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08-18-2014, 06:08 PM | #2 |
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Re: Russian Imperial Coin Bracelet
This sort of item is widespread throughout Europe and also exists in other areas. They are rather common female attire in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries.
In Britain it was common to make them out of silver (pre-1936) threepences (as my grandmother wanted - she just saved the coins but fortunately the jewellery was never made although she intentionally saved enough for two). I have seen various examples from over the continent with sets of similar local coins and even American examples using silver three cent coins and a Japanese one made out of silver five Sen coins. When we move into Eastern Europe and areas there were in (or formally in) the Ottoman Empire it was fashionable for women to drill holes in coins and tie them together into a sort of chainmail which was an expression of their Christian faith. This is why there are now so many period silver coins available to purchase in Bulgaria and neighbouring nations for pennies - all with holes in them. It was simply a fashion that went out of style and unfortunately destroyed the numismatic value of the coins. Such a poor investment as the coins would have had more purchasing power back then than collector value now. I have seen some rather dubious retailers call them "awards" or "militaria" but they were simply a passing fashion and if soldiers etc had them it was because a loved one had given it to them as a keepsake or the such and not because "they'd run out" of Medals etc.
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