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1939 Canadian silver dollar coin ring and 1942 Canadian silver 50 cent coin ring

This set of coin rings is for a very special couple in Canada.  Canadian silver coins can be ringed into very cool looking coin rings.  It was fun crafting both of them.  1939 Canadian silver dollar is around 35mm in diameter and there are 4 different designs.  1942 Canadian 50 cent coin was around 29mm…

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AUSTRALIA 1988 SILVER HOLEY DOLLAR and DUMP coin ring

AUSTRALIA 1988 SILVER HOLEY DOLLAR and DUMP Obverse: Maklouf portrait of Elizabeth II to right; Reverse: Wawalag Sisters and The Rainbow Serpent The first of the three silver coin sets issued by the Perth Mint commemorating the Holey Dollar and Dump. The Perth Mint released a pair of silver coins in 1988 to celebrate Australia’s…

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1897 British Silver Crown coin ring

The British crown, the successor to the English crown and the Scottish dollar, came into being with the Union of the kingdoms of England and Scotland in 1707. As with the English coin, its value was five shillings.   Always a heavy silver coin weighing about one ounce, during the 19th and 20th centuries the Crown…

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