Welcome to:
  Shire Post Mint
Dedicated to the principle of making fantasy realms tangible
through the creation of small everyday artifacts, such as buttons, coins, and stamps,
that help us form a "sense of place".  Please scroll down to view links.

Bunches of buttons

Here are a few of our new sewing button designs. Check the Buttons Page link to see more.


If you would like to look at the many different
fantasy coins and tokens we have produced you can click here to enter the

Coinage Page
which has many further links to specific types...



Buttons Page
Where we show some of our handmade metal buttons



For the home-page of the creator of Shire Post, please click here:
Tom Maringer's Home Page



For info about the action/adventure novel written by Tom Maringer, please click:
A SUPERIOR STATE OF AFFAIRS



For archival information about Tom's knives and swords please click
Maringer Custom Cutlery



Online Store


Tom with one of his antique coining presses