Coin Beads

Coin beads are flat, round beads, usually drilled through the edge so the full face shows along the strand, like a row of coins set on edge. They read bolder than rounds at the same width, make easy focal beads and earring drops, and break up a strand of rounds with a flat surface. Blue and green kyanite, petrified wood, amethyst, clear quartz, lapis lazuli, lepidolite and bronzite come in coins, smooth or faceted, sold by the strand.