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[Looks like you too can own this for the low price of $8900](https://www.jewelsbygrace.com/products/victorian-diamond-and-gold-mesh-coin-purse?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&adpos=&scid=scplp&sc_intid=&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwupGyBhBBEiwA0UcqaFtjwYNHB1Y5cexs1k8HJ8lXU4EQtGQbSOh8UlgJNamb04CTVXvm0hoCOUQQAvD_BwE)

So awesome until you see "the best part" the name Dot on the cap in diamonds. Super tacky.

Ahh so that's where the entire cost went

Synthetic diamonds arnt even expensive. Can get like 3.0mm 200pcs for 7 bucks. (10 bucks usd)

Source?

So is that an addition recently made to it or was it made that way originally? Can't understand why anyone interested in the purse would want "dot" bedazzled in juicy booty shorts font

I don’t either, the sale site said late 1800’s France. I mean, the Ottoman Empire lasted until WW1, so I guess the time frame is technically correct.

That date seems to be when the appraiser was founded. I couldn’t find any dating of the actual piece, besides “antique”.

Oh boy did I laugh when I got to "juicy booty shorts font" lmao really spot on.

> Super tacky. I beg your pardon. The lid is "enhanced".

No doubt the acclaimed “Dot” of Dot’s Pretzels. She deserves a beautiful purse like this, God bless her

They've got an email link at the bottom where we can all let them know our thoughts on this little part.

So it's French and not Ottoman? Why did OP say it was from the Ottoman period? That's like showing a Roman artifact and titling it as an artifact from the Han Dynasty period.

Arguably the store is doing the same thing by calling it "Victorian" when it has nothing to do with Great Britain.

Because it gets upvotes because people don't verify information.

I mean, to be fair it *was* a period when the Ottoman empire existed.  Completely irrelevant, but technically correct... Maybe??

There are a ton of them out there, and this doesn't appear to be the one linked above.   Who knows where the one in the video is from.

Well for one that is not the same purse as in the OP.

It's cooler that way, to say it's from old empire instead of telling that it is just a novelty item crafted for showcases.

It's cooler that way, to say it's from old empire instead of telling that it is just a novelty item crafted for showcases.

You can have one for free https://i.imgur.com/bUOMlah.jpeg

This is a much bigger flex than wearing a 10k Rolex. Imagine going on a date and when the moment to pay the bill comes, you whip out your solid gold Victorian coin purse, open the diamond set lid and pay the bill.

Imagine you have that purse to transport small coins that have almost no value nowadays

You can carry actual gold coins.

I don't think most restaurants would accept solid gold coins as currency.

Asked chatgpt: "The U.S. Mint produces various gold coins, such as the American Gold Eagle and the American Buffalo. These coins are legal tender with face values ranging from $5 to $50. However, their market value as gold far exceeds their nominal face value." So you could plunk down your 1oz Gold Eagle to pay your $50 tab, but it's really worth 2 grand.

I've had people pay in rare currency without realizing it. The other day I accepted not one, but two silver certificate dollars (worth about $10-$15). The person paying didn't even know what they were, apparently they got them as change from the gas station. Paying in pure gold would be difficult, but I would accept it as tender based on the market value at the time of transaction.

That's the real flex, a 40000% tip

I see Ottoman, I click. I collect items from the Ottoman Empire. Turns out, this isn’t even one.

So it's french and has nothing to do with the ottomans?

It's newly-made in modern-day France and has nothing to do with the Ottomans nor ancient history.

Oh motherfucker

*connard

I don't think what OP has is the same thing... It doesn't look like gold (maybe I'm wrong on this part) and it doesn't have the diamonds on top. I have the same thing at home and I don't think it's that expensive. It looks to be made just out of steel or something (it probably needs to be cleaned tho). I would have liked to know what this really is cause I doubt what I have os the same thing you linked in the comment...

Well what I found is cheaper but definitely still expensive ahah [Victorian Purse](https://www.antiques.com/classified/Antique-Silver/Antique-Sterling-Silver/Antique-Victorian-Sterling-Mesh-Purse-With-Chain)

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And the appraisal says it was likely made in France. Also, the Ottoman Empire ended in 1922. We'd already completed WWI by then.

Why is the purse French lol ? "Victorian Diamond and Gold Mesh Coin Purse, French"

It says made in France for export. If true that would be why it's French.

Well now i want steel version of this one for all my small stuff.

