I made my first coin ring in 1987 by tapping the edges of a silver quarter with a heavy spoon... just like in the days of Yore... I honed the craft purely as a hobby through High School. Then in 1998 I made the wedding band for my wife from a 1927 Standing Liberty Quarter.
Twenty Five years later... I learned the art of coin ring forging using steel dies and presses to make my wife and I a set of 1998 quarter rings for our Silver Anniversary. I quickly made more rings for my children inspired by the years they were born, the places they've been, the books they read and even the music they love (1989, 1944, 1958 :)
Without exception every time my wife or kids would show someone their rings they would say "that is so COOL!" And that is how coinrings.cool began.