Unique 1967 Half Crown Coin Ring 41st Birthday Start Price GBP 25.00 Current Price GBP 25.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Sunday, October 05, 2008 End Time Sunday, October 12, 2008 Location Wickford, Essex See more about 'Unique 1967 Half Crown Coin Ring 41st Birthday' Description   Unique Hand Made 1967 Half Crown Coin Ring   The ring is made out of a 1967 Half Crown Coin   The Ring is packaged in a Clear Top High Dome Ring Box. The Ring internal diameter is 20.32 mm size V Band width 8.75mm Check out this link below for anything to do with Ring Sizes  http://www.onlineconversion.com/ring_size.htm   Unique fascinating and intriguing item!   This ring has a great Wedding band shape and extremely clear writing.   41st Birthday or Anniversary Present   Look at the Latin inside your ring: DEI GRATIA REGINA ELIZABETH II.  Which translates to: By the Grace of God Queen Elizabeth 2nd   and on the other side it reads   FID:DEF HALF CROWN 1967 Which translates to: Defender of the Faith,Half Crown 1967   There is a ton of Latin to explain which is written inside your ring so here it is: Abbreviation Word or Phrase Translation   D.G. DEI GRATIA By the Grace of God DEI DEI (of) God GRA GRATIA (by the) Grace REGINA Queen F.D. FIDEI DEFENSOR Defender of the Faith FID FIDEI (of the) Faith DEF DEFENSOR Defender                         GIFTS JUST DO NOT GET ANY COOLER THAN THIS!   Coins have been made in to rings for years; they were sometimes given as wedding bands after WWI and WWII. I learnt this technique whilst doing an Engineering apprenticeship. The coin is struck with a hammer several thousand times, between 6 and 8 hours until the writing on the edge of the coin has turned 90 degrees. The coin is then smoothed and the middle removed, this can take another 4 hours.     Watch your friend’s faces when you give them the ring as they slowly realise it has been made from a coin, and get ready for the question “how is that done?”      1967 Two Shillings Coins were made from Cupro Nickel So your ring should be worn like costume jewellery. Any other questions or requests please e-mail canoe1973@hotmail.co.uk   On 01-Aug-06 at 16:42:42 BST, seller added the following information: . Place a Bid!