EJ Gold behind camera with comedian, circa 1968, photo by Herb Khaury (Tiny Tim).
Today on the ICW I’ll be offering handmade silver coin jewelry at melt prices in order to get them into the hands of others. I’ve had these coins — mostly silver dimes, quarters, halves and dollars for quite a while — the last coin in this set was collected by me in 1956, so they’ve been with me for well over half a century. The better Mercury and Roosevelt Dimes come in flips — they’re $10 apiece, disregarding special values. The jewelry-grade Mercury Dimes come in handmade .925 high-grade sterling silver coin-edged bezels with extra-large bail rings, the expensive kind. The melt-price of the silver coins is about $2.50 per coin these days, well above the numismatic values of most of the coins you’ll find now. I’m asking $10, $4 below my cost to put together the coin plus the vintage-style mounting with the large double-vee bail loop. The sterling silver keychains that hold a half-dollar are available with a variety of mintages, again for about melt-price.
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