How Do You Make A Metal Coin Bezel?
Bezel setting coins in metal protects valuable coins and allows the coin owner to enjoy the beauty of the coin as jewelry. Metal bezel-set coins can be used as charms and incorporated as a jewelry component. Wear your metal bezel-set coin as a pendant, pair it to make earrings, or add the metal bezel-set coin as a charm on a bracelet. Measure the coin you want to use for your metal coin bezel. Use your jewelry saw to cut 26-gauge bezel wire to the size needed to fit around the outside of the coin you plan to use for your project. Wrap the bezel wire around the coin to check the fit. The bezel wire should be snug when wrapped around the coin. If the fit is correct, the ends of the bezel wire should touch and be flush against each other. There should be no overlap of bezel wire. Solder the bezel wire. Put the soldered bezel wire into an acid pickle bath using copper tongs to remove oxidation formed when soldering. Take the bezel wire out of the pickle and rinse the soldered bezel wire in
