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Australia
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Not too sure how practical these spoon coins are but they look pretty cool. Note that these coins are actually really really small - at around 16mm. It's a real shame to be honest for these Japanese silver coins to be made into such spoons as these coins aren't worth junk silver price. All of them are known to have varieties. Fortunately I think most of them are the common type except for one. I think it's a good idea to use them to put sugar to control how much sugar you put in your cup of tea or coffee.    Anyone else with such similar spoon coins? |
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Valued Member
United States
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I don't have any spoons like these, but they are quite neat looking!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
602 Posts |
Which sounds better; "SpoonCoins" or "CoinSpoons"?
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Rest in Peace
United States
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I generally don't care to see stuff done to coins -- but these are quite lovely.
I suppose they must have been salt spoons.
Do you know the dates of the coins?
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Thailand
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If they started out as coins then coin/spoons. Wonder what the price comparison would be - the coins in their original state versus the novelty value as a set of spoons?
And are the handles silver?
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10/11/2013 3:33 pm
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Canada
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No, but I'd love to own some.
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Valued Member
United States
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Very cool! My personal favorite thing like this is the large cent that got cut into a spur like shap for cooking or something like that.
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 United States
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Very interesting.  |
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United States
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only fitting considering that our first coins were made of Paul Revers melted down family silverware.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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 Australia
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It's a shame thai-vic. These coins average about 30 dollars each if they were undamaged. Value of these spoons? I don't know. I could have overpaid but I'm certain I will not come across such "art pieces" any time soon.
My partial coin collection http://www.omnicoin.com/collection/gxseriesMy numismatics articles and collection: http://www.gxseries.com/numis/numis_index.htmRegularly updated at least once a month. |
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United States
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I grew up with the term "coin silver." I believe it was used to distinguish Sterling (.925) from US coins (.900). Also coins from countries other than the US and England. I do not judge harshly turning coins into tea spoons. After all, tea was expensive and needed to be measured exactly. Coins were in use. New/circulating in the day. Silver was yet to be discovered in great amounts. So why not turn a common object into a useful object? Years ago a neighbor kindly showed me some very small 'coin silver' spoons, no doubt held by the family for generations. I treasure that experience. Cradle and handle drawn out from a single coin. Amazing to behold. Buddy, NO! Salt would destroy the silver. Silver salt cellars had to be emptied and washed after each use. |
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Canada
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@Earle42, that's exactly what I was thinking... spoins.
Now the question is, are the handles of these spoins made of silver, or just a random piece of metal.
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United States
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My dear 91 year old great grandma has a coin spoon that has a bit of elephant ivory on the handle end. I dont remember what type of coin it is, but I will check this weekend when I visit her to make popcorn balls. WOO!
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United States
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Quote:
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NO! Salt would destroy the silver. Silver salt cellars had to be emptied and washed after each use.
One could assume that the spoons would be washed at the same time.  But you're probably right about their being used to measure tea. The set of six threw me off. You'd only need one to make a pot of tea. But the spoons may have been gathered separately for a collection. |
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