Attaching jump rings to coins

Had an idea today when I came across some coins minted in my birth year and my sisters. My idea is still in the wee baby stage, but I would like to attach the coins to jump rings and make a bracelet using the coins as charms. I have no idea how this will turn out, but I'd like to try. Problem is, I don't know how to convert the coins into charms- I have never attempted anything like this before, so I don't even know where to start, really. . .

Anyone have any ideas?

Also, Sooz emailed me a suggestion as to what to do with those empty loops on my pearl necklace. I tried it, and now I have pretty pearl danglies hanging down the back of my neck. Pretty pretty, and I like the soft little clicking sounds they make when I move =) Thanks Sooz! You rock =)

Kimberly

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iolite
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There is drilling, not easy with coins, depending on the metal but I've seen it done. Otherwise you could make a beadwoven bezel using netting stitch (seed beads) or wirewrapping if you are very good at it. You could imbed the coins in polymer clay and add a ring at the top before baking but they would be heavy and not inclined to jingle. The thing with bracelets is they get banged around a lot so drilling would be the best thing. I made some where I glued a finding to the back with rubber cement or epoxy but they were not stable. It used to be you could find frames for coins, (worked kind of like a wrap-tight for stones) maybe you could find them somplace still. Ingrid

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mermaidscove_com

In addition to what Ingrid wrote: you could try soldering. Depending on the material and size of the coin you may have to use a torch rather than a soldering iron (put the coin into a vice and hold the ring with needle nose pliers or something on that order).

- I remember when I was a kid I owned a dime that had very small rings (about 2-3 mm) soldered onto it (no idea where it went). -

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m.purves

there's also the rather time consuming process of whacking away at the coin with a finishing nail and a sledgehammer. which is what I did when I was a kid and decided I wanted to wear a dime on a leather cord. it took forever to do, and the coin and my fingers got banged up pretty badly, and the edge of the hole was rough once I did get it punched through. So that's not a method I would recommend.

-Amber.

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fallen_ikon

Two simple ways.

  1. drill a small edge (front to back) along one edge of the coin.. my great uncle did this for a coin he gave me years ago.

  1. you can buy coin holders (bezel) that go around the edge of the coin - snap shut and have a pendant loop. I believe I've seen them in the Rio Grande catalog. They are very common and not extremely expensive... unless you are talking about 14 K gold....

Cheryl

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