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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GinoLR, post: 26057824, member: 128351&quot;]Ancient coins mounted in jewelry? Why not, after all ? In ancient times it was very common.</p><p>Today it&#039;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&#039;s a bit old fashioned today).</p><p>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 <i>perutot</i>, <i>lepta</i> or widow&#039;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&#039;s first choice.</p><p>But why not use authentic ancient silver coins? A worn or &quot;low grade&quot; 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&#039;s pride, but if mounted in jewelry and worn by a pretty lady, such coins look much more glamorous.</p><p>Honestly, I am surprised to see a superstar like Taylor Swift, the kind of person you&#039;d easily figure wearing big diamonds, wearing mere reproductions of denarii... Did she pin printed posters of Monet or Picasso in her living room?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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