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Tajik necklace with coins

This appears to be a beautiful variant on the Tajik necklace with coral, silver, and glass bead stations, this one with coins. The coins are Persian/Iranian from the late 1800s and early 1900s, and the focal coin is set with a carnelian cab. Each station has filigree and granulated silver beads and black glass beads, and in between them are strung 4 strands of beautiful orange turquoise.Dimensions:200 grams40 cm long, hanging
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  • Beautiful necklace , variant and very attractive. Surely a rare piece with old coins and well crafted silver and assorted corals and beads very very nice Ingrid..Congratulations for this addition 

  • Lynn, this is one of the best examples of this sort of necklace I have seen. I love the two little bells above the main pendant and the use of the old coins.

  • Lynn, it's beautiful! Congrats.
  • Abolutely gorgeous, Lynn. Such rich coral looking superb with the old silver and the black glass beads.

    Great find!

  • A beautiful and quite unusual Tajik necklace Lynn - I love it! With kind regards. Peter
  • Very nice Lynn!

  • Dear Mustafa, Thelma, Sharleen, Betty, Peter, and Johanne.  Thank you so much for your comments.  I really love this necklace and it is stunning in person.  I was very lucky to snag it.

  • Catching up with this only now ... it is beautiful and lovely, as everyone agrees. The sort of piece that will continue to provide happiness whenever you look at it.

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