Odd Silver Franc 1919

[BLACKIE555]

A 1919 silver franc but it has a very strange raised rim? I assume somebody inset it into a ring for a pendant or ? They didn't have crazy raised rims did they? In looking further I suppose it could have been minted this way buy wow...never seen such a proud rim. Little bent up.
Also, I assume this is a carriage reins guide? Great afternoon, the top of my field was ice the other day but it has allowed another day of digging.

 

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[echodog]

It looks like the franc was being turned into a coin ring. That would explain the rim...
nice finds

 

[CRUSADER]

It looks like the franc was being turned into a coin ring. That would explain the rim...
nice finds

Agreed.

 

[BLACKIE555]

Hmmm...yeah I googled coin ring trench art....guess it was a thing. Never would've guessed that. It would explain why it's bent some. The year would fit.

 

[Digger RJ]

Nice!!!! Congrats!!!!

 

[Argentium]

Yup ! I've made a couple of rings by that method,
("upsetting the rim") The new method is to knock the center of the coin out with a disc cutter , then put it into varied sized cone shaped dies, to turn it from flat "washer" into a ring . Nice find !

 

[Timbermaster]

My dad has a nickel like that. Said he made it by tapping it with a spoon!

 

[washingtonian]

Cool find! I concur with everyone saying it looks like they were starting to pound it into a coin ring and then maybe lost it before they were finished? Or maybe it didn't go as well as they hoped and they chucked it?

 

[Noah_D]

I agree, it's been "spooned." Cool coin!

 

[E-Trac-Ohio]

It looks like the franc was being turned into a coin ring. That would explain the rim...
nice finds

A unique find - congrats !
I found a Large Cent a few years ago that's hammered evenly all around the edge and has the exact same shape as your coin.
I never thought that maybe someone could have been trying to make a Ring out of it - I just thought they were just messing around.

Thanks for the info. & Good Hunting !

 

[Possum]

Awesome find, Congrats and thanks for sharing... "D"

 

[Wildcat1750]

A 1919 Silver Franc with character...

 

[vpone]

pretty cool find for sure

vp

 

[Trezurehunter]

That is a neat coin find.

 

[BLACKIE555]

Thanks ...I looked up coin rings and watched some YT videos on the subject.....awesome. I agree somebody gave up on this one, seems like it would be an awful dainty ring. You'd need a slender finger I suspect.