Coins turned into other items

Does anyone have items made out of coins?

I inherited these cufflinks from my grandfather some years ago. They were made using N#10242 and were wore to demonstrate political support to former Brazilian president

 I have similar, made from India 2 Annas Queen Victoria 1862 silver coins. 

 Not sure if one coin turned into another counts, but I have this. 

Penny one side, Florin the other. Maybe a trick coin for a magician? 

Hello,

I have a piece of jewellery made out of a 16 schilling coin from 1762. It's such a rare coin and it's sad to see how someone kind of destroyed it.

N#177802

I've posted this before - 

I can't think why someone made this. I paid nothing for it.

It is annoying that one of the coins is a 1943-B which is scarce and would be worth $50 without the hole.

I have some puzzles.

Those peak puzzles are really cool! where did you get those? 

Thank you all for posting your items!

@ZacUK no doubt that it does count! I can only imagine it being used by magicians as well, definitively something I would add to my collection.

@DanzigCoins it's first time I see such stuff with a noncommon coin and indeed it's rare when it happens to rare coins.

@Mr. Midnight I saw a woman wearing a bracelet of old Brazilian coins once, but I guess (at least I hope) they were replicas because it was all silver coins.

@Beekeeper I never expected that it existed! I like puzzle coins like Moldovan bull or British shield but these are puzzles made by more than one coin, I never saw a coin turned into a puzzle.

ZakUK showed a puzzle about 4 years back that an ebay seller had listed. That started the transformation of coins  into puzzles. 

Are you making these? How much are they? 

Yes, I make the puzzles myself. They are priceless, meaning I do not sell them. The 25 piece puzzle shown above was made to see if I could do it. Won’t be making another like that. However I have traded for coins, dental work and given away some as gifts.  I will pm you, we may be able to work something out.

I make silver rings from shilling/quarter coins. This is a US 1948 S Quarter and an UK 1896 Shilling. These are 100% hand punched and hammered, no hydraulics or folding cones. Just a mandrel, a hammer and time. 

I also “make” earrings and keyrings but drilling holes and attaching fixins has nowhere near the satisfaction of turning a coin into a ring. 

Beekeeper

Yes, I make the puzzles myself. They are priceless, meaning I do not sell them. The 25 piece puzzle shown above was made to see if I could do it. Won’t be making another like that. However I have traded for coins, dental work and given away some as gifts.  I will pm you, we may be able to work something out.

Amazing Beekeeper - puzzle was awesome.

Intrigued about the dental work🤔

puubert

I make silver rings from shilling/quarter coins. This is a US 1948 S Quarter and an UK 1896 Shilling. These are 100% hand punched and hammered, no hydraulics or folding cones. Just a mandrel, a hammer and time. 

 

 

 

I also “make” earrings and keyrings but drilling holes and attaching fixins has nowhere near the satisfaction of turning a coin into a ring. 

Can't even imagine how you do this - looks cool

BluHawk

puubert

I make silver rings from shilling/quarter coins. This is a US 1948 S Quarter and an UK 1896 Shilling. These are 100% hand punched and hammered, no hydraulics or folding cones. Just a mandrel, a hammer and time. 

 

 

 

I also “make” earrings and keyrings but drilling holes and attaching fixins has nowhere near the satisfaction of turning a coin into a ring. 

Can't even imagine how you do this - looks cool

There's plenty of tutorials on youtube but I couldn't see anyone using my ghetto method, which basically forgoes all the fancy machined tools people seem to be using in those tutorials for a more ‘rustic' style. 

1. Punch a hole in the coin using a disc cutter/punch kit.
2. Slide onto a jewellers mandrel.

3. Hit with a rubber hammer.

4. Repeat step 3 a lot of times. 

I also anneal the coin/ring several times during the hammering, but it is really just hammering a flat coin around a cylindrical piece of metal until it folds around. Mine don't look like the ones in the tutorials but I kind of like that. I've made 5 rings from US Quarters and none of them are the same. The downside is I have absolutely no control over sizing. I'm lucky this size of coin, with as 12-14mm hole to start, ends up as a nice pinky ring for me.