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Multi Tourmaline 4mm Coin Faceted - 15-16 Inch

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Tourmaline is classified as a semiprecious stone and occurs in a vast array of colors, everything from colorless to black, from pastel to bright to...

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Morganite 4mm Coin Faceted - 15-16 Inch

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Morganite gets its pink hue from the presence of manganese or cesium in the stone. It's actually a pink variety of Beryl -- the family of gemstones...

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Labradorite 2mm Coin Faceted A Grade - 15-16 Inch

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Labradorite is remarkable for the way its aggregate layers refract light, creating iridescent flashes of blue, gold, pale green or copper red. This...

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Brazilian Amazonite 2mm Coin Faceted - 15-16 Inch

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Brazilian Amazonite is an opaque blue to green to light green stone, often occurring with inclusions of white, yellow or gray and occasionally tran...

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Malachite 4mm Coin Faceted - 15-16 Inch

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Malachite is a copper carbonate with a bright green color and dark green banding. Usually found near copper deposits, it is formed through the comb...

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Brazilian Amazonite 8mm Coin Faceted - 15-16 Inch

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Blue Apatite 8mm Coin Faceted - 15-16 Inch

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Blue Apatite ranges in color from light teal to blue to bright blue to dark blue to green. It can be easily confused with other minerals due to its...

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Topaz 4mm Coin Faceted AA Grade - 15-16 inch

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Topaz is a rare silicate mineral and obtains much of its popularity from its beautiful colors and its status as a birthstone. Topaz occurs in a wi...

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Opalite Pink (Synthetic) 10mm Faceted Puff Coin - 15-16 inch - CLEARANCE

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Opalite is the trade name for man to made glass treated to exhibit the internal flashes of true Opals in translucent samples, and opalescence or lu...

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Opalite (Synthetic) 12mm Puff Coin - 15-16 inch - CLEARANCE

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Opalite is the trade name for man to made glass treated to exhibit the internal flashes of true Opals in translucent samples, and opalescence or lu...

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Rose Quartz Dyed 2mm Coin Microfaceted - 15-16 Inch

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Rose Quartz is a silicon dioxide crystal and one of the most common varieties of the Quartz family. It is a translucent to transparent stone with a...

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Peach Moonstone Natural 2mm Coin Microfaceted - 15-16 Inch

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Moonstone naturally occurs in a broad spectrum of colors, but is most commonly associated with white, gray and peach. Its soft chatoyancy is remins...

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Yellow Opal 12-16mm Irregular Faceted Coin A Grade - 15-16 Inch

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Yellow Opal is transparent to opaque, milky white to pale yellow in color. It sometimes features dark brown to black dendritic inclusions that bran...

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Topaz Dendritic 4mm Faceted Coin A Grade - 15-16 Inch

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Terra Agate 25mm Puff Coin - 12-14 Inch

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With the possible exception of the horizon meeting the bright blue sky on a perfect summer day, or a sandy beach blending into a tropical bay, ther...

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Green and Yellow Banded Tourmaline 4mm Faceted Coin - 15-16 Inch

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Green Tourmaline ranges in color from pale green to dark emerald to shades of olive and moss green. It is an aluminum borosilicate mixed with iron,...

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Morganite 2mm Faceted Coin - 15-16 Inch

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Morganite gets its pink hue from the presence of manganese or cesium in the stone. It's actually a pink variety of Beryl -- the family of gemstones...

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Green Apatite 2mm Faceted Coin - 15-16 Inch

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Green Apatite is a transparent to translucent stone that may be green, yellow to green or sea to green in color. Apatite has been labeled the “dece...

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Aquamarine 2mm Faceted Coin - 15-16 Inch

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Aquamarine is a transparent to translucent stone ranging from cerulean blue to light blue in higher grades. In lower grades it can be transparent t...

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Horn Matte 25mm Coin - 15-16 Inch - CLEARANCE

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Recycled Carabao Water Buffalo horn also known as Cara Horn

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Blue Apatite 12mm Coin 8-Inch

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Blue Apatite ranges in color from light teal-blue to bright blue to dark blue-green. It can be easily confused with other minerals due to its varie...