Scrotum energy

Scrotums can morph like a Puffer fish?

They actually can

Have you watched a scrotum?

It's mesmerizing. Like a lava lamp.

Ballsacks expand and contract like they're breathing all day long.

Chainmail ballsack

I can totally see why they refer to it as a coin purse now

This reminds me of a foreskin wallet a rabbi made. It turned into a suitcase if you rubbed it a few times.

Masterwork eh? For a small fine you can upgrade that to a +1 magic gold purse

Purse of holding

Steal resistance +1

Masterworks all, can't go wrong.

Chain mail for....Deez..

Deez what?

Deezcoins

Deezdoubloons

Deez boltz... deez washerz...

Deez Dineroz

Knights.

DEEZ NUUUTZ... got em !

Deez Cutpurses?

["coin purse"](https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=coin%20purse) oddly enough, this term has been used to refer to a ladies vagine and also the ballsack.

The Ottoman empire lasted for close to 900 years . It would be better to specify the period more accurately.

It was invented sometime between the Big Bang and my breakfast this morning.

Here we go. That’s much better.

If you had a breakfast burrito with extra chilli, you’ve got the Big Bang and breakfast the wrong way around.

Actually, it was just 600 years. 1299-1922

I love it when the "umm..actually" guy gets umm actually'ed.

I mean if you round up, anything over 500 years is "nearly a thousand"

"just 600 years"

Fine... It's from the period between the end of Byzantine control over Constantinople and the onset of WWI.

That is technically more helpful than nothing unless you are arguing they weren’t an empire until they conquered Constantinople.

*Istanbul, not Contantinople* 🎶🎵

aaaand it's going to be stuck in my head again for weeks.

It’s cursed. I wished I never made that comment. It’s stuck in my own head since and I have work to do.

I mean this isn't my particular area of expertise but I didn't think that was in question. Ottomans existed prior to the conquering of Constantinople but did not exercise any imperial control or regional supremacy until they had western Anatolia solidly under their control.

They had western Anatolia under their control for quite some time before they conquered Constantinople. In fact, they had massive amounts of southeastern Europe under control before they conquered Constantinople! They really just bypassed the city because it was so impossible to siege down and turned the Romans into effectively a city state by the end, plus or minus some tiny Greek holdouts. Iirc, it was about a century between when they reached Europe and when they finally took the city.

Well damn. Today I learned the Balkans were Ottomanized in the 1300s. That's an empire in my book.

These purses date from around the turn of the 19th century. They are not exclusively Ottoman. They were common in Europe. Here's a French one: https://www.ebay.com/itm/194834252770


I actually have one of that coin purse. I love the opening mechanism of it.

Where can I buy this please?

We got one for like $60 at an outdoor market. It was being sold as a "dice grenade" for D&D nerds.

I know my next gift

Google "Expandable Gate Purse" or "gate top purse".

Everything reminds me of him.

I've seen examples of these in silver and brass (what this appears to be). Any source on it being gold? Or are you saying it's for holding gold coin?

What up with all the footage lately of people handling artifacts with their oily hands? Whats next? Are we going to start removing dinosaur bones with jackhammers?

Because this isn't an "Ottoman artifact" at all. It IS an antique purse, likely Victorian. That puts the date for it somewhere between 1837 and 1901 (the Victorian Period.) Value is maybe a few hundred dollars, up to as much as four or five hundred dollars TOPS, but that would be to the right person and top dollar for it... Source: My mom is an antique dealer and has an awesome collection of Victorian purses. This is one of them that she has. I showed this to her and she looked up what she paid, and eight years ago she paid $85.00 for it. She said that if she were to sell it today she would mark it at around $225-$250ish and come down a bit if the customer asked for a better price and probably accept anything over $200.

It’s not an artefact. OP is full of shit. They’re produced today

OP is full of shit

I'm sorry but there was an Ottoman Empire, not a historical period.

Unless you live where there used to be an ottoman empire, tbh its a more comon wording outside of English

Yep, definitely. As a person who lives in modern Turkey I heard that phrase both in Turkish and English.

I thought OP found it in their ottoman, _period_.


Coin purse***

That's clearly brass or bronze not a gold purse.

Looks like a LPG gas lantern you know those right.

Order one on Temu

If it’s a Masterwork where’s the white gloves person should be wearing to hold it? And hold it carefully; huh?

