Cuige Coins and Crafts

I have collected coins for some time and have had an interest in coins since I was a child. I now share that interest with my own children. I began to think of ways to give new life to old coins that are not of significant interest to collectors. Coins that have a high mintage and therefore are of less interest to collectors. I made myself a keyring from one of my favourite of these types of coins (the pre decimal half crown) in 2022 and from there it began. Others asked me to make key rings from coins that they like and I started to make keyrings as a hobby. I started making pieces of jewellery with coins and continue to try and think of different ways to create with vintage coins to give them new life and keep part of our history alive.

In 2024 I started working with silver and copper clay. All of my hand made fine silver jewellery is made with 999 fine silver clay. I also use copper clay to sculpt some of the copper pieces. Both types of clay are 100% recycled material. I then started making handmade jewellery using recycled 925 silver and copper.