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They turned it into a watch. And the colored the Eagle? Is this even real?   Edited by Diamondgun
06/27/2023 4:42 pm
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They've been doing this a long time. Some of the older ones were done with genuine coins.
Most of the newer ones made today are made from replica coins.
They actually made some with $20 gold pieces, too. I would be extremely suspect of any that show up today as being made from genuine coins.
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I bought a pocket watch which has a Japanese 50 sen coin of the "two birds" type from the 1920s, split in half, with one half forming part of the back of the case, and one half forming the center of the dial. (It's possible they used two coins.) There's a cheap (and remarkably tiny) quartz movement inside. I'm not sure if there's room in the case to install something interesting like an Accutron. I've seen one, clearly the same make, incorporating a silver yen coin, but the amount asked was more than I was interested in paying.
Walking Liberty half-dollars, as a type, aren't ludicrously rare, and this one doesn't look to have been in the highest of condition. This is, at any rate, a more interesting fate than the melting pot.
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 to the CCF! Yeah, that doesn't make a lot of sense, but you have to wonder what the coin looked like before they started to alter it. It could have been damaged on the obverse and was only worth the melt value. This looks like part of something like a belt buckle or jewelry. I've seen an image of a Western style belt that had old coins attached with a coin every inch or so. That damaged 20 or 30 Morgan dollars, as I remember. I've even seen a Hobo Nickel carved into a 1918/17 Buffalo nickel. It may have been just a nickel at the time it was modified, but it sure hurts to see it now! ANA ID: 3203813 - CONECA ID: N-5637 Clean a coin that may be worth collecting? Please DON'T! When in doubt, leave it dirty!! 
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I've seen these done with several different coins, including Morgan silver dollars and (notably) St. Gaudens $20 gold piecres. This particular one is quite amateurish. |
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Here's an image of an altered coin that's really well done, but still hurts the soul of a coin collector.  ANA ID: 3203813 - CONECA ID: N-5637 Clean a coin that may be worth collecting? Please DON'T! When in doubt, leave it dirty!!
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Here's an image of an altered coin that's really well done, but still hurts the soul of a coin collector. Gorgeous, I'm curious if that has ever been sold? |
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huge shame on that walker - no matter what shape it was in before the disfiguring started.
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There are companies that happily turn old coins into watches for you. Here's an Australian company that specialises in it, as you can tell from the "Coinwatch" name. I'm sure there are plenty of American equivalents. While "junk" coins are being bought and sold in bulk for scrap metal value, the practice of turning them into other artwork will continue. If coin collectors don't like it, they should put their money where their mouth is, and be prepared to pay significantly more than the scrap metal merchants for "junk silver". Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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I've seen these for years now.
A friend of mine bought a couple.
You realize when you know how to think, it empowers you far beyond those who know only what to think.
-Neil deGrasse Tyson
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Some people just ain't got no couth.
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Here's an image of an altered coin that's really well done, but still hurts the soul of a coin collector. Even though sadly damaged, I guess it is at least better than an ugly counter stamp or graffiti. The engraving was well done. |
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I've seen ads for a bell made from a Morgan. While I'd like to have one, I won't buy one unless I'm sure it was made using a replica.
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10/08/2023 7:23 pm
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Posted 06/27/2023 4:52 pm