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Lapis 12mm Coin 8-Inch

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Lapis, or Lapis Lazuli, is a deep blue metamorphic rock used as a semi-precious stone that has been prized since antiquity for its intense color. D...

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Malachite 12mm Coin 8-Inch

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Malachite is a copper carbonate with a bright green color and dark green banding. Usually found near copper deposits, it is formed through the comb...

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Malachite 8mm Puff Coin 8-Inch

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Petrified Wood Opalite 30mm Coin 8-Inch

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Wood Opalite is a type of petrified wood that has been impregnated with the Silicon Dioxide commonly known as Opal. Wood Opalite occurs in a range ...

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White Howlite 30mm Coin 8-Inch

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White Howlite is named for Canadian mineralogist Henry How, who first discovered the stone in Southern California in 1868. It is typically white or...

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African Turquoise 12mm Coin 8-Inch

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African Turquoise is not actually Turquoise, but rather a speckled teal Jasper found in Africa and often treated to simulate the beautiful blue-gre...

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Petrified Wood Opalite 12mm Coin 8-Inch

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Dog Teeth Amethyst 12mm Coin 8-Inch

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Dog Teeth Amethyst has a purple and white striped appearance due to its combination of Amethyst and White Quartz. The name derives from the recurri...

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Dumortierite 12mm Coin 8-Inch

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Dumortierite is an aluminum borosilicate mineral that varies in color from blue, green and brown to the more rare violet and pink. First described ...

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Onyx 12mm Coin 8-Inch

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Onyx is a black and white banded Chalcedony, a cryptocrystalline Quartz. It is often thought of as an all-black stone, and much of the black Onyx o...

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MATTE Petrified Wood Opalite 12mm Coin 8-Inch

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Blue Crazy Lace Agate 12mm Coin 8-Inch

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Fossil Coral 12mm Coin 8-Inch

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Fossil Coral is the prehistoric fossilized remains of the invertebrate reef builders that live in tropical oceans. Silica-rich waters create harden...

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Rhyolite 12mm Coin 8-Inch

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Rhyolite is a volcanic, igneous rock with high silica content. Its name is taken from the Greek word “rhyax,” meaning “a stream of lava.” It is che...

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Petrified Wood Opalite 8mm Puff Coin 8-Inch

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Rhyolite 8mm Puff Coin 8-Inch

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Pink Crazy Lace Agate 8mm Puff Coin 8-Inch - CLEARANCE

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Pink Crazy Lace Agate is actually Crazy Lace Agate that has been color enhanced with pink to bring out the beautiful swirling and circular concentr...

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Green Aventurine 8mm Puff Coin 8-Inch

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Green Aventurine is a green translucent quartz with glimmering metallic inclusions. Green is the most common color for Aventurine, but it can also ...

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Black Gold Amazonite 12mm Coin 8-Inch

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Black Gold Amazonite is a member of the Feldspar family and varies in hue from robin’s egg blue to blue-green to black, occasionally mingled with r...

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African Turquoise 8mm Puff Coin 8-Inch

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Onyx is a black and white banded Chalcedony, a cryptocrystalline Quartz. It is often thought of as an all-black stone, and much of the black Onyx o...

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Purple Crazy Lace Agate 8mm Puff Coin 8-Inch

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Dragon Blood Jasper 12mm Coin 8-Inch

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Dragon Blood Jasper is a variety of Quartz with veins of blood red that run through the predominantly light green to dark green stone. Legend has i...

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Kambaba 12mm Coin 8-Inch

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Kambaba Jasper is a sedimentary stone comprised of microcrystalline Quartz interlaced with Stromatolites — ancient fossilized colonies of primeval ...

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MATTE African Turquoise 8mm Puff Coin 8-Inch - CLEARANCE

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African Turquoise is not actually Turquoise, but rather a speckled teal Jasper found in Africa and often treated to simulate the beautiful blue-gre...

