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Message:: [QUOTE="eddiespin, post: 513162, member: 4920"]Take a look at these pictures. The last one is what the coins looked like when the loops were removed. There was a time when people had knowledge of these. Let's see how much of that might have been passed down. For starters (until I can think of more), just two questions: 1) Were these basically peasant jewelry? Reason I suspect that is, look at the crude soldering in the 2nd picture. Chances are, these weren't affixed by jewelers, but, more likely, by blacksmiths. 2) Was there a specific period in history when these were affixed? Reason I suspect that is, notice the grooves along the circumference of the loops. These were standardized. That, in turn, would suggest one company made these. Whether or not that company also affixed them, or whether independent blacksmiths did that after-the-fact, is, of course, another question. In my collection, I have these on silver coins ranging from 1809-1855. As the loops were standardized, chances are they were affixed during the period they were manufactured, which, of course, wouldn't necessarily correspond to the years the coins were minted. Thanks![/QUOTE]