Anyone ever find one of these?

[Wayne from Maine]

I found this a while back. It is a Merch which has been embossed through and made into a ring. You can see the reeding on the edge and the original lettering including the date. It was difficult to scan the inside but you can get the idea. I didn't know what I had until a month later when I got around to cleaning it up.

 

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[weldermark]

never seen one before that is truly unique thanks for the post HH


Mark

 

[omnicognic]

That's different! If I found it I would probably wear that one! 8) HH omnicognic

 

[jeff of pa]

AWSOME RING

WOW

 

[Wayne from Maine]

wanted you to see the inside couldn't figure how to post both picture at once!

 

[Wayne from Maine]

Over the years of hunting I never found great volumes of stuff, but unusual things have popped up in my scoop. I'll post some other that I still have.

 

[omnicognic]

That's neat! I wonder how many of those were made? That has to be a one off deal! 8)

 

[bk]

These are referred to as pop-out coins. Many of these were made at the Panama Pacific Exposition in 1915.
The one I found was made into a stick pin. It was made from a 1912 Barber dime. They do have significant value. The larger coin denominations are usually more valuable, or if multiple coins were used such as in a bracelet.
I understand that you would furnish the coin, and for about 10 cents the vendor would make the coin into what you see. I have heard that some gold coins were used, as well as cents.
It is a very good find!
Congratulations!

 

[bk]

Oops! Here's the pic.

 

[omnicognic]

Way to go BK! thanx for the update! 8)

 

[jeff of pa]

Just think if The Panama Expo would have been in 1916

 

[lonewolfe]

Cool ring, never seen one like that!

HH

 

[nedigger]

A merc and a ring all in one! Sweet! HH.

 

[Vrent]

that is a way cool find...never seen one before, I had heard about them, but to find one detecting would be great..congrats

 

[JARMAN]

THATS SO COOL,Someone posted one abought a year ago,bet you can find it if you look back.It may have been on some other forum but i'm sure it was hereHH

 

[dano91]

My dog found this one! He was supossed to be finding the gold I buried but dug this up instead.

 

[Leon]

Very cool ring!
I've seen some others on the forum before, but they weren't mounted the same way. The others I've seen looked like the dime was just soldered onto plain band. The one you have their the band looks like it was made to wrap around the dime...
WTG!

 

[robert_from_pa]

That's a cool ring! I once found a ring beaten from a silver Washington quarter... you could even see the date on the inside...

not sure what happened to it, though... I sold some silver jewelry a while back, and it may have been in there...

 

[clump63]

I'd like to have one like that, let alone finding one. Very nice dig.

 

[Wayne from Maine]

I found this early on in my MD career, the memory of just where it was found has dimmed Like most of my best finds it came out of the water.