Old coins - pendants
Pendants made from authentic oriental coins—primarily Afghan, Pakistani, Persian, and Pashtun rupees—transformed into jewelry by adding handles and handmade decorative elements. These items are deeply rooted in the aesthetics of Central Asia and the Middle East, where ancient coins often found a second life as ornaments worn by nomads and local tribal communities.
Many pieces are adorned with colored glass, simple jewelry settings, or natural stones characteristic of the region. Decorative elements serve an aesthetic purpose, but they also often reference local traditions and the protective symbolism present in ethnic jewelry from Afghanistan, Pakistan, or ancient Persia. The settings were handcrafted, most often from brass, alpaca, or low-grade silver, without the pursuit of perfect symmetry or industrial repeatability.
The coins retain natural traces of previous circulation—abrasions, minor deformations, unevenness, and partially shallow reliefs. These are not damages resulting from modern production, but rather authentic features of ancient coins later used as jewelry. As a result, each pendant possesses its own character and individual history, resulting from both the coin's age and the method of its handcrafting.
Oriental coin pendants can be worn as ethnic jewelry, used to create original necklaces, chokers, and handmade ornaments, or used as decorative collectibles. This category is aimed at those seeking authentic items with an atmosphere of ancient bazaars, nomadic craftsmanship, and oriental aesthetics, rather than contemporary mass-produced imitations of ethnic styles.
