Coin Jewelry
I spent a couple of hours looking online for a coin necklace. The problem I had was not finding one I liked. I found quite a few but I needed to find a coin necklacethat my friend would like. It is going to be a gift for her. My friend took up belly dancing several years ago as a way to exercise. She loves it. Belly dancing did more than help her lose the... Read More
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.... 
It is amazing how much artisanship went into the details embedded on the front and back of old coins. Just check out the picture of the Polish coin above. There is some serious detail in a silver coin, which probably doesn’t have to high of a value. I’m pretty sure the Polish coin in the picture above is not that old of a template. Go back thousands of years and those... 
Being a fan history myself, I bet coin jewelry is a gift just about anyone interested in the past would love to have. When I was taking history courses in college my favorite as weird as this sounds was Pirate History. After finding out about coin jewelry I was immediately reminded of the life of a pirate. Many of the copper or gold looking coins on this type of unique... 
Of all the jewelry I own, there is one necklace that I wear more than the rest. It is an American Eagle Coin that is 14K diamond cut, scalloped bezel-mounted. I have had it for years, and I was thinking of purchasing one for each of my girls for Christmas. 
