mardi 4 juin 2013

History And Art Fused In Silver Coin Rings

By Michelle Howe


Silver coin rings are a pleasure to wear, and a very welcome gift. They are available in more and more variety these days, and combine art and history wonderfully well. These tiny bits of metal have so much to tell, as they have likely travelled all over the nation, been handled and possessed by thousands and thousands of people and so on. Wearing them on your finger is like wearing something that is artistic and historically significant at the same time.

These days, the alloy used in mints is not the same as it used to be. Instead of using a lot of silver, less expensive metals are used now, which tend to oxidize with time and can leave marks on the fingers of the wearer of jewelery made out of them. However, pieces such as the Walking Liberty Half Dollar, the Franklin Half Dollar, the Kennedy Half Dollar, Washington Quarter Dollar or the Barber Half Dollar, which were cast before the change in composition was made, work very well for this kind of jewelery.

As all of the items mentioned above came in different sizes, it can be imagined that they are used to make jewelery in different sizes. So, no matter what the size of your finger, you are sure to be able to find a beautiful piece of jewelery that is steeped in history and that will be just the right fit for you.

Most such jewelery that was made some time ago, or can be made by you at home, has sides that are smooth and devoid of any engravings. This is because the traditional method of making such jewelery involved repeatedly striking the sides of the coin till it wore down to the diameter required, and then getting rid of the middle part. This results in a piece of jewelery that is smooth metal on the insides and outside.

Now, though, newer techniques have been developed which leave the beautiful engravings intact and you can proudly wear and admire these. This also means that the jewelery is so much more interesting than before. You can have a look at some examples by running a search online.

If you badly want such jewelery, but do not know where to obtain the raw material required for its making, you can be at ease. Most artists who work with such jewelery have their own stash of dollars that you can choose from and have incorporated into your accessory. It is a good idea to pick dollars that were made in a year in which someone was born or was married, have these made into jewelery, and gift it to them.

If you want a particular item to be used as the base for the jewelery, chances are, the artists will be okay with that. You may use a coin that you consider lucky or one that is rare and give it to the jewelery makers to have them fashion it for you.

A simple way to begin your journey towards owning such jewelery is to run a search online. Find sellers and artists in your area, and approach them. If there are none who are in your region, there are plenty of others you can resort to who sell silver coin rings online.




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