One Cent Battlestar Galactica Dog Tag

So your want to become a member of the Colonial Fleet ?!  Well your going to need a pair of standard issued dog tags. In this instructable I'll show you how to make your very own Colonial Fleet personnel dog tags. looking around on the net I saw that BSG Tags go for around 39.99 + and I thought to myself that's a good little bite into my party budget what could I do to get a tag but not really require me to spend money then it hit money itself was the answer, Use a penny to make my own BSG dog tag.

Step 1 What do you hear?

Materials needed:

Hammer
A Penny
Anvil or Anvil like surface
Sandpaper
Tin snips or a good pair of scissors
Rub on Transfer Paper
Drill or Dremel
Small sheet of paper
X-acto knife
needle-nose pliers 

Comments

[INDUCTION_MIND]

Half way though1982 The US mint started using 97.5% zinc core cents with 2.5% copper coating... if you were to use a penny from 1981 or before (still in circulation) the coin is composed of 95% Copper and 5% zinc (zinc just to make it stronger), The color of the cent is the same all the way though. The 1981-below pennies are also more mailable and will flatten easier... When you sand and drill your hole you will not have a zinc (shiny silvery) color, and it will look much more authentic. In a roll of pennies you will find about a third of the content to be copper cents. To test the 1984 cent.... just flick it like you are doing heads or tails. You can hear the ring of a 1981 pre cent (I think it is 12khz). The new zinc imposters barely make a sound at all. It is sad.... To cover my bases... I assume no one is trying to do this to a wheat cent 1909-1958 but in 1943 a steel cent was created and is not 95Cu-5Zn composition.

[youaremyapocalypse]

so... "Hammer
A Penny
Anvil or Anvil like surface
Sandpaper
Tin snips or a good pair of scissors
Rub on Transfer Paper
Drill or Dremel
Small sheet of paper
X-acto knife
needle-nose pliers"
all cost 1 cent when you put the costs together?(including the penny)

[ahrshin]

yep, cause I already had all the items.

[Biggsy]

This is beyond AWESOME

[ryanmercer]

Love it!

[RaisedByRobots]

awesome