Comments on: Coin Ring. http://www.neatorama.com/2006/11/08/coin-ring/ The Neat Side of the Web Fri, 09 Jan 2009 07:10:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Carl Smith http://www.neatorama.com/2006/11/08/coin-ring/#comment-48152 Carl Smith Thu, 09 Nov 2006 04:13:55 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2006/11/08/coin-ring/#comment-48152 Relax, folks. My pals and I were making and wearing these back in the seventies with no hassles from the Secret Service. A few evenings of TV viewing while tapping the rim of a dime with a common teaspoon resulted in an eminently wearable fashion statement. Those with larger hands used quarters. Todays composite coins don't work well at all. See, you can do anything at all with money as long as you don't try to alter it AND spend it. Just keep it to yourself or give it away. Try it, it is a satisfying way to spend otherwise wasted time. Relax, folks. My pals and I were making and wearing these back in the seventies with no hassles from the Secret Service. A few evenings of TV viewing while tapping the rim of a dime with a common teaspoon resulted in an eminently wearable fashion statement. Those with larger hands used quarters. Todays composite coins don’t work well at all. See, you can do anything at all with money as long as you don’t try to alter it AND spend it. Just keep it to yourself or give it away. Try it, it is a satisfying way to spend otherwise wasted time.

]]> By: Alice H http://www.neatorama.com/2006/11/08/coin-ring/#comment-48099 Alice H Thu, 09 Nov 2006 02:59:17 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2006/11/08/coin-ring/#comment-48099 The key word in the statute about coin defacement is 'fraudulently'. It's OK to mangle a coin, as long as the purpose isn't to pass it off as a denomination it's not. Otherwise those penny press machines you see at many souvenir stops would be illegal. The key word in the statute about coin defacement is ‘fraudulently’. It’s OK to mangle a coin, as long as the purpose isn’t to pass it off as a denomination it’s not. Otherwise those penny press machines you see at many souvenir stops would be illegal.

]]> By: Gloria http://www.neatorama.com/2006/11/08/coin-ring/#comment-47833 Gloria Wed, 08 Nov 2006 20:00:01 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2006/11/08/coin-ring/#comment-47833 Really? I thought it was illegal to deface any currency. Guys, it's not about cost! A ring out of government issue metal is awesome. And neat. That's priceless. Really? I thought it was illegal to deface any currency.

Guys, it’s not about cost! A ring out of government issue metal is awesome. And neat. That’s priceless.

]]> By: Cameron http://www.neatorama.com/2006/11/08/coin-ring/#comment-47784 Cameron Wed, 08 Nov 2006 19:00:21 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2006/11/08/coin-ring/#comment-47784 It's not nearly as cool, but if you don't have the time or energy to make a ring out of a coin - http://members.cox.net/crandall11/money/ring/ And here's some more money origami - http://members.cox.net/crandall11/money/index.html It’s not nearly as cool, but if you don’t have the time or energy to make a ring out of a coin - http://members.cox.net/crandall11/money/ring/
And here’s some more money origami -
http://members.cox.net/crandall11/money/index.html

]]> By: Karyn http://www.neatorama.com/2006/11/08/coin-ring/#comment-47758 Karyn Wed, 08 Nov 2006 18:26:49 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2006/11/08/coin-ring/#comment-47758 I wonder how much time, from start to finsh, it took. Probably more that 25 cents worth. I wonder how much time, from start to finsh, it took. Probably more that 25 cents worth.

]]> By: Paul http://www.neatorama.com/2006/11/08/coin-ring/#comment-47715 Paul Wed, 08 Nov 2006 17:28:09 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2006/11/08/coin-ring/#comment-47715 I believe it's legal as long as you don't try to spend it. I believe it’s legal as long as you don’t try to spend it.

]]> By: dead_red_eyes http://www.neatorama.com/2006/11/08/coin-ring/#comment-47714 dead_red_eyes Wed, 08 Nov 2006 17:27:56 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2006/11/08/coin-ring/#comment-47714 Awesome! Awesome!

]]> By: ted http://www.neatorama.com/2006/11/08/coin-ring/#comment-47700 ted Wed, 08 Nov 2006 17:15:59 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2006/11/08/coin-ring/#comment-47700 It's shiny on the outside, though, so you can't see the lettering unles it's off your finger. Is it legal to do that to a coin? It’s shiny on the outside, though, so you can’t see the lettering unles it’s off your finger.

Is it legal to do that to a coin?

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