Making earrings out of coins

(See this thread for background story, if you dare)

I found these in the junk bin at a local coin shop. The diameters range from 5mm to 8mm.

Anyone here handy with making jewelry?

I would think that drilling a tiny hole in each and somehow (?) affixing them to an earring base would do the trick.

Thoughts?

 

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I dared to look... cant help ya' pal. Eesh, making ear rings out of those?

 

I'm glad they put "replica" on those

 

If it helps, I'd be stringing a few of them together.

 

Cool idea.

Depends on how you want them to hang/fit.

I have some 1/10th AGE stud earrings...Not for me but they are neat.

 

I think they'd look good on you Doug. Go for it!

 

You're a real hoot, JA ;-)

 

Before you drill those holes,

Here's a photo of the back of those love token earrings I mentioned before. I thought they were pretty cleanly done, and saved the front of the coin from the holes:

 

That's pretty cool. Any idea how it is attached?

 

I'm assuming it's soldered on. Looks like it was done by someone who knew what they were doing (no globs of extra solder hanging around.)

 

a set i found at a garage sale...

 

Gave my sister two two-peso Mexican gold pieces and she had them put in a bezel to use as earrings. Couple of hundred for the coins and three hundred more for five-hundred dollar earrings...uh, not for me.