Coins In Jewlery . Always Avoid, Or Maybe?

These are not genuine coins, so I would avoid them.

I thought the Floretine coin was this one . . .

https://www.cgbfr.com/italie-floren...49321,a.html

It is 28mm and looks like a heinously worn version . . . no? I appreciate all of the input on these. . .

js -

I agree with you that laws are quite strict, but the law and the enforcement may be two different things.

In the four years I have lived here, I have seen hundreds (hundreds!) of fake Roman items. In fact, 'Grand Tour' fakes are their own category of actual collecting; some people like the 19th century replicas, but they collect them as replicas. There are two or three numismatic shops in Rome that sell coins - ancient and otherwise - but their prices are retain+, etc. I think it is as easy to find genuine coins here as it is anywhere else in Europe, No.America, Aust., etc. but the prices are higher.

I prefer looking through the wonderful used market scene here and finding things; undervalued things, etc. The only actual Roman coin I have bought is a near slick Nero and I Probably paid low retail for it.

best,

R.

I have never bought coin jewelry out of a numismatic consideration. Instead, buying such items as jewelry pieces quite OK. They could even have a much higher value as jewelry items.

I will confirm that all the pieces the OP has posted are replicas or fantasies.. They were specifically made as replicas for jewellery.

As for the more general question, coin collectors generally avoid, or pay only melt value for, a coin that's been turned into jewellery. It's virtually impossible to turn a coin into jewellery without damaging it, so the majority of coins so altered have been damaged.

There are, of course, exceptions to the rule. A noteworthy exception that comes to mind are Boer Republic of South Africa 1902 "veld ponds" - gold coins made by the Boer guerrillas while on the run from the British. Less than a thousand were minted, and the majority of these were captured by the British and melted down. Most of the survivors were in the hands of prisoners of war, or as trophy loot in the hands of British soldiers - and both of these groups of people tended to turn the coins into jewellery. A majority of the surviving known examples are "ex-jewellery". While non-jewellery-altered coins do exist and command a premium, an ex-jewellery ZAR veld pond is still worth considerably more than it's bullion value, and is still highly desired by collectors.