Old coin jewelry

I received some old coins from my father at this death and would like to make jewelry for his grandchildren and great-grandchildren without damaging the coins.

Someone suggested using lead caning to make a bezel (?) around the coin and jumprings to connect them.   Another suggestion was photo holders, but this only allows one side to be seen.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[Polly]

Some coin dealers have pre-made coin bezels in select sizes.  Bezel settings that are already built for your sizes of coins, might not be very decorative, but would be a good way to avoid damage to the coins.

I'm not having much luck finding a web site though.  If you haven't already tried local coin collectors in the phone books, give those a try.  Even if they don't stock the settings, I bet one of them has a catalog they can order from.

--Polly

[Judd]

You might want to consider having them made into coin rings.
This is what they will look like.  http://imgs.inkfrog.com/pix/TheCoinSmith/Golden_Rings.jpg