My fiancee's birthday is coming up in a couple months, and I'd like to get her something special. She isn't much of a coin aficionado, but she enjoys trinkets that remind her of her Polish and Russian heritage. About a week ago I gave her a nice 1992 1 Złoty (because she was born in 1992) and she really appreciated it, and so I told her I would try to get her a full set by her birthday, which she may turn into jewelry.
Honestly, she's not going to know the difference between a high-grade or cleaned coin, so anything shiny will make her happy. And maybe she'll stop bugging me about all the money I spend on coins and not on her!
So, here's the coins I'm looking for (to either swap for or buy):
I have those two - the 20 is already shiny, and if you want to polish it yourself I think the 5 could be shiny!
Though maybe you can find other members who have more coins in one swap, otherwise postage would be costly for one or two coins at a time. Just thought I would offer.
To everyone that has offered my swaps so far: Thank you so much for your generosity! I'm proud to consider myself a member of this community.
I am just wrapping up four swaps and still negotiating three more. I will be out of town from June 12-21, and so I cannot take on any more swaps until then and will likely have to postpone many of the swaps I am currently negotiating. Once I get back I will assess my situation and send out another list of what I am still looking for.
The Russian 50 and 100 were too big to fit on the chain, so we made them into earrings. I could get a photo of them up if you'd be interested.
Originally we were going to exclude the Polish 2 to keep it symmetrical, but my fiancée chose to embrace the randomness of each of the coins, so we will eventually be putting it onto that large hoop on the top left.
Thank you to everyone who helped! It came a bit late, but she loves the set more than she was expecting to. She's already thinking about what coin I should get for a centerpiece necklace...