Coins in Cufflinks

Rodney Hurford

  • United Kingdom

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Coins in Cufflinks

WE USE POLISHED COINS DATED 1885 TO 2017 AND SET THEM INTO SILVER OR ROSE GOLD PLATED CUFF LINKS.

THE IDEA OF TURNING UNWANTED OLD COINS INTO A PRODUCT WHICH CAN REMIND US ALL OF OUR YESTERDAYS, WAS SUGGESTED TO ME BY MY DAUGHTER. SHE HAD SEEN SOME CUFF LINKS FOR SALE ON AN EXPENSIVE INTERNET SITE AND KNEW I COULD EXPAND THE IDEA AND AT A FRACTION OF THE PRICES CHARGED.
SHE DID NOT LIKE THE THOUGHT OF ME DOING NOTHING IN RETIREMENT HAVING SOLD OUR BUSINESS IN LONDON.
SO AFTER MUCH PRODDING I STARTED A NEW BUSINESS AND QUICKLY REALISED THAT THE CUFFLINKS WERE MUCH MORE APPRECIATED WHEN LINKED TO A SPECIAL YEAR. THESE WERE BIRTHDAYS, ANNIVERSARIES, CHRISTENINGS, WEDDINGS ETC.
OVER THE YEARS, I HAVE PURCHASED THOUSANDS OF COINS WHICH FIT INTO CUFFLINKS, ENSURING THAT WE CAN PROVIDE EVERY YEAR OR PERIOD FROM 1885 TO 2017.
THIS ALLOWS US TO OFFER QUEEN VICTORIA, KING EDWARD V11, KING GEORGE V, KING GEORGE V1 AND QUEEN ELIZABETH MINTED FARTHINGS, STERLING SILVER THREEPENCES, SILVER THREEPENCE AND SIXPENCES, SIXPENCES, HALF NEW PENCE, ONE NEW PENCE AND FIVE NEW PENCE COINS IN SILVER OR ROSE GOLD pl CUFFLINKS.
OUR PRICES ARE FROM £8 T0 £20. PRICED FOR ALL TO ENJOY THAT THOUGHTFUL AND USEFUL PRESENT. .

HAVING COMPLETED ALL THAT CAN BE ACHEIVED WITH THE COINS THAT WE WERE ALL BROUGHT UP WITH. I AM PLEASED TO PRESENT A NEW ADDITION TO THE RANGE OF COINS IN CUFF LINKS FROM THE ROMAN EMPIRE.
THESE COINS DEPICT ROMAN EMPERORS AND ON THE COINS REVERSE MANY DIFFERENT STATEMENTS OF THE AGE. FROM VICTORY TO ANIMALS TO SOLDIERS AND MORE.
ALL OF THE ROMAN EMPEROR CUFF LINKS ARE MADE FROM COINS FOUND IN EXCAVATIONS WITHIN THE OLD ROMAN EMPIRE, INCLUDING BRITAIN.
THE COINS ARE SORTED TO ENSURE THOSE KEPT ARE ABLE TO BE RESEARCHED AS TO THE EMPEROR AND AGE MINTED. THEY ARE THEN CLEANED OVER WEEKS REMOVING CENTURIES OF DIRT AND CLAY ETC. THE COINS ARE THEN SILVER PLATED SO THAT THE COPPER, BRONZE, SILVER COINS ARE PROTECTED FROM THE POLLUTED ATMOSPHERE OF TODAY. MANY OF THE ROMAN COINS WERE ORIGINALLY WASHED IN SILVER, WHEN PURE SILVER BECAME TO EXPENSIVE (MUCH LIKE TODAY). THEY ARE THEN CHOSEN TO SHOW THE EMPEROR AND A REVERSE
SCENE.
THE COINS ARE THEN RESEARCHED TO IDENTIFY THE EMPEROR, SO THAT AN APPROPRIATE REVERSE CAN BE USED TO MAKE THE PAIR OF CUFF LINKS. A SHORT HISTORY OF THE EMPEROR IS SUPPIED WITH EACH PAIR, TOGETHER WITH A CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY ON WHICH A PICTURE OF THAT PAIR IS SHOWN.
THE COINS USED ARE FROM 225 - 365AD AND COVER SOME 60+ EMPERORS. WITH EACH EMPEROR PRODUCING COINS FROM MANY MINTS AROUND THE EMPIRE, THE TYPE AND STYLE PROVIDES HUNDREDS OF DIFFERENT PAIRS TO BE MADE. I STRESS THAT THESE ARE GENUINE COINS NOT FAKES, COPIES, OR MADE FROM PEWTER .
I AM PLEASED THAT EVEN WITH THE COSTS AND TIME ASSOCIATED WITH MAKING THESE ANCIENT UNIQUE CUFF LINKS, THAT I CAN SELL THEM BETWEEN £18 TO £25.

ALL CUFF LINKS COME WITH A FREE PRESENTATION CASE.

THE MORAL OF MY STOREY NOW IN MY EIGHTH YEAR OF RETIREMENT IS THAT YOU ARE NEVER TO OLD TO LEARN EVEN FROM YOUR OWN CHILD.