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Antique Sterling Silver Dime Coin Holder Pocket Purse. This is a beautiful vintage original Tiffany & Co. dime holder for when coins were still used by the masses. A silver coin holder is a container of cylindrical form used to hold a pile of coins of identical size. An interior spring propelled the stack to the top of the container for an easier removal of the uppermost coin. This is a nice sterling silver Tiffany spring loaded dime coin holder. It is 1 5/8" tall, 3/4" in diameter, it weighs almost 1 troy ounce. In excellent condition. Marked 'Tiffany & Co. Makers Sterling' to base. Elegant ladies small change holder DATE: Circa 1920 CONDITION: Excellent * * All of the art is edited and chosen by us for its high quality and workmanship before posting. These collectibles have been selected with the artist & collector in mind. We are committed to enhancing our customer’s lives by discovering creating, and pointing out only the best art we can find in the world today. We Are Taste-Makers, Art Advisers, Consultants & Publishers Of Spectacular Art Stories. Our job is to be intermediaries between buyers and sellers. We are vetting for high end art patrons. We are determined to catalog the world's most exceptional art and share it with everyone.

Rare Vintage TIFFANY & Co Sterling Silver Dime Coin Holder/Dispenser- Hallmarked

Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coin_collecting

People have hoarded coins for their bullion value for as long as coins have been minted. However, the collection of coins for their artistic value was a later development. Evidence from the archaeological and historical record of Ancient Rome and medieval Mesopotamia indicates that coins were collected and catalogued by scholars and state treasuries. It also seems probable that individual citizens collected old, exotic or commemorative coins as an affordable, portable form of art. According to Suetonius in his De vita Caesarum (The Lives of the Twelve Caesars), written in the first century CE, the emperor Augustus sometimes presented old and exotic coins to friends and courtiers during festivals and other special occasions.



Contemporary coin collecting and appreciation began around the fourteenth century. During the Renaissance, it became a fad among some members of the privileged classes, especially kings and queens. The Italian scholar and poet Petrarch is credited with being the pursuit's first and most famous aficionado. Following his lead, many European kings, princes, and other nobility kept collections of ancient coins. Some notable collectors were Pope Boniface VIII, Emperor Maximilian[disambiguation needed] of the Holy Roman Empire, Louis XIV of France, Ferdinand I, Henry IV of France and Elector Joachim II of Brandenburg, who started the Berlin Coin Cabinet. Perhaps because only the very wealthy could afford the pursuit, in Renaissance times coin collecting became known as the "Hobby of Kings.