hammered or tapped coin rings

hi all, How many of you have heard of rings made by servicemen mostly in WW2 I would guess that are made by tapping th edge of a coin with a spoon till it flattens out, a hole is made in the center and the ring is then formed. you can still see the design in most of them. Walkers were used mostly for this. Where would I look to get one of these? I understand they are scarce.

Thanks Tony

 

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I've heard of them, but never seen one.

You might try EBay's jewelry section Tony.[/QUOTE]

 

I would hardly call them scarce....they clog up my coin counters routinely. I've heard many stories about their origins over the years....made by hobos, made by soldiers, made by prisoners, etc.

During the next day or few (if I remember) I'll search my damaged 90% and see if I can come up with one for you.

 

Nick

I haven't really looked too hard for them but I have never seen one. yeah that would be great if you could find one or a few for me, thanks.

Regards Tony

 

I remember in the early 60's when I was real young my grandmother showed me 3 rings. Each was made with a 20 dollar gold piece. I got curious so I took a Walking Liberty 50 cent piece and tried to make one myself. I got half way and gave up. Silver is pretty hard and when I stopped it was between a 1/4 to 1/2 inch wide. I finally bulked that 50 cent piece about 10 years ago (should have kept it for the "stupid things I did" reminder). There are two ways that I know how to make one if you want to try. First determine how wide you want it and what diameter. That will determine whether you use a dollar size, half size or quarter etc. Take a spoon at least a tablespoon size. Hold the coin with your thumb and index finger then start tapping and rotating. You can either cut out the diameter (ring size first) or tap down to the ring size then cut out the diameter. Of course use a coin that is only worth bulk unlike me LOL!!
PS: By "bulk" I mean melt value.

 

Don't think it's something I'll be trying.

But, if anyone's interested in how to make a piece of jewelry from a silver coin, here is one method, illustrated with step by step instructions.
(several pics-Might take a minute to load)

LINK (click here)

 

Thanks

Thanks all, Great article Jody, Dono't know if I will give it a shot or not. My daughter wants one of these, so if I can't buy one I will have to give it a go. Anyone know where I might get one of these?

thanks Tony

 

Something like this?



Here's the LINK

 

Wow

Thanks a million Jody, my daughter is going be thrilled.

Tony

 

Jody,

Once again I humbly take my hat off to you at your internet prowess.

 

Aw, Geez folks. I'm just havin' fun here.

 

I know this isn't what you're looking for but I thought it fit in with this thread. These are a couple of pictures of a ring I made a couple of months ago from a fifty cent peice

 

I wonder How they do it

I wonder how they keep the engraving on the outside of the ring???

 

Thats a nice ring and would make a cool holiday gift especially if one could use a coin with the same date as the year born. I noticed how no nickels were harmed during the posting of this thread.

 

Well, Andy, not everything of this Earth is bad.