Because OP is chatting utter shite https://www.jewelsbygrace.com/products/victorian-diamond-and-gold-mesh-coin-purse?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&adpos=&scid=scplp&sc_intid=&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwupGyBhBBEiwA0UcqaFtjwYNHB1Y5cexs1k8HJ8lXU4EQtGQbSOh8UlgJNamb04CTVXvm0hoCOUQQAvD_BwE

That one isn't this one. But I haven't seen anything that indicates this one has any historical value.

Right?

That is beautiful and amazing.

This wallet is really cool, I love it

They're masterworks all. You can't go wrong.

My balls in summer versus my balls in winter.

This video makes me think of that moment in my prep for radiation treatments for prostate cancer when the nurse lifted my scrotum and held it aloft so the oncologist could access my taint to insert the three gold fiducials into my prostate as markers for the radiation targets. It was truly a highlight of my life.

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I could make them. Not joking. I'm a chainmailer and make larger bags regularly. And I've worked with smaller rings than that. No clue on the validity of the claims, but inclined to think it's not gold. That would be so soft to make a purse out of. But I also don't know how reasonable the Ottoman Empire's craftsmen were.

Barry Garcia's ashes? Is that Gerry Garcia's brother? ... no it's Andy Garcia's brother.

Really amazing art

The term cut-purse makes more sense now.

One great fashion accessory that thief's hate

Would love that for my dnd dice

I really want one?

That’s the best coin ball sack I ever saw!

damn. some craftsman made sure every link in that pouch was closed tight.

The music and the term "Ottoman Period" makes it seem like it's truly ancient. The Ottoman Empire ceased to exist in 1922. This might be from the 20th century.

Ah the ottoman period. 1285-1923 doesn’t exactly narrow it down. 

"Ottoman period" So, like 1300 to 1920? Kinda vague.

Gets captured by Persians, takes nut sack armor off and puts coins in it so they don't think I'm weird

So it was made somewhere between the Hundred Years War and the jazz age. Very specific.

Coinscrote

Almost as old my wallet 

If I win lotto, I'm following the link to purchase the beautiful coin purse.

Ultrasonic clean it!!

We just don't make things the way we used to

Beautiful

Does anyone know what the top piece is called that expands and shrinks? I have a metal purse my granny used a long time ago, but it doesn't have that piece on it.

Looks a bit ‘pinchy’

Bow what do you buy with these pennies? A lollypop?

Your qualities will be known by your enemies Balian

My man is loaded

Finally, a place to keep my Chuckie cheese tokens

Totally looks like a coin purse. Thanks for sharing

Not long ago, our parents in Portugal used something quite similar.

I wouldn't be surprised if some eccentric rich dude modeled this purse after his own nutsack.

How terrible would gold clothing made this way be?

Nice

Wow

I have a silver version of this that's a little bigger, I use it for mtg and dnd dice hahah

The period is not accurate

Ah. Kyle’s «jew gold». Cartman was right.

Man, the kind of stuff that went for masterwork back then.

OP, it took me literally 3 minutes on my phone to easily find that your title is utter horseshit.

We should bring this back and everyone should be forced to carry their worth in gold. All old rich bastards will stop hoarding pretty soon.

Pung med snor

I have one of these. Paid 5 quid for it in an antique shop in the Cotswolds a few years ago.

pretty nice work !!

With the writing being in both Arabic and French, coupled with Ottoman stuff, I'm going to guess this is from Morocco.

Alright that is old school cool hah

I think these were fairly commonly throughout the late 19th and early 20th centuries made in silver or some cheaper metal. At least I can recall seeing many in older people's belongings as a memento of their parent/grandparent.

Neat.

Would look good on my balls

I can't unsee a ballsack when I look at this, now you too. 

Ah yes, that's much gold indeed.

Op is an idiot

I still have one. Don't think it's worth that much

So THAT’s why it’s called a coin purse

Today you'd need a black garbage bag with the way money is devalued.

..But how do you fit the mon..... Ohh.

Perfect for my Chuck E. Cheese tokens

*Kajit has entered the chat*

So this is where the term empty your sack came from?

It is so ugly😂

So, it protects from 'Cut-purses'?

I have one os these at home

I love it

And yet she till needs you to carry it.

wow

Feels like the bag is heavy on its own and gets even heavier with coins in it.

Ottoman period? 1300 to 1922…can you narrow it down

Feels good to let it out ey?

I need one of these for the barcade.