leather cuff, coin jewelry My sister in law loves collecting coins and I thought I'd give her some coin jewelry. He enjoys wearing jewelry from time to time, and when I saw this one pictured here, I believed that she would really like it. She loves the color red and the ruffle on the leather cuff dresses it up a little. The product description says that it is a one of a kind piece, making me think that it's a piece of handmade jewelry. She loves unique jewelry and this certainly fits the bill. Actually, I like this a lot.

It's called the Peace Silver Dollar Cuff, and I don't know if she has this particular coin or not, but I do know that she is more a dove than a hawk so she undoubtedly will wear this with pride. I enjoy finding things like this that my family and friends might appreciate. I've never seen anything like this before, so I ordered it from Old Money Corp at http://www.oldmoneycorp.com/, a website devoted to coin jewelry. Actually, it's a fun place to visit because they have so many old coins and if I were a collector, would spend hours researching the jewelry found on this site for its inherent value and for investment purposes. Everyone knows that eventually some coins will be worth a great deal more than their present face value.

I did a little research on the Peace Silver Dollar since I'd never heard of it before and learned that it was minted after World War I as a way of promoting the values of democracy and liberty. The American Numismatic Association published a paper about it in 1918 and was going to present it at their convention, but it was canceled because of the flu pandemic that was sweeping the world at that time. The designers called for it to be a half dollar or dollar piece because it would have more surface area for inscription than smaller coins.

The US mint produced it from 1921 to 1928, and it looks like this one is from 1922. There were nearly 52,000,000 of these minted in 1922, and according to an online authority source, the value is between $14.00 and $200.00. So this leather cuff has value, not only as a rare coin, but also for the stories that could be told about it. My sister in law is also interested in history, so I think I did well by finding the handmade leather cuff for her. I'll bet she either knows the stories behind this coin already, or will promptly look up the circumstances behind it when she gets this leather cuff from me.