@StevesTrail @gt75 Jumping on the coin bandwagon but with a little twist. Here’s a coin necklace that I bought about 30 years ago. All are foreign coins ranging in dates from 1887 - 1945. I took it to a local coin dealer about 5 years ago. (I knew going in that defaced coins are worthless in the numismatic world.) The dealer stated that maybe 2 coins would’ve had some value if not drilled. He offered me $50 scrap value. I imagine @StevesTrail that you’ve seen your fair share of coin jewelry in the antiques business. (front & reverse photos)
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Great necklace @Patina . You don’t see these very often. And yours has coins from all over the world. Definitely worth more than $50 as a coin silver necklace. Unfortunately most of the coin jewelry I see are gold coins that have been soldered. Most are not salvageable other than for their gold weight. I’ve tried dissolving the lead but the tin in the solder remains and most of the time the lead has eaten into the gold.
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@StevesTrail Thanks! I’ve seen more coin bracelets than necklaces, especially a double necklace like this one. I just couldn’t bring myself to scrap it. Soldering gold coins!?! That’s just plain awful.
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This is beautiful but creates pain for coin collectors.
Many amazing coins but mostly not in high grades. Have mostly every one of these, without holes 
Agree, most value is in the precious metals.
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Wow @Patina , that necklace is so unique! I never even knew necklaces made of coins in this fashion, existed.
I have a coin bracelet, which I’m sure isn’t
worth much, but I’ll share it here for the fun of it!
The heavy chain bracelet is sterling silver, but even though I can’t see it well because my coin magnifier isn’t here yet, it’s doubtful the actual coins on here are worth anything.
There appear to be two different attatchment styles of the coins on this bracelet. Some are drilled through and others have a small loop attached to the tops. It even appears that coins were added because there are two and three coins together on one loop in some places.
I tried to take photos of them seperated as best I could to show this. I really dont even know the history of this bracelet as it belonged to a friends mother and she gave it to me when she passed of cancer.
If any of you with expertise in this area might know something I don’t, please inform me and thank you!
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For all the years I could spot in the photos, there have been large mintages, so value is above silver spot but none is really valuable. The silver smith knew exactly which coins to use.
The years between 1920 to 1935 (except 1928) carry more value.
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@Steve and @gt75 , thank you both for letting me know what you see about the coin bracelet. It was always a mystery to me except that i could see that the majority of coins were of Mexican origin. And that other coins had been added.
It’s a heavy bracelet and honestly, I’ve never worn it, and have only kept it as a memento and a conversation piece.
I thank you for taking your time to inform me, and I wish you both a wonderful day!
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