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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 3532407, member: 85693&quot;]Okay, at the risk of messing up the thread, the coolest &quot;coin bowl&quot; I have is this Scottish &quot;Quaich&quot; - a vessel for drinking whiskey out of.&nbsp; They still make them, and they are still used for ceremonial occasions (weddings, etc.):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]938456[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]938457[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]938458[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This is a Scottish quaich, a drinking vessel, made by Wilson &amp; Sharp in Edinburgh in 1900.&nbsp; It is sterling silver.&nbsp; The coin in the bottom is an English sixpence of King Charles II dated 1668.&nbsp; The maker mark is a &quot;W &amp; S.&quot;&nbsp; The hallmarks are as follows:&nbsp; thistle silver standard mark (indicates .925 sterling silver); castle (indicates Edinburgh manufacture) and a Gothic &quot;t&quot; (indicates 1900 manufacture date). </p><p><br /></p><p>I got it on eBay - one of those &quot;I don&#039;t know what this is&quot; auctions - I didn&#039;t know what it was either, but I liked the coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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