[il-talk] Braille coin as jewelry

[Laurie Porter]

I think that from the way cathy described it, the jewler's besil is crimped 
down onto the edge of the coin, so there is not drilling involved. I've been 
doing a little research, and there is quite a market these days for 
uncirculated coin jewlery I guess if you are wanting to collect them for 
value, than you shouldn't have them turned into a neck pendent. anoher style 
of coin jewlery is to purchase a sterling frame you can slip onto the bead 
in it's protective cover and then mount a pendent ring onto the frame edge. 
This only works, however, if you can see the coin in its covering. The 
difference is that you won't be able to open it, nor can you  touch the coin 
and feel the braille,  etc.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "JOSEPH MONTI" <jlmonti at sbcglobal.net>
To: "NFB of Illinois Mailing List" <il-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, June 07, 2009 4:18 PM
Subject: Re: [il-talk] Braille coin as jewelry


hi girls, drilling a hole in a proof coin is a sin and would make most coin 
collectors turn green. anything you do to a coin makes it less collectable. 
you should not touch proof or uncirculated coins. if you don't care about it 
as a coin but a symbol of the NFB go cheapest. we are going to raffle off 
some dollars after the convention. some proof and some uncirculated.
joe

--- On Sun, 6/7/09, Cathy Randall <chr47 at mchsi.com> wrote:


From: Cathy Randall <chr47 at mchsi.com>
Subject: Re: [il-talk] Braille coin as jewelry
To: "NFB of Illinois Mailing List" <il-talk at nfbnet.org>
Date: Sunday, June 7, 2009, 4:06 PM


Connie,
I purposly bought the less expensive uncirculated coin instead of the
proof coin and I don't worry about the numismanic value of the coin. I want
to touch it and show it to other people as a Braille awarness tool. A true
coin collector probably would buy the proof coin instead.
Bob has collected coins and suggested this strategy!


Cathy
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Connie J. Davis" <condav8950 at att.net>
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Sent: Sunday, June 07, 2009 3:21 PM
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>
> I have a question: I thought that when you took the coin out of its case,
> it decreased the value?
> Connie
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: il-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:il-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org]On
> Behalf Of Laurie Porter
> Sent: Sunday, June 07, 2009 2:59 PM
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>
> Sounds good. I'm going to do mine and see how it goes. I only wish tht
> this
> would have occurred to me months before convention
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Cathy Randall" <chr47 at mchsi.com>
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> Sent: Sunday, June 07, 2009 12:43 PM
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>
>> Hi Laurie,
>> My coin is mounted on a jewlers bessel and hangs from an 18 inch silver
>> chain. I had my jewler add a large silver clasp that is easy to open and
>> close. The cost for bessel, chain and clasp was $40.00
>> Sorry for the delaid reply to your question.
>>
>>
>> Cathy
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Laurie Porter" <freespirit1 at tds.net>
>> To: "NFB of Illinois Mailing List" <il-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 3:31 PM
>> Subject: Re: [il-talk] Braille coin as jewelry
>>
>>
>>> Hi Cathy, as a maker of jewlry, I'm curious about whether the coin was
>>> drilled first, or was it mounted on a coin besil? Another question, if
>>> you don't mind me asking, how much did it cost? I think it would be a
>>> nice boost in business to make them for others?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Laurie
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Cathy Randall" <chr47 at mchsi.com>
>>> To: "il - talk" <il-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 1:03 PM
>>> Subject: [il-talk] Braille coin as jewelry
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hello my Fellow Federationists,
>>>> I have had my uncirculated Louis Braille commerative coin mounted in a
>>>> ring and hung from a 18 in. chain with a large round clasp.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Cathy
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