I’ve been cutting coins for 30 years, and I can say that Greece and Ireland are neck and neck in the longest run of the coolest coins in their country’s history. These pre-decimal beauties seem designed to be cut and are sure to trigger some into fond memories of the days of old.
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Posted by Rude-Guitar-478
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Seen them made into necklaces like that. Is that what you do with them?
I didn’t know this was a thing. Absolutely gorgeous. Cheers for sharing.
Much better looking then the Euro coins we have now.
Can you buy these somewhere?
Can you buy these somewhere?
OP have you every tried putting them on the train tracks after cutting? The inner child in me wonders how they’d look.
My favourite was the flóirín
Do you do commissions? I’d love these.
I still get excited seeing 50p and a pound. Like I’m a little child and I feel like I’m minted