Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Nooooooooooooooooo!

You would be surprised at how many people don't know what a fob is for. That's America today. Too casual for my taste. Heck, to get preaching bands, I have to have them ordered from an overseas producer.

I got a 1908 quarter eagle the same way. My widowed grandmother's second husband was a widower himself. I got the necklace that my (step?)grandfather's deceased first wife used. Fortunately, it was just screwed into a bezel, rather than welded. I took it out and put the coin in a 2x2. You can still tell though. 75 years in a bezel will do that.

 

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I know what a fob is but what the heck is a "preaching band"?

 

I would keep it and prob wear it if I was close to the person. As soon as I get Married (Sept 06) I will get my grandfathers ring and I will use the stone, the actual ring is huge, Im a small guy so i need to make a ring around the stone. but I will save the ring.
But if you want to make money I would Ebay it, you will most likely get more than melt for it. There are collectors that only collect coin jewelry.

 

RickiB - If you can, document the history of the piece with photos and/or a handwritten letter. At some point in the distant future, it may be worth more than melt with the historical who, what, when, why story attached to it.

 

Ministers of some denominations occasionally wear them when they preach. They look like a white Greek lambda (an inverted V) coming off of the clerical collar. They were worn quite often in the 18th and 19th centuries, so sometimes in historically accurate movies, you'll see them (I think the minister in Mel Gibson's The Patriot wore them).

 

I'm reviving this thread because I finally got over to Mom's to photograph her coin jewelry and as it turned out,there were a few more that I didn't remember.
1.)Mexico gold 50 Peso 1947-probably an official restrke.
2.)Peru/Spanish 2 reale cob 1739,with COA ,Potosi (sp.?) mint
3.)Small Austrian ducat?.please help me identify it....anyone....Doug?? LOL
4.)Franklin Mint Nixon medal for campaign contributors...hehe (this was a surprise that I never knew about.
She brought this stuff home just for the pics and now they go back to the safe deposit box.

 

reverse of the ducat..I think it's 1911? sorry fuzzy pic. HELP!
OK..now back to US coin forum

 

Now me on the other hand would be quite happy to add it to my collection knowing full well I proberly coudn't afford the same piece without the atached loop
So would at least have a example of the coin and been very friendly with a gold smith would check the feasability of removing the said loop with minimum damage

De Orc

 

hello everyone...thanks for replying to this thread. Please do not think I am not grateful for the coin...it will be passed down to my son and kept in the family. As most of you know I collect AGE's and while this is a pre 1900 dated coin, all in all it is gold and it gives me the heebie jeebies to see so many scratches and marks on gold coins. There are some other nice coins posted that people have worn for years...and I agree with you all on the fact that the coins should be revered. I would like to do something creative with it for my son.

RickieB