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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtisimo, post: 2764948, member: 83845&quot;]I know I&#039;m a bit late to this party and the mods seem to have already stepped into this thread but I want to first of all say welcome [USER=88009]@HBrider[/USER] and your coin is a beauty.&nbsp; Our community is usually a very friendly place so I hope you don&#039;t let this thread scare you off from continuing to post.</p><p><br /></p><p>I was recently at a museum exhibit on luxury items of the Roman Empire and many of the items were beautiful pieces of ancient jewelry created with coins as the centerpiece?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]636284[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]636285[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]636287[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]636289[/ATTACH] </p><p>I&#039;m curious how many of you consider the above items to be horrid abominations? I tend to think they are unique, beautiful and interesting in their own way. </p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t really harbor the same revulsion to the idea in principle as many of you do, however...</p><p><br /></p><p>I say that turning an ancient coin into jewelry is definitely not something that I would do and I think it&#039;s bad for the preservation of the coin. I don&#039;t want to be the one responsible for depriving future generations of the ability to enjoy these pieces of history. (Also it would be a shame as that coin is so nice!) But also I don&#039;t think we should try to shame people out of enjoying thier property on their own terms. Small step between that and the cultural property nuts who try to shame the rest of us for even owning ancient coins. JMHO[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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