Cabin Fever = Coin Ring Making Time. Heres My First For 2010

[John-Edmonton]

Cabin Fever = Coin Ring Making Time. Here's My First For 2010

I got the exact coin shown above from my local coin dealer just before Christmas. He just gave it to me. Said it's in too bad of shape to sell. After I looked at it, I knew that it would make an easy and nice looking coin ring to craft. You see, it is so old, that is was quite thin, making it easy to burr with my Dremmel tool. And the stamped "NAPOLEON III EMPEREUR" was very legible, so it would still be identifiable on the finished coin ring, provided that I didn't polish it off.


Below is the finished coin ring. Thanks for looking.

 

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[DigginThePast]

Re: Cabin Fever = Coin Ring Making Time. Here's My First For 2010

Great job!

 

[gleaner1]

Re: Cabin Fever = Coin Ring Making Time. Here's My First For 2010

John, can you tell us how you make these? I have researched it but I cant find your method.

 

[jopher]

Re: Cabin Fever = Coin Ring Making Time. Here's My First For 2010

Great job. I made my first about this time last year.I used a Walking Lib. half.
Turned out real nice other than it is about a size 16

 

[extractor]

Re: Cabin Fever = Coin Ring Making Time. Here's My First For 2010

Looks great ! I always wanted to try to make one

 

[John-Edmonton]

Re: Cabin Fever = Coin Ring Making Time. Here's My First For 2010

John, can you tell us how you make these? I have researched it but I cant find your method.

Email Western And Eastern Treasures Magazine, and ask them to send you a copy titled "Coin Ring Crafting" by John Bortscher (me), an article which I wrote several years ago. It has photos and explains 2 different ways of making coin rings.

 

[gleaner1]

Re: Cabin Fever = Coin Ring Making Time. Here's My First For 2010

Thanks John, I'm gonna make one.

 

[godisnum1]

Re: Cabin Fever = Coin Ring Making Time. Here's My First For 2010

John, can you tell us how you make these? I have researched it but I cant find your method.

Email Western And Eastern Treasures Magazine, and ask them to send you a copy titled "Coin Ring Crafting" by John Bortscher (me), an article which I wrote several years ago. It has photos and explains 2 different ways of making coin rings.

I didn't realize you were the author... but I have a pdf copy of your article, if you would like for me to upload it to Mediafire for others to download it....

Bran <><

 

[bootybay]

Re: Cabin Fever = Coin Ring Making Time. Here's My First For 2010

holey cow, you did greatttttttttttt is that first one copper or gold.. sorry the first pix didnt load.. I love the thin band on that one.

 

[John-Edmonton]

Re: Cabin Fever = Coin Ring Making Time. Here's My First For 2010

holey cow, you did greatttttttttttt is that first one copper or gold.. sorry the first pix didnt load.. I love the thin band on that one.

Its copper.......

 

[John-Edmonton]

Re: Cabin Fever = Coin Ring Making Time. Here's My First For 2010

Looks great ! I always wanted to try to make one

Go for it!

 

[judd]

Re: Cabin Fever = Coin Ring Making Time. Here's My First For 2010

John,
It looks like you have some competition. This guy has some nice rings. www.thecoinsmith.net

 

[sectshun8]

Re: Cabin Fever = Coin Ring Making Time. Here's My First For 2010

Really nice work John ... guess all those rings you find weren't enough, had to start making them too

 

[judd]

Re: Cabin Fever = Coin Ring Making Time. Here's My First For 2010

Making coin rings is not all that hard if you know what you are doing. The problem is that those who know how its done aren't talking. The method they use is not the same as the method they tell you they use. There are a few who know how it's done but fewer who have mastered it. Some times it's better to buy a first class item than waste your time and ruin a good coin in the process. There are several coin ring makers out there, this is one of the better ones. www.thecoinsmith.net He will make you a coin ring out of a coin you supply at a discount. I had him make me one out of a mogran silver dollar I found in an old barn.

 

[DirtDiggerDaveinMD]

Re: Cabin Fever = Coin Ring Making Time. Here's My First For 2010

Here is the link to John's article.
http://members.shaw.ca/john_edmonton/HowtomakeaCoinRings[2].pdf