GREAT GIFTS

It requires much more than the mere following of the engraved imprint of that design with a jewelers' saw. The cutting itself is an intricate and painstaking process and the cutter must possess great patience to do the work.

Even before the saw is taken in hand, the artist must lay out his work, deciding how much of the design to retain and determining the positions of the necessary connectors and how they shall be hidden. In all cases, the purpose of the cutting is to bring out the beauty of the design, most of which goes unnoticed otherwise.

Once the decisions are made as to how much to retain and how to keep it together, the work begins. Each space must be drilled to take the saw blade, some of which are not as thick as a horse hair. After the holes are drilled, each space must be cut. That involves threading a saw blade into each hole, (much like threading a needle). Then with the saw, that piece of the background is removed. On the average, the saw must be threaded 20 to 40 times to complete one coin. In the most intricate of designs, up to 150 different cuts must be made. Each coin takes hours to finish, the most intricate one thus far takes 16 hours.

When the cutting is completed, the coin is smoothed and polished. After that we do the gold plating, unless it is to be left in its natural color. Only then is it ready for the customer.
 
 




DETAILED CUTTING AND DATES ARE OUR SPECIALTIES

We have all dates in the Lincoln penny (except 1922).

We have a limited selection of dates in other coins, e.g., Mercury dimes, Canadian pennies, Roosevelt dimes.

Dates on foreign coins are limited by availability.

The beauty of coins goes unnoticed most of the time.

The designs on all coins are done by artists and are usually quite beautiful.

Cutting a coin to set the design in relief brings out this unnoticed beauty.

All coins are handcut, in exquisite detail, with letters and numbers cut individually.

Connectors are carefully hidden, so letters and figures appear to float.

Some coins are available in a "simple cut" which means without letters or numbers or part of the design.

Prices are based on the time involved cutting the coins.

Most coins are made of copper-nickel alloy and are silver in color.

All copper or bronze coins are electro-plated with 24K gold.

All silver and silver-colored coins are available gold-plated, if desired.

Custom cutting of any coin you may have is also available.

For quotation, send your coin and instructions as to which side you want cut.

We will return your coin uncut if you decide not to have it done.