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ORIGINAL! RARE! WWI IMPERIAL RUSSIAN SILVER COIN BRACELET TSAR NICHOLAS II TRENCH ART 1914
WWI IMPERIAL RUSSIAN SILVER COIN BRACELET TSAR NICHOLAS II TRENCH ART 1914
- ERA: WORLD WAR I (1914-1918)
- COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: RUSSIAN EMPIRE / EASTERN FRONT
- OBJECT TYPE: TRENCH ART BRACELET / SWEETHEART JEWELRY
- METAL: SILVER (.500 FINE SILVER COINS)
- COIN DENOMINATIONS: 10 KOPEKS AND ONE 15 KOPEK
- MONARCH: TSAR NICHOLAS II (LAST EMPEROR OF IMPERIAL RUSSIA)
- COIN DATES VISIBLE: 1912, 1913, 1914
- TOTAL NUMBER OF COINS: 9 AUTHENTIC IMPERIAL COINS
- CLASP TYPE: LOBSTER CLASP (MODERN UPGRADE FOR SECURE WEAR)
- UNCLEANED
FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IS A STUNNING AND HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT PIECE OF WORLD WAR 1 TRENCH ART: AN AUTHENTIC HANDMADE COIN LINK BRACELET CRAFTED FROM THE SILVER CURRENCY OF THE IMPERIAL RUSSIAN EMPIRE.THIS BRACELET IS A TRUE PORTABLE PIECE OF HISTORY, HAND-FASHIONED DURING THE GREAT WAR CIRCA 1914-1917. SOLDIERS SERVING ON THE EASTERN FRONT FREQUENTLY REPURPOSED COMMON SILVER CIRCULATION COINS TO ENGINEER UNIQUE PIECES OF JEWELRY. THESE WERE FREQUENTLY SENT HOME AS "SWEETHEART TOKENS" TO MOTHERS, WIVES, OR SISTERS DURING THE TUMULTUOUS FINAL YEARS OF THE ROMANOV DYNASTY.THE BRACELET IS COMPOSED OF EIGHT AUTHENTIC 10-KOPEK COINS AND ONE CENTRAL, LARGER 15-KOPEK COIN. EVERY COIN FEATURES THE ICONIC IMPERIAL CROWNED DOUBLE-HEADED EAGLE ON THE REVERSE AND THE DENOMINATION WREATH ON THE OBVERSE. THE COINS DATE BETWEEN 1912 AND 1914, STRUCK JUST BEFORE THE OUTBREAK OF WW1 AND THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION, MAKING THESE HIGHLY COLLECTIBLE RECONSTRUCTION PIECES. SILVER IMPERIAL COINAGE QUICKLY VANISHED FROM CIRCULATION BY LATE 1915 DUE TO WARTIME HOARDING, MEANING LATER DATES ARE INCREDIBLY RARE. THE COINS ARE STRUCK IN UNIFORM .500 FINE SILVER (50% SILVER, 50% COPPER). THEY HAVE BEEN CAREFULLY JOINED BY ARTICULATED JUMP RINGS. A MODERN LOBSTER CLASP HAS BEEN ADDED SO THAT THIS UNIQUE HISTORICAL JEWELRY PIECE CAN BE SECURELY WORN TODAY. IT EXHIBITS A BEAUTIFUL, AUTHENTIC AGED PATINA THAT HIGHLIGHTS THE FINE REEDING AND IMPERIAL DETAILS.
DO NOT MISS YOUR CHANCE TO OWN THIS RARE CROSS-COLLECTIBLE COMPRISING MILITARIA, COIN HISTORY, AND ANTIQUE ESTATE JEWELRY.
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