OT- Is coin jewelry collectable? Pics added

ormandh

I bought a small collection of world coins, mostly Great Britain and Canada, and this was in it. I did not want it because it has no numismatic vale to me, but the guy threw it in for buying his collection. Is it worth anything? If not, is there a way that I could remove the solder and put the coin in my collection? -Dan

ajaan

Removing solder is a pain. I could never do it without ruining the coin.

Is it collectable? Probably to someone. I would try eBaying a couple of the nicer pieces under the jewelry heading.

Aethelred

Not to a coin collector.

ajaan

<< <i>Not to a coin collector. >>


I don't totally agree ol' stinky dead one.

Mrs ajaan has a gold coin in a bezel on a gold chain. But the type shown isn't collected by coin collectors.

Aethelred

<< <i>I don't totally agree ol' stinky dead one. >>



Then you leave me no choice other than calling you names and using personal attacks! I believe that is how they do it on the Lightside.

ajaan

You have been dead for 1000 years. You telling me you don't stink?

wybrit

You telling me you don't stink?

That coming from a green toed individual. Hmmm...

Anyway, I wouldn't bother removing that farthing from its mount. 20th century farthings outside of UNC are not worth much, in spite of what any catalogue might say.

Aethelred

<< <i>You have been dead for 1000 years. You telling me you don't stink? >>




For are making me think about bringing the Bingo Greentoe story back!

wildjag

I find the practice of placing an old valuable BU coin into a holder to be bashed around on ones body to impress people to be revolting and a horrible crime

coinpictures

I think in this particular case it's not worth much, simply because the coin in question isn't worth much. You'll quite often see 17th- and 18th-century coins with solder mounts removed, especially larger-denomination coins (thalers, crowns). I'm guessing these were worn as jewelry not because of the value of the coin at the time, but because many of these coins had intricate designs and people found them attractive.

I would leave the coin as-is. That mounting is actually more ornate than most.

Here's one I picked up awhile back. Even though the mount could problably removed with little or no damage to the coin itself (appears to be mounted extremely cleanly, with no solder spilling onto the surfaces of the coin), I plan to leave it this way. My guess is that the reverse was worn outward.

coinpictures

<< <i>I find the practice of placing an old valuable BU coin into a holder to be bashed around on ones body to impress people to be revolting and a horrible crime >>



As opposed to being bashed about against other coins in one's pocket? I would guess that most coins worn as jewelry ultimately wore down less than coins that were circulated.

STLNATS

I think this type of item can be very collectable and worthwhile. In the case of large papal coins and, especially, medals mounting was very common and make wonderful, original pieces available to collectors at a fraction of the cost (and permits you or your significant other to display a bit of your collection). In this case, the coins/medals were worn by clerics and the pious and often its very easy to see which side was worn "out."

Here's a silver medal of Pius IX (1856) which commemorates the establishment of the Papal RR, probably mounted as a watch fob. This is a tough medal and I was very happy to get it before a better one came along. Also, this piece has a nice story. It was "liberated" from a German POW during the battle of the bulge by a fellow who was later captured and released by the SS.



Or, how about a nifty Bavarian 1871 Taler in what looks like a custom mount. What's not to like?



Since she was 7 or 8, my daughter has had a roman republican denarius with a simple loop attached that cost me all of $5-10 and remains one of her favorite pieces of jewelry. It gets lots of attention and exposes lots of folks to the joys and accessability of ancient coins.......

Conder101

<< <i>I find the practice of placing an old valuable BU coin into a holder to be bashed around on ones body to impress people to be revolting and a horrible crime >>


Most old valuable BU coins that are put in jewelry holders were put in them when they were new BU coins and only worth their face value.

wybrit

While I normally cringe at this from a numismatic point of view, this was very nicely done.

Conder101

<< You have been dead for 1000 years. You telling me you don't stink? >>

Of course he doesn't stink. All the smelly organic parts rotted away centuries ago.

lordmarcovan

<< <i>Is coin jewelry collectable? >>

You betcha. But it is mostly collectible as jewelry, not for numismatic reasons.

Please do not attempt to remove the solder from that coin- it is far better to have a neat piece of contemporary Edwardian coin jewelry (and that does look contemporary to me) than it is to have a plain old messed-up coin.

I would cheerfully trade a better-graded undamaged Edwardian farthing for that piece. I don't think I currently have any farthings, but I have plenty of other Brit coins and Darkside piece if you wanna swap.

That was a nice freebie you got. I suspect it might have also been used as a watch fob.

ccrdragon

I like that one, wybrit - a neat coin and a very neat holder!