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Valued Member
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would love to see it when it is done! Post a pic please!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Exhaust all possible avenues of numismatic value before relegating them to oblivion  Having said that... Make them art! There could be no more fitting end to a coin! IMHO |
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Valued Member
United States
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liquid nitrogen + coins + hammer + mirror = cool mirror frame?
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Go to most hobby or hardware stores and purchase Liquid Plastic. Then make almost anthing you want with that and what ever you could imagine.  I've made letter openers with coin in the handle and blade, table mats, clocks, etc. All with non Numismatic types of coins inside them. Great for gifts too. |
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Canada
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They really are your coins, do whatever you wish is my belief. They are objects so finding a constructive use not in the bottom of a drawer is always a nice benefit. Acid washed cents trapped in resin make all kinds of unique display items. I have a few lamp pull chains made from previously holed tiny silver five cent pieces. I think larger pieces make great tiling material for unique, casual surfaces. For generations people used large cents as drawer and cupboard pulls and the like (many many have holes). Coin art is great stuff, they are uniform in size and the materials are generally well known and easy to work with. I have a small collection of ten cent pieces that were made into jewelry circa 1900 and I find them fascinating and not at all a waste. A friend carved a bottle opener out of his first nickel dollar. Uses are endless. We don't really have anything that becomes dateless like Buffalo nickels in Canada but I can see making something out of them. |
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Valued Member
United States
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I always thought it would be cool to make a coffee table with coins and/or bills in it. Or maybe just place them under glass.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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How about a couple google images VVV   |
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Valued Member
United States
318 Posts |
A little silver solder, stiff copper wire, anvil & hammer, half a coco nut shell, and some imagination you could make an interesting little deserted island beach scene with palm trees and a hammock.
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Secret Argent Man
Valued Member
United States
306 Posts
Posted Yesterday 12:07 pm
I always thought it would be cool to make a coffee table with coins and/or bills in it. Or maybe just place them under glass.
a friends dad done that, the tray under the glass was 8 inches deep, 48 long and 24 wide(inches) it was almost full and had a steel frame that padlocked the glass in place. she sold some notes and coins when he passed on, brought herself a cheap house and still has more than half left.
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Valued Member
United States
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Talk about hiding your loot in plain sight..
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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You probably dont have enough coins to cover a coffee table but that idea of erkles has crossed my mind also. If not a coffee table I think some drink coasters would be good. A cork bottom with coins glued to it and them some sot of resin or glass sealing the top of them. I think it would look very cool and might have to try it myself.. I have made bracelets out of Australian sixpences before and they always look good.
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Australia
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How about gluing them on the inside of the dunny door with blue tack. That way you won't hurt the coins too much and it's somthing to look at instead of the newspaper while you are otherwise occupied  Your visitors will be intrigued with the idea anyway  |
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New Member
United States
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my grandpa left me a tie clip that has 4 scrap coins glued to it. An Indian Head cent, a silver Washington quarter, and two Buffalo nickels. They are all cut so it looks like they are stacked on top of each other and spread out, but they lay flat and make a nice classic tie clip. You could incorporate this into a number of different items. |
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 United States
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I have seen: necklaces, bracelets, rings, Mercury dimes made into markers for golf balls, several strung together for a wind chime, make a wish in a fountain,  Edited by Fuzzy317
01/20/2012 05:22 am
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