should have seen the look on his face when he got his first coin. It makes me wish I were a kid again so I can play with them.

I have purchased two sets of these coins and have been very satisfied. The coins are metal and make a nice clinking sound when poured into a pile. They're a bit on the thin side (probably the thickness of a US dime but with a larger diameter) but have a decent weight to them. The gold and silver coins are nice and shiny and will glitter appropriately in sunlight. The copper ones are grungy, as you'd expect from the most frequently circulated coins (grab a $1 bill from your wallet, it's probably pretty beat up).The number of each coin per lot is inconsistent but the end result is good enough for me. Here's the breakdown of coins in both lots of 100 that I purchased: in both lots I received 25 silver coins (50 total silver out of 200 coins); in the first lot I received 25 gold coins but in the second lot I got 30 gold coins (55 total gold out of 200 coins); in the first lot I received 50 copper coins but in the second lot I got 45 copper coins (95 total copper out of 200 coins). In many cases I would dock a star for inconsistency but the coins are great and work well as D&D props. They would also be great for any type of treasure chest.