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Hungarian Jeweled Pendants, detail

Detail of pendants. Hungarian folk pendants, recently restrung. Note the design of the pendants surrounding the coins, there are birds on top of the jewels. Coins date 1907, 1912, and 1913. The only other example of this I have found is an absolutely stunning necklace Linda Pastorino has on Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/pin/348466089888005030/ I would be very interested to see more examples.
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