Unusual Coin Creations
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Every once in a while you are at a flea market, a coin shop, or you catch a glimpse of something that was unusually created related to numismatics. I came across such a thing when I saw this dinner plate-sized 1914 Buffalo nickel. Totally weird.
Share your pictures or stories of your "unusual creation" coin-related item you have encountered.
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
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That pie crust large cent thing has to take the cake.
My jaw fell open the first time I saw one.
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Someone spent some time cutting these out..............
I wonder what tools were used to do that! very unique, thanks for sharing!
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
Pretty cool! What is that made of?
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Some sort of metal. Kind of like a copper and non-magnetic.
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
Does this qualify as an unusual coin creation? Often referred to as a wishing tree.
Cutout coin jewelry was popular in the 1970s. Practitioners used tiny files and Dremel-type power tools to do the cutout work. Some dealers had piles of this stuff on display,and a cut out was the common fate of almost badly worn large cent or half cent. Craftsmen charged based on intricacy of the work.
Wow!? What the heck? Does someone use a pocket knife to dig in there just right then stick the coin in? very peculiar! or perhaps while the tree was still living they pressed coins in and it eventually the tree grew over the coins?
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
Thanks Roger, I kinda' figured something like that... thanks for the insight!
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
Here is a link to a news article regarding them. Appears to be the equivalent of a wishing well only these are hammered into a tree.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2036581/Mystery-wishing-trees-studded-coins-illness-away-sick.html
A ha!!!
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
Glad those tree are already dead?
Here is the obverse of a double-dime cutout.
See http://www.doubledimes.com for a free online reference for US twenty-cent pieces
I guess there is no way of knowing whether that was a CC or not? Looks nice as a pendant though.
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
Yes ... you can tell. It's an 1875-S, BF-13 die marriage. There is an 8 high in the denticles (below the 8 in the date). It's the only die marriage in the series with this specific misplaced digit. So, no CC.
See http://www.doubledimes.com for a free online reference for US twenty-cent pieces
Cut out coins were popular some years ago, and still are to some extent. We have a major Garlic Festival here (largest in the country) every year and I have seen a booth selling these and actually demonstrating the work several times. So still some demand for them. Cheers, RickO
That wishing tree reminds me of the novel Moby Dick. In front of the entire crew, Captain Ishmael hammered a gold coin into the ship's mast and announced that whoever first spotted the great white whale would get the gold coin.
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I've seen it done. They actually use a jig saw with a very thin saw blade.
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"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
Thanks for the correction -- yes, small jigsaw blades were used by many. I vaguely recall from the 1970s of seeing husband-wife teams at a table furiously cutting coins in between coin collector customers. Bezels and chains for small gold coins were also popular.
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Wow, too much time on his hands it seems if he is doing that?
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
That is pretty cool. Would love to see the die that created it.
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
I've got one of those aluminum rye collapsible shot glasses. I think I dug it up detecting some time ago. Peace Roy
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That made me do a double-take. Pure rye! 🥃
No sir, can't have the impure stuff I guess.
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
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http://www.pcgs.com/SetRegistry/publishedset.aspx?s=142753
https://www.autismforums.com/media/albums/acrylic-colors-by-rocco.291/
Weird! The question is, why?
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
Why not? Lol. I did not make them, but I think they are fun novelty. I have another set somewhere with an SBA.
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@1630Boston that's a cool video.
Since I'm still struggling through post-adolescence I found that to be thoroughly enjoyable.
Here's my paperweight....
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My Mom found this somewhere and picked it up for me. Pretty close rendition for lip gloss case from Avon.
Ever wonder where all the Bahamas $2 Flamingo coins went? Years ago I couldn't find enough of them for a cutout guy that told me he used a laser!
@CyStater I have never seen the two top pics before. What is the size of that “coin-tainer”?
Looks like they were made from British large pennies (not cents). These are about the size of a US half dollar.
Two large pennies and a half penny. Full disclosure I made it myself.
The opium coins I purchased out of a collection a few years ago. They are very well made.
Thats neat! Do you have a vid you can share of the process?
Not at the moment. Maybe I will try.
I've seen a very large Capital Plastics Washington quarter "shaped like a head" holder with numerous uncirculated quarters in it. It must have been custom made. I'll have to dig up a picture to show. Have any of you seen oversized, custom Capital Plastics holders out there?
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
@aspie_rocco I have those miniature US Coins from Philly Mint as a giveaway when you spend certain amount. I got them at their souvenir store in 2010.
That is cool. The mint made these?
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Sorry, I thought what I got from USMint is the same miniature coins as posted here. Anyway, here is a sample of what I got from the mint...
I doubt the mint made this, but cool to have as freebie when you buy something as Philly mint back in 2010. I bought a few things at the Denver mint back in 2016 but no freebie.
Thanks.
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I typo your username in above comments regarding picture of USMint miniature coins. Thanks.
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Boy, if only these tokens could talk. Would be great to hear the story related to this love token from the 1830's you think?
A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.
Indeed so! They are little works of art.
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