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Does anyone wear a coin ring?

kiyotekiyote Posts: 5,573 ✭✭✭✭✭
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This is not mine, but I came across it on eBay. I'm curious to see what other members have!

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  • TurboSnailTurboSnail Posts: 1,668 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited May 27, 2017 6:37PM

    The ring outshines the owner. It would look better if he has some nail polish.

    Advice from a guy who used to run three costume jewelry stores by time square and a whole sale in downtown nyc. :p

  • CommemKingCommemKing Posts: 2,202 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Yep. My wedding band is a spooned 1892 Columbian half.

  • oih82w8oih82w8 Posts: 12,206 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited May 27, 2017 7:28PM

    The OP ring is tacky in my opinion. Too big and bulky.

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  • BruceSBruceS Posts: 1,355 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Looks like a bad photo shop job or someone dropped a coin on that hand. Doesn't look natural or attractive in the least bit.


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  • ElmerFusterpuckElmerFusterpuck Posts: 4,722 ✭✭✭✭✭

    No coin ring for me. I do wear a holed 1833 bust half on a leather necklace off and on though. I used to have a necklace with an 1829 bust half, but lost it while snorkeling in Magen's Bay in St. Thomas.

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  • silverpopsilverpop Posts: 6,675 ✭✭✭✭✭

    no coin ring

    but i do have my moms 1945 Mexican gold peso ring

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  • kiyotekiyote Posts: 5,573 ✭✭✭✭✭

    These are actually kind of nice, of the 1 ounce ring looks huge. The 1/2 ounce proof looks really good, but I wonder how long that finish would hold up. 22 karat gold is really soft.


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  • morgandollar1878morgandollar1878 Posts: 4,006 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I would think that the gold ASE would not hold up very well, but I do like it.

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  • SaorAlbaSaorAlba Posts: 7,539 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I do occasionally wear a walking liberty half dollar made into a ring.

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  • JimnightJimnight Posts: 10,846 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Never had one.

  • TennesseeDaveTennesseeDave Posts: 4,780 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I have one that's my birth year coin. It's made from a 64 Kennedy half just like the gold coin ring above. I very seldom wear it.

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  • Peace_dollar88Peace_dollar88 Posts: 1,221 ✭✭✭✭✭

    No, but i have thought about getting one.

  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I had a coin ring in the Navy... .made it out of a WLH.... did not wear it though... looked too much like a wedding band .. :D Cheers, RickO

  • labloverlablover Posts: 3,632 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Yes, but it's not located in a place the public can see. :o

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  • JJSingletonJJSingleton Posts: 1,401 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Those AGE rings look pretty nice. I'm not much of a ring guy though.

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  • amwldcoinamwldcoin Posts: 11,269 ✭✭✭✭✭

    When I remember it I wear a 1903-S Barber Half made into a ring at shows!

  • kiyotekiyote Posts: 5,573 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @JJSingleton said:
    Those AGE rings look pretty nice. I'm not much of a ring guy though.

    I really like the craft and talent that goes into creating really well made jewelry, but never wear any myself. Not even a watch!

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  • goldengolden Posts: 9,581 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @kiyote said:
    These are actually kind of nice, of the 1 ounce ring looks huge. The 1/2 ounce proof looks really good, but I wonder how long that finish would hold up. 22 karat gold is really soft.


    Very cool!

  • BaleyBaley Posts: 22,660 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I have a ring "spooned" from a Morgan minted 100 years before I graduated college but it's kind of bulky

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  • BIGAL2749BIGAL2749 Posts: 742 ✭✭✭✭

    I wore my wedding ring I made for myself that was made from silver US quarters.
    Wife's ring was white gold so polished silver looked the part especially since I mimicked the pattern of hers to match.

    40 yrs ago dentist hadn't started wearing gloves so obviously not hygienic so knew I wouldn't be wearing a ring.
    After 6 hours I found it irritating and never ever put it back on.
    It is kept with wife's good jewelry in a SDB.

  • crazyhounddogcrazyhounddog Posts: 13,967 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I have gold coins on my silver watch band. I love it.

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  • goldengolden Posts: 9,581 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I had a $1 Gold coin ring that I wore to shows. A relative stole it from our house about 15 years ago but we can not prove that he took it.

  • SkyManSkyMan Posts: 9,493 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I almost never wear it, it's generally kept in a drawer, but I love Franklins, and it is my birth year...



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  • DrBusterDrBuster Posts: 5,378 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I would wager that the AGE ring would hold up fairly well. The actual contact wear would be less than a pocket piece coin I'd think on average.

  • koynekwestkoynekwest Posts: 10,048 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Not exactly a coin but emblematic of my favorite. I wear it 24/7.


  • AgflyerAgflyer Posts: 948 ✭✭✭
    edited May 28, 2017 6:06PM


    The 1 oz Gold Eagle ring that was posted was one of mine! I also create gold rings (satin and polished finishes) from 1/2 and 1/4 oz gold eagles. They do seem to wear fairly well. I made my wife and I a couple for our latest anniversary, which she wears daily. They're neat conversation pieces that contain much of the original gold weight (14 grams for the 1/2 oz coin). Plus, the dates are great for many different sentimental reasons.

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  • RYKRYK Posts: 35,797 ✭✭✭✭✭

    F, no!

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  • kiyotekiyote Posts: 5,573 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Those are really cool, AGFlyer!

    Can you do .999 gold as well or is it too soft?

    "I'll split the atom! I am the fifth dimension! I am the eighth wonder of the world!" -Gef the talking mongoose.
  • AgflyerAgflyer Posts: 948 ✭✭✭

    I could do the .999, but they would be too soft to wear frequently. The 22k Gold Eagles seems to stand up to everyday wear much better.

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  • mannie graymannie gray Posts: 7,259 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The only piece of jewelry I've ever had is a wedding ring, and I don't even wear that.

  • TwobitcollectorTwobitcollector Posts: 3,364 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited May 29, 2017 2:24AM

    My
    ring

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