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Description: | A complete copper alloy Finger Ring of Modern date (AD 1910-1936). The object has been made from a probable George V one penny coin. The object is D shaped in section and circular in plan. The outer face shows not decorative pattern. The inner face of the object retains the reverse legend of the coin and reads ONE PENNY, between the two words Britannia's trident is visible. There is no visible join and the method of manufacture for this object then would appear to be perforation and folding of the copper alloy inward to create the band.Given the date of the coin it is highly probable that this represents a piece of 'trench art' produced during the First or Second World War by someone in the armed forces or a prisoner of war. Coins made into finger rings were popular examples of trench art in the First World War.Similar Examples can be seen on the Portable Antiquities Database: SOM-AE96C7, SUR-F99405 and DUR-D26B53.The metal is a dark green colour with areas of light green corrosion. Spink, P 486, No, 4051
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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