Gold Overlapping Coin Bracelet

Jewelry

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L.T. Jordan Institute for International Awareness

Gold coin bracelet given to Mrs. Jessie Jordan by King Farouk I of Egypt.: Image of the chained gold coin bracelet draped over a white box. The coins are 50 Kurush gold coins from Turkey that were in circulation from 1942-2013.
Gold coin bracelet given to Mrs. Jessie Jordan by King Farouk I of Egypt.

Image of the chained gold coin bracelet draped over a white box. The coins are 50 Kurush gold coins from Turkey that were in circulation from 1942-2013.

Name/Title

Gold Overlapping Coin Bracelet

Entry/Object ID

JI2025000302

Description

Chained gold coin bracelet. The coins are 50 Kurush gold coins from Turkey that were in circulation from 1942-2013.

Context

The gold coin bracelet was presented to Mrs. Jessie Jordan by the King of Egypt, King Farouk I. King Farouk I was king from 1936-1952, however he was known for his “playboy lifestyle,” corruption, and incompetence in government and was subsequently forced to abdicate the throne to his infant son following a military coup in 1952. He then was exiled and lived in Rome for the remainder of his life.

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Country

Egypt

Continent

Africa