How to make a 3D-printable coin?

[Anonymous]

I'm trying to find a way to make a coin that can be 3D printed (so I can't use textures or normal maps to create the surface). The coin face needs to have actual geometry. Currently I've been taking the vector files of the coin and creating geometry with them, then using booleans to carve the surface of a cylinder. However, this method is slow and often doesn't work well. Is there a better way to do this? 

Thanks. 

[J450NP13]

If you are going to try and print it...it needs to be in to real dimensions.  and to get it to print like an actual coin...you will have to model it.  I would subdivide the faces on both sides and move the vertices to model the face of the coins.

There is no easy button for this...you want to print it so you will have to model it the way you want it printed.

When you're finished....export as a STL file.