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Valued Member
United States
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I've seen many used to coins other than collecting and using as tender, particularly in form of a jewelry. I was curious though, since joining the forum community, the overall opinion of collector's toward this "mis-use" of money. I actually enjoy the use of coins in an art form, but I am also well aware that it destroys all value (besides the sentimental value) that the coin may have had. I included some pictures of things that I possess and am quite fond of.
This was inherited to me when my Great-Grandfather passed. It was his personal pocketwatch and he held it at all times, despite the watch not working properly. I would like to state that this very piece is what sparked my desire to collect coins as a passion. To this day, I have yet to get it fixed for sentimental rememberance of my Great-Grandfather.  I remember someone talking about Buffalo's with no date and what they may be worth. Though this Buffalo nickel has a date, I felt it was appropriate to demonstrate what some viable options are to coins that have lost most their value to common circulation wear. "...where the buffalo roam..." A very nice add-on to my keyring along side the vette! the happy penny Edited by xxxxmadnessxxxx
10/04/2006 2:17 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Those are really nice examples of alternate use of coins. My thoughts are that if coins belong to you, you do what you want to with them, and having them displayed in the examples you've posted is really quite nice. It's sad what some people do with their coins though.
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New Zealand
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madness the watch is a work of art and I would be proud to own it. You are a very lucky person  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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madness - personally I like the watch and I have no objections to using coins as jewelry as long as they are not numismatic rarities.
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Australia
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I love the key ring. given that a coin is not rare I dont have a problem with this at all.
Mark
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United States
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Hi all  I like coin jewelry, it is almost in every case done with common coins or bullion in modern times and gives our hobby some needed "exposure". What is sad though is to see those georgous (and sometimes rare) old 19th century coins of copper, silver, and even gold holed for jewelry purposes.  Dennis  |
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Australia
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There is nothing wrong using cheap coins, i.e. not numismatic value in jewellery. Rather than seeing them going into the metal scrap yard and melted down, I would be much happier seeing them used as art pieces. Don't you think so? Melting down coins is simply destroying the history, whereas coins in jewellery still somewhat holds some sort of history behind it.
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 added another picture of something I have in relation to the topic. My grandmother bought me it when I was 3-4 years old, and I just held onto it because it's an interesting piece to the collection.
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United States
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No problem with jewelry used for coins and the like. I personally would rather have the coins for my collection, but would not think a thing about buying something if it struck me! I would add that as a lover of time pieces, that is a fine pocket watch. I am glad it is something cherished!
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United States
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Valued Member
United States
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Beautiful watch. REeally, what's yours is yours, so do whatever you want with it. It'd be kinda sad to see a 1895 Proof morgan messed up, but really, it is always the individual's choice. GO, Capitalism!!! ;)
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United States
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I really like your collection. I collect vintage enameled coins which a lot of the time are in the form of broaches, hat pins, etc. I like them all, but it does bother me a little when I see a rare coin used in such a fashion. I have some 17th century coins that have been enameled and I have an AU Barber half enameled.
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United States
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The watch is a beautiful item and a wonderful sentimental piece for you as well.
You mentioned that jewelry destroys "all value". That is somewhat true depending upon how the coin is displayed in the item. Bezels around a coin do not destroy the coins value unless the coin is a Proof or high dollar, collectors coin to begin with. A "jewelry piece" will retain it's bullion value and some of it's numismatic value if treated carefully. I have a gold Panda and a gold ML in bezels and I will always be able to get bullion price for them.
We've seen coin jewelry where the coins are pounded and reshaped or drilled to remove the metals surrounding the main design. These would be "melt" coins after that sort of treatment and those are what some of us do not care to see happen.
Again, your pieces are works of art! Thanks for sharing them with us!
Edited by dsking
10/05/2006 09:52 am
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