How a coin run works
Your people buy the coins before any get made. The first one is $1, each one after costs a little more, and the mint happens once the run has paid for itself.
Two reasons people run one
Something worth keeping
A coin that marks the crew, the season, the deployment, the hundredth show. People carry it, hand it to each other, and still have it in ten years. It is merch nobody throws out.
Money for what is next
The new truck, the trip, the equipment, the banquet. Your people get a real object they wanted anyway, and the run pays for the thing you are working toward.
Start to finish
Step 1: Run your numbers first
Start in the calculator. Pick a coin, tell it what you want to clear, and choose one of two price climbs: a $1 bump for a collectible run of around a hundred buyers, or a 1 cent bump for a big community where every coin stays cheap. It tells you how many coins have to sell, what the last one costs, and where every dollar goes.
Step 2: Put your design on it
Upload a logo and place it on the coin blank, or bring a mockup you already have. Nothing gets made from that: after your run funds, our mint sends a digital proof and you approve it before a single coin is struck.
Step 3: Open the run
Your page carries your story, your coin, and the buy button. The first coin sells for $1 so almost anyone can take part, and each sale moves the price up for the next person. Buyers see the price, the climb, and the terms before they pay.
Step 4: Share it where your people already are
You get a promotion kit at launch: a QR poster for the wall, share images, email wording, and an embed for your own site. Most runs move in the group chat, at the meeting, and on the noticeboard.
Step 5: The run closes and the coins get made
Once it has sold enough to cover the mint, you pay the coin order out of what was collected and we place it. You approve the proof, minting takes about two to three weeks, and your dashboard tracks every step to delivery.
Step 6: Coins reach the people who bought them
Most runs take delivery in one box and hand them out where the community already gathers. On $1 bump runs you can choose mail-out instead and every coin is packed and posted to its buyer, which the calculator prices in up front.
The honest part, up front
Buyers are charged when they buy, and coins are minted only after the run has sold enough to cover them. If it comes up short, every buyer is automatically refunded. No coins, no kept money, no exceptions. Coin prices come from the manufacturer’s published rates and can move a little between launch and order day, which is why the calculator pads coin costs by 5% instead of promising a number it might miss.
Common questions
See what your run would look like
Pick a coin and a number. The calculator shows how many have to sell, what the last one costs, and every fee between the sale and your bank.
Run your numbers