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<p>[QUOTE="ikandiggit, post: 1574916, member: 16269"]I owned an antique business for several years and purchased a lot of estates. Over the years, I had dozens of pieces of jewelry that were made from gold coins. Bracelets, necklaces, rings, tie tacks, you name it. Some of the coins would have been highly desirable by coin collectors but they were either damaged with solder like Matt's or they were trimmed to fit into a bezel. </p><p><br /></p><p>If I had nice silver dollars in my showcase, the comments I heard most often (regardless of how high a grade the coin was) was "That would make a great belt buckle!" </p><p><br /></p><p>It is very common to find amazing coins, like gold ancients in rings or necklaces. Check out some of the auction sites. It'll make you cringe.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.ebay.ca/sch/Vintage-Antique-Jewellery-/48579/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=gold%20coin&_sop=3" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ebay.ca/sch/Vintage-Antique-Jewellery-/48579/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=gold%20coin&_sop=3" rel="nofollow">http://www.ebay.ca/sch/Vintage-Antique-Jewellery-/48579/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=gold coin&_sop=3</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://arcajewelry.com/store/index.php?CategoryID=75" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://arcajewelry.com/store/index.php?CategoryID=75" rel="nofollow">http://arcajewelry.com/store/index.php?CategoryID=75</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.ferbers.com/ancient-coin-jewelry.html?gclid=CKmusJm507MCFWlxQgodN0IAkw" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ferbers.com/ancient-coin-jewelry.html?gclid=CKmusJm507MCFWlxQgodN0IAkw" rel="nofollow">http://www.ferbers.com/ancient-coin-jewelry.html?gclid=CKmusJm507MCFWlxQgodN0IAkw</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ikandiggit, post: 1574916, member: 16269"]I owned an antique business for several years and purchased a lot of estates. Over the years, I had dozens of pieces of jewelry that were made from gold coins. Bracelets, necklaces, rings, tie tacks, you name it. Some of the coins would have been highly desirable by coin collectors but they were either damaged with solder like Matt's or they were trimmed to fit into a bezel. If I had nice silver dollars in my showcase, the comments I heard most often (regardless of how high a grade the coin was) was "That would make a great belt buckle!" It is very common to find amazing coins, like gold ancients in rings or necklaces. Check out some of the auction sites. It'll make you cringe. [url]http://www.ebay.ca/sch/Vintage-Antique-Jewellery-/48579/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=gold%20coin&_sop=3[/url] [url]http://arcajewelry.com/store/index.php?CategoryID=75[/url] [url]http://www.ferbers.com/ancient-coin-jewelry.html?gclid=CKmusJm507MCFWlxQgodN0IAkw[/url][/QUOTE]
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