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MATTE Australian Butter Jasper 8mm Puff Coin 8-Inch - CLEARANCE

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The description, “buttery,” has been often applied to unlikely products, and it might be easy to understand why. “Butter” suggests qualities of smo...

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About this cut

Coin bead shape diagram
Cut name
Coin
Drill style
Center-drilled (face to face)
Typical sizes
8mm12mm6mm4mm2mm15mm10mm30mm
Stones in this cut
LabradoriteGarnetAmazoniteAgateJasperBerylApatiteMoonstoneLapisAfrican TurquoiseTourmalinePetrified Wood
Common uses
single-station pendantsfocal beads on strung necklacesstacked-disc bracelet centersearring dropsbezel-set or wire-wrapped centerpiecesgraphic spaced layouts with round or rondelle spacers
Related cuts
Faceted Coin, Rondelle
Design notes
Coin is a focal cut — flat face, drilled through the diameter, with the pattern of the stone reading face-on rather than around the curve. Choose coin when you want the stone's pattern (banding, flash, color zoning) to do the visual work. Pair small coins (4–6mm) with rounds or rondelles for textural mix; use 12mm+ coins as solo focals with plain spacers so the disc carries the eye. Note that flat coins sit differently than puffed coins or lentils — if you need dimensional weight, spec a puffed variant instead.

Frequently asked questions

  • What is a coin bead?
    A coin bead is a flat, disc-shaped bead — round in face profile but thin in depth, like a miniature coin. The two faces are polished flat or very slightly domed, and the bead is drilled through the diameter (side to side) rather than face to face, so the flat face shows when strung. Coins differ from puffed lentils, which have a more pillow-like dome, and from heishi discs, which are much thinner and stacked tightly. The face dimension (e.g., 12mm) refers to diameter; depth is typically 3–5mm depending on the stone and size.
  • What sizes does Dakota stock in coin?
    Dakota currently stocks coin beads in 2mm, 4mm, 6mm, 8mm, 10mm, 12mm, 15mm, and 30mm diameters across the catalog. The deepest stock is at 8mm (about 50 active products), followed by 12mm (34) and 6mm (32). The smaller end (2–4mm) reads almost like a flat heishi and works for tight strung designs, while 12mm and 15mm coins are scale-appropriate for focal stations and pendants. The 30mm size is a true statement disc and only carries in a few stones. Size availability shifts with supplier runs — check the listing for current strands.
  • What stones come in coin cut?
    Coin is one of the broader shape inventories at Dakota — about 190 active SKUs across roughly 50+ stones. The deepest stock sits in labradorite, garnet, amazonite, agate, moonstone, beryl, jasper, apatite, lapis, and African turquoise, with single-digit counts in many other stones including chalcedony, quartz varieties, and onyx. Because the cut is flat, it tends to be specified in stones with strong face pattern, chatoyancy, or color zoning — labradorite for flash, agate and jasper for banding, moonstone for adularescence. Treatment varies by stone — check the listing, and ask before buying if it isn't specified.
  • What jewelry does coin cut work best for?
    Coins are a focal cut. Designers use them as single-station pendants, spaced focals on a strung necklace, stacked-disc bracelet centers, and earring drops where the flat face needs to read flat against skin or fabric. Larger sizes (12mm and up) work as bezel-set or wire-wrapped centerpieces. Smaller coins (4–6mm) string well as a fluid alternative to round when you want less visual depth. Because the face is flat, coins photograph cleanly for catalog work and sit comfortably against the body without rolling.
  • How does coin differ from puffed coin or lentil?
    All three share the same round face silhouette, but the depth profile differs. A true coin is flat or nearly flat on both faces. A puffed coin has a gentle dome on each face — more dimensional, more bead-like in hand. A lentil is more pronounced still, almost an ellipsoid pinched at the equator where the drill runs. Coins read most graphic and most disc-like; puffed coins and lentils carry more visual weight per millimeter of face diameter. If the listing doesn't specify, the side profile in the photo will tell you which you're looking at.