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Message:: [QUOTE="edteach, post: 25279836, member: 85141"]The shop where I got the Denarius cheap, had an Ides of March in silver. I knew it was not original or I had just won the lotto, but more like its a copy. I held in in hand and it was silver, real silver, not cast but done like the originals and the back very lightly had copy on it. The shop owner said that there is a guy a few towns over that is really into minting coinage history, he makes his own planchet's and dies and mints them. It was really cheap, $30 in fact. I had an idea, I was thinking I should buy it and put it in a bezel and it would make a great piece of Jewelry. I don't wear Jewelry except for what ever wrist watch in my collection I feel like at the moment. But once in a while I do wear my Constantine Follis in a bezel I bought at a Museum shop where they sold real roman coins, usually worn and of low value but real. How would you go about putting a bezel on it?  I don't want to go to a jewelry shop, but do it myself. Since these are not minted to any standard roundness, is there some DIY way? If I buy it I will post it here. Also neat that its a local artisan.[/QUOTE]