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Trench art

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  • 21-05-2011 7:43pm
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    Blade
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    Crossposted from Collectibles

    One of my personal favourite areas of Irish numismatics is trench art made with Irish coins. Here's one I picked up recently:


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    R.Dub.Fusilier
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    Blade wrote: »
    Crossposted from Collectibles

    One of my personal favourite areas of Irish numismatics is trench art made with Irish coins. Here's one I picked up recently:

    nice piece of trench art you have there blade.

    if you dont mind me asking how come it has a crown on it with the irish penny? sorry if its a stupid question.


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    Blade
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    R.Dub.Fusilier wrote: »
    nice piece of trench art you have there blade.

    if you dont mind me asking how come it has a crown on it with the irish penny? sorry if its a stupid question.

    I've no idea and the guy I bought it from had no info on it either. I thought it might have been rude to ask him where he got it from so I didn't. Maybe it was made by some Irish guy in the British army? I thought that crown might have been related to a specific regiment, in which case you'd know more about that than me. I have quite a few trench art pieces made with Irish coins, I've a lovely snuff/pill box made with both Irish and British pennies. It might have been a case of them just using what they had at their disposal.


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    Blade wrote: »
    I've no idea and the guy I bought it from had no info on it either. I thought it might have been rude to ask him where he got it from so I didn't. Maybe it was made by some Irish guy in the British army? I thought that crown might have been related to a specific regiment, in which case you'd know more about that than me. I have quite a few trench art pieces made with Irish coins, I've a lovely snuff/pill box made with both Irish and British pennies. It might have been a case of them just using what they had at their disposal.

    thanks for the reply. if i was you i would have had to ask about the coin, i still would have bought it though.

    could you put up pics of your other trench art ? thanks


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    Blade
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    Yeah sure, leave it with me a couple of days and I'll see what I can dig out. Most of it is still packed away in boxes since I moved house, but I think I have some handy.


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    Blade
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    Ok, here's another 2 pieces, again with Irish coins. I do have more but they're stashed away.


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    very nice, like the Snuff Box(?)


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    Blade
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    Mousey- wrote: »
    very nice, like the Snuff Box(?)

    Yeah I think they were used for snuff, pills and opium. I have another 2 of these boxes in different shapes, always with Irish coins. One is completely round like a ball that opens up. When I get a chance to dig them out I'll upload the pics here.


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