Taylor Swift coin connoisseur?

Taylor Swift is now a numismatist? “Just Say No!”


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I saw her wearing coin necklaces for a while now. I'm surprised there is an article on it.

 

YES.

 

I once heard Ben Stacks give a talk on ancient coins mounted in jewelry and he said over 90% of the ancient coins used in jewelry were modern replicas i.e. fakes.

 

Not this woman. She's too classy.

 

I don't know Sal. If she is truly interested in ancient coins she should be aware that mounting them in jewelry makes them prone to damage and devalues them. I wonder if she would be smart enough to wear a copy of a coin she owns. If she asked me for advice, which she won't, I would advise her to keep the coin safe and mount a copy of the coin in jewelry.

 

Why not just get two!

 

Read the article, they ARE replicas.

 

I took your advice and read the article. Not all of the coins that Ms. Swift is wearing are replicas. In fact, two of the three jewelry pieces mentioned in the article are set with genuine coins. After reading the article I now know more about Ms. Swift than I knew before, which wasn't much to begin with.

 

Ancient coins mounted in jewelry? Why not, after all ? In ancient times it was very common.
Today it's less common. In France many gold 20 Fr coins minted in the late 19th c.- early 20th c. have been mounted in jewelry in the early 20th c. (it's a bit old fashioned today).
For ancient coins, nearly all examples I have seen are modern reproductions, and the jewelry is relatively cheap. Sometimes, in Jerusalem for ex., you can find in tourist shops authentic perutot, lepta or widow's mites, which are extremely common small bronze coins. The examples you can find mounted in jewelry are usually wery worn, off-centered, never a collector's first choice.
But why not use authentic ancient silver coins? A worn or "low grade" denarius of Trajan or Severus Alexandrer, or antoniniani of Gordian III or Philip I for example, with common reverses, are cheap collectibles. Displayed in a tray, they will rarely be a collector's pride, but if mounted in jewelry and worn by a pretty lady, such coins look much more glamorous.
Honestly, I am surprised to see a superstar like Taylor Swift, the kind of person you'd easily figure wearing big diamonds, wearing mere reproductions of denarii... Did she pin printed posters of Monet or Picasso in her living room?

 

I never had any ancient coin mounted in jewelry. But I had a nice dark green jasper intaglio with a facing bust of the emperor Romulus Augustus AKA Augustulus. It is not, of course, a genuine 5th c. AD item, but much more likely an Italian 18th or 19th c. intaglio.
I had it mounted on jewelry. The result is a unique jewel, and I'm sure the person I offered it is sincere when she says she likes it very much.

 

Well I am certainly guilty. I mounted this one for my wife a few years back. The Chi-Rho is a prominently displayed symbol in our church and she wanted one.... I am not opposed to common antiquities being mounted, enjoyed and seen rather than collecting dust in the back of a safe.

 

I prefer my ancient jewelry to be authentic:

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Too funny. These coins are relatively inexpensive, and as of January 2025, Taylor Swift's net worth is estimated to be $1.6 billion. I'm surprised she's not wearing genuine gold coins in her jewelry and pinned on her clothing.

She might be going for the "gladiator vibe." Taylor Swift's current boyfriend is Travis Kelce, a professional American football player who plays tight end for the Kansas City Chiefs, who are going to the Super Bowl. He was featured in a cringe Pepsi gladiator-themed commercial recently.

 

I see no problem using coins as jewelry, assuming they aren’t academically significant or really superb examples. A common denarius or drachm in VF? Absolutely.

 

If my net worth were 1.6 billion I would be driving a ragged car and wearing Goodwill jeans. Too many crazies in the world looking for a target these days. I’m not giving them one!

 

Same here! Guilty as charged!

My wife is Greek and quite proud of that bloodline heritage. Hence... a pretty silver tetrobol (prettier than my hand-snapped camera photography indicates) from the Greek island of Euobea, 3rd-2nd century B.C. The obverse features a beautiful nymph, and my wife is certainly nymph-like to me. It's set in 24K gold (what else for my beloved?), and the coin is surrounded by the famous, traditional Greek key pattern.

 

If she decides to form a collection, we are all in a world of hurt/ would have no chance in a bidding war. If I had 1.6 B I would still drive the car I have.....58 restomod
But also get a restomod 67 Corvette/ 55 T-Bird/ 69 Hemicuda.

 

So........................does that mean you're worth 2 BILLION!!!

 

I proudly couldn't name a song of hers. For this thread I went to youtube, punched up her greatest hits, suffered through about 10 seconds each of a few, and stopped.

...and I actually like most genres of music; I even like some 'sea' jazz, which I never liked previously. I still generally despise New Age, though, and I dislike most modern country songs.

I like both soft and hard music genres, but Ms. Swift's version of bubblegum isn't for me.

Now I do like REAL bubblegum from the '60s, or if one wants to go 10/10 demented, I like Toy-Box. "The Sailor Song" is a masterpiece of demented, fun Europop.

I had a great time at a friend's birthday party a couple of months ago. Her Dj was playing all the uptempo songs, like 2 Live Crew, Digital Underground, Too Short, stuff like that.