Ancient Chinese Money Disks

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I am framing several antique Chinese disks ... evidently they were used as money a loooooong time ago ... they are made of various kinds of stone, are about 8" in diameter, 1/2" thick, have a hole in the center, and are quite heavy.

One of them has a rusty surface (perhaps the stome contains some ferrous compound).

I am wondering if anyone has mounted these before, or has thoughts on the best way of mounting them.

My thoughts include:
(1) sink mat,
(2) some kind of acryllic hook or rod though the central hole to support the weight,
(3) very strong glue (gorilla?) ... customer does not object to glue

Ideally the customer would like them floated up from the backing mat.

Appreciate your thoughts & comments
 
Mylar bands that wrap around the coin and are secured on a donut behind. Then mount the donut.

Good luck. If I remember right they weight about 523 or so grams each.

Possibley an acrylic box with a rod welded to the backer that the coin mounts on . . .
 
Given the weight that Baer mentioned, a sink that
takes in at least some of the item is a good way
to provide support. The polyester straps should
be strong enough to carry the weight and they can
be attatched with linen tape to the back of the
back mat, if you make diagonal slits that point
toward the end of the strip (they should run along
each side of the strip). The pointed part of the
Mylar (created by the cuts) can be folded out and
burnished flat, to form anchor elements that will
let the linen tape hold on to the end of each
strip. The linen tape should be activated with
warm water and it should be burnished, so that
the end of the strip, with its folded out portions
show through the linen tape.

Hugh
 
The polyester string attachements in EZ-Tach kits should work really well for this project. And, by using pigmented pens to change the color of the string you will be able to camouflage the string. If those coins are really that old I would not do anything that might do damage to them.....like gluing could.
 
You could make a cone to go through the hole in the center. This would allow the "coin" to float off the background.

These guys must have had some big pockets and strong belts
 
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