Amuletic ring made from a penny

Made:
1900-1913 in Scarborough

Amuletic ring made from a penny, to cure rheumatism, from Scarborough, Yorkshire, English, 1900-1913

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A132560
Materials:
copper
Measurements:
overall: 2 mm 23 mm, .003 kg
type:
rings
credit:
Lovett, E.R.