OLD PAWN VINTAGE MUSEUM QUALITY MERCURY DIME AND TYRONE TURQUOISE. SQUASH BLOSSOM NECKLACE HIGHLY COLLECTIBLE. THIS IS AN ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE , VERY OLD PIECE THAT RARELY IS SEEN OUTSIDE OF A MUSEUM. THIS VINTAGE SQUASH BLOSSOM FEATURES DOZENS OF GENUINE U. MERCURY DIMES DATING BACK AS EARLY AS 1930 , HANDCRAFTED INTO SAUCER BEADS. THEY ARE BEAUTIFULLY SHAPED AND CAREFULLY SOLDERED TOGETHER. ITS AMAZING HOW THE ARTIST WAS ABLE TO PRESERVE SO MUCH OF THE DETAIL ON EACH COIN! THE CENTERPIECE OF THIS NECKLACE IS A TRADITIONAL STYLE NAJA THAT IS MADE OF VERY SUBSTANTIAL SILVER. IT IS STAMPED WITH CLASSIC SOUTHWESTERN DESIGNS, AND YOU CAN TELL THE PIECE IS COMPLETELY HANDMADE. AT THE TIME WHEN U. COINAGE WAS BEING MADE WITH HIGH SILVER CONTENT (90%), MANY NATIVE AMERICAN ARTISTS RESORTED TO USING IT AS JEWELRY MATERIAL. THIS PRACTICE OF USING CURRENCY AS THE MATERIAL BEGAN OUT OF NECESSITY, BUT LATER BECAME A TRADITION OF NATIVE AMERICAN JEWELRY. IT IS A UNIQUE WAY TO APPRECIATE THESE HIGHLY COLLECTIBLE COINS AS A WEARABLE PIECE OF VINTAGE ART! NOT ONLY ARE THE COINS EXTREMELY RARE AND COLLECTIBLE, THE TURQUOISE IS ALSO ABSOLUTELY STUNNING AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION FOR THE AGE. IT IS SET IN A HANDMADE SILVER BEZEL WITH A SIMPLE, TRADITIONAL ROPE BRAID SURROUNDING IT. AFTER DOING EXHAUSTIVE RESEARCH AND CONSULTING SEVERAL EXPERT OPINIONS TO DETERMINE THE MINE IT ORIGINATED FROM, I’VE CONCLUDED THAT IT IS LIKELY FROM THE SOUGHT-AFTER TYRONE MINE. TYRONE IS THE OLDEST TURQUOISE MINED IN NORTH AMERICA. TURQUOISE AND COPPER WERE DISCOVERED AT THIS CLAIM IN THE BURRO MOUNTAINS IN TERRITORY THAT IS NOW NEW MEXICO. BECAUSE OF ITS EARLY DISCOVERY, TYRONE WAS MINED OUT LONG AGO. IT IS ONE OF THE MOST COLLECTIBLE TYPES OF TURQUOISE, VALUED FOR ITS HARDNESS AND EVERLASTING PIGMENTATION AND BEAUTIFUL DARK SPIDERWEB MATRIX. THIS IS LIKELY TYRONE BECAUSE OF THE EXCEPTIONAL HIGH QUALITY OF THE STONE, AND THE HIGHLY PRESERVED PIGMENTATION OF BLUE-GREEN, THE DARK IRREGULAR MATRIX, AND IT FITS THE APPROPRIATE TIME FRAME OF WHEN THIS PIECE WOULD HAVE BEEN MADE. THIS PIECE PRE-DATES THE BISBEE MINE, AND A FEW OTHER MINES THAT SHARE SIMILAR COLORING AND MATRIX CHARACTERISTICS. REGARDLESS, IT IS A BEAUTIFUL TURQUOISE STONE WITH LOTS OF NATURAL BEAUTY, AND IT HAS STOOD THE TEST OF TIME! NO CRACKS, NO CHIPS, NO DAMAGE TO THE STONE AND IT IS SECURELY INTACT. THE NECKLACE IS STILL ON ITS ORIGINAL STURDY WAXED WOVEN FIBER CORD WITH AN ORIGINAL HANDMADE HOOK AND EYE CLOSURE. THERE IS NO SIGNATURE, BUT OF COURSE THIS IS TYPICAL FOR PIECES OF THIS AGE, PRE-1960. TOTAL LENGTH: 26 1/2. NAJA WIDTH(AT WIDEST POINT): 2 11/16. WEIGHT: 314.1 GRAMS. NO SIGNATURE OR HALLMARK. All pictures are unedited, no enhancements or photo shop. The item “VINTAGE 1930 MERCURY DIME OLD COIN SQUASH BLOSSOM SILVER SPIDERWEB TURQUOISE” is in sale since Sunday, March 27, 2016. This item is in the category “Jewelry & Watches\Ethnic, Regional & Tribal\Native American\Necklaces & Pendants”. The seller is “southwestflair” and is located in California. This item can be shipped to United States.

• Jewelry Type: Necklaces
• Metal: Coin Silver/Sterling Silver
• Main Stone: Turquoise
• Country of Origin: USA
• Tribal Affiliation: Navajo
• Signed?: Unsigned