This came walking into the coin store last week. I just got it back from being repaired and I wanted to share. This has to be the most gaudy piece I have ever seen. Enjoy!
Matt, do you know if it was part of a chinese wedding "good luck" ensemble? My Chinese dentist showed me his late wife's, that was from her mother and it was a bracelet similar to yours with $5 coins from early 1900, and the killer ~ a belt of same, except the jeweler had soldered the coins and chains in both Jim
It is b e a u t i f u l.! And I would wear it; but for the mug me part.. I quit wearing my wedding ring for that same reason..now it sits on a sdb box...a shame. What good are they if you don't wear pieces like that. Again, beautiful. Lucyray
Jim, It's very possible. These pieces are soldered in as well. I'm not quite sure what purpose it served.
That kind of thing is quite common here in Guadalajara, Mexico. Coins soldered into belts and bracelets. Sometimes gold coins are used, and sometimes silver coins. We were able to find (and purchase for spot price) two detached $2.50 US Gold Eagles. The seller offered to have the solder spots removed from the backs of the two coins, but we declined the offer. The way they do things sometimes here in Mexico is not always safe for a coin (not that solder is safe either, for that matter). They might use acid or a file or any number of things to remove a solder spot. We don't know what we'll do about the solder on the backs of the coins (any suggestions?), but we purchased them simply for the gold content.
