Just an interresting trinket

[Walker]

So I'm stripping down a house painted skiptooth ladies Schwinn tonight. the grips are nothing special but I notice something on the end of one..

after a quck buffing, it's a "Liberty" indian head nickel dated 1935

it's been pressed concave and a threaded fitting brazed or soldered to it. Solid silver I would guess.

Kind of a neat idea..

 

[SCHWINNRAY69]

Pretty sweet

 

[partsguy]

IF it wasn't modified like that,a coin collector might have paid a fair amount of coin for that. :lol:

That is a nice touch, though.

 

[Walker]

I checked it out, in good, unmolested condition these are worth 35 cents

 

[partsguy]

Really? I thought they were valuable? Shows you how much I know about coins. :lol:

 

[DonQui]

Cool idea. Nice Nickle.

 

[scott brownsey]

i have done that before with pennies its a cool look nice score

 

[user 135]

You might have to find another one, so you can have a matched pair.

 

[jaydub]

Makes a nice tie clip :lol:

 

[Fireproof]

It almost looks like one of these . . . http://www.tandyleatherfactory.com/en-u ... 93-01.aspx

 

[Walker]

That's probably it Fireproof.

 

[El Duderino]

very cool

 

[Fireproof]

That's probably it Fireproof.

I don’t think that the ones that Tandy sells are made from actual coins and they mention rivet back. I have seen conchos with screw backs, but the one you have could have been done ages ago! Cool place for it though, the ends of the grips!

btw Walker, where's yer avatar?

 

[B607]

Your nickel is not solid silver. It is solid nickel...that's why it's called a nickel. :roll: Gary

 

[Walker]

I was thinking about that as I was typing it .

you've got to love the English language.

$ .05 = Nickel = used to be all nickel, now Nickel over copper

$ .01 = Penny = used to be all copper, now they should call it a copper sandwich, what is that, zinc in the middle?

$.10 = dime = nickel and copper = Nipper?

$ .25 = quarter = 1/4 of a dollar, now that name actually makes sense

 

[ifitsfreeitsforme]

it was common in the 50s and 60s for guys to convert Indian Head nickels like that to adorn their leather bags on their motorcycles.

 

[ozzmonaut]

I like the idea, and I'm surprised I never thought of it. I have tons of old coins including some indian head nickels. I really like the way they were modified and decorated as "hobo nickels". While I feel that the practice is awesome historically, I feel that the current hobo nickel following has an unfair advantage with the wide array of tools and machinery that make modifying a coin too easy. But I think I will try something like this. I'll have to dig around and see what coins I have. I think I'd like to do indian head pennies.