coin necklace, handcrafted jewelry Back in elementary school, one of the arts and crafts teachers held a class I remember to this day because my mom saved the coin necklace. She brought all us little kids together and set 12 inches of thick black thread and a handful of coins with little holes through the top portion she said she drilled at her workshop on a desk. They were meant to be good luck necklaces. A coin with a hole in it was the coolest thing in my 5th grade head because there were all those cartoons and shows with a sneaky character, usually a boy my age who would go to the arcade with a quarter on a string and play all day for free. Free arcade games enticed me so much I to tried to drill a hole through a quarter but with no success. I just ended up dulling the little drill bit I found in the garage.

Fast forward to today and I saw a coin necklace online that put my 5th grade art teacher to shame. The idea was the same but the handcrafted jewelry featured a gold coin, which looked to be older then the United States. Judging from the tarnished color, it held a very deep story. My mind started wandering and I thought how cool it would be if this coin was from a lost ship wreck, out of the satchel of an old king or paid as penance for an ancient deed. It was what I call a lucky coin necklace.