Nicest looking Morgan Cutout I've ever seen!

It's on eBay for $80, I would love to own it but I don't have the money.

I wonder how they did this? Each star, number, and letter is cut out.

 

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That's nice? Pumping your own ad?

 

I saw this kind of work performed at arts & crafts fairs back in the early 70's. The craftsman would start by drilling a small hole in the left and right fields and then use a very, very small hacksaw blade and/or a rat-tail file to cut away the excess metal.

Brookstone, a mail order company of hard-to-find tools, used to advertise a set of all the tools necessary to perform this work, and I'm sorry that I never bought them.

Chris

 

I wonder if they can use a laser cutter to cut them?

 

I have a pretty good one, looks similar to that one but is the reverse cut out.

 

How would he be "pumping" his own ad if he does'nt even have a link to the auction?!

That is pretty cool, would be a heck of a cool conversation/jewelry piece!

 

There goes the melt value.
Lance.

 

Here is another cool cut out.

 

I'm just curious if people buy these and if they do, why? Personally I would much rather have the entire coin than a cutout. And whoever is doing this is basically destroying something original and a part of history.

 

Yes, people buy them, and it's the same reason people put coins in necklaces or make rings out of them. Afterall coins are art, and not everyone is a numismatist. My English teacher was wearing a 1882 $10 Eagle in her necklace yesterday! she thought it was the coolest thing her husband ever gave her, I just cringed...

 

That is a well done job.

 

I think it's cool but I'd never buy one.