Hi, Can anyone help identify this object? (I've tried to add it as an attachment so let me know if you can't see it). It appears to have obv and rev coin dies at each end, but I cannot find an actual coin to match the size, approx 25mm diam. Also it is exceptionally thick, say 10mm. The images are similar to those of George III first issue copper coins apart from the fact there are no legends. Can anyone help, Cheers.
Looks liks a spooned coin, where someone tapped the edges of the coin with a spoon (or something) in an attempt to make a ring from it.
Interesting.. it seems a bit too professional for that. I'm going to try to find the thickness of the inner core and see if that matches an actual coin.
I'll bet a hammer would do it faster than a spoon, especially if you heated it. OK, who is gonna volunteer to try it?
i don't understand how you do this. Do you just tap the whole thing with a spoon?! ugh i'm confused. Don't think i'll try this one..
Did that guy start with a silver half-dollar. I suppose a quarter might be too small? I suppose you guys would not use AU Morgan Dollar. I might try it after I fix my truck.
Hey dog, the half dollar works just fine. While in the Navy I turned any number of Walking Liberty half dollars into silver rings. Almost any object can be used to turn the edges, it only requires a steady hand and a lot of patience. Many years later and in my own metal shop, I used silver Kennedys and set them up on a small hobby lathe. Using the same method as they use in metal spinning, I was able to make a much finer ring in a short ammout of time. A lot of the girls on the Pacific islands thought those rings were wedding bands. Or so they tell me! :whistle:
I tried making my first one in 1961 Bone - and it was an oooooold idea then. You just gotta keep up pal
Hi, The process mentioned in the first article is correct, The problem is that the coin shown is a "commercial Clothes dryer" job. They look like that when they are cuaght inside the "fins" of a commercial clothes dryer. When they are finally removed, they look like that picture. Had that coin not been so damaged on the face and memorial, I would go for spooned. That Lincoln Cent is not. I cant tell by the size of the coin in the picture, but it started out as a British George III Cent or Half Cent. Have Fun, Bill
I guess if you belong to this forum long enough,every topic comes up a number of times.This is the third "spooned coins" thread I've seen since I joined in June. Doug must have seen it about 300 times.hehe Remember this?
I'm doing my first spooned coin/ring....I'll try to post photos when its done...its a Half Dollar... Speedy
