Victoria 1st Gold Penny coin ring

[Guest stevehartly]

Hi all, i was wondering if any1 can give me some info on a coin ring please....iv tried adding some pics but it wont allow this type apparantly (jpeg)...a detecting find found 11" down, came up all gold & gleaming, iv found enough of these to fill a bucket but never 1 as Gold coloured as this & in ring form. A local jeweller told us it might have been made to commemorate her 1897 Diamond jubilee (60 years on the thrown) but wasnt 100% sure also thought it was Gold. If any1 can help please email me stevehartly@aol.com to view the pics because it will take me ages to re-scan them & resize/different file type etc etc. Appreciated any help.

Rgds Steve

[Chris Perkins]

What does it say on the coin, and how big is it?

If the jpg is not too big it should be ok to attach to a post. Try renaming it to filename/jpg, instead of filename.jpeg. Perhaps the forum just likes 'jpg's.

[Guest stevehartly]

Hi Chris... the ring has the name A.JACKSON engraved around the outside along with a design consisting of dots fancy swirls etc, inside the ring has the denomination of the penny "ONE" & "PENNY" with the date also "1897"...its covered in beautiful Green enamel around the outside & slightly remaining on the inside. It would be much easier Chris if you would allow me to send you 5 pics of it via normal email & see what you can make from it.

Rgds Steve

[Chris Perkins]

Yes, please do send pictures to cp@predecimal.com

Sounds like a gold plated and enamelled penny, which will be more old jewellery that coin.