I served in the Army Signal Corps during the Gulf War, and the Army taught me to take care of things. You maintain your equipment, you keep it working, and when your time with it is done, you hand it off to whoever’s next in better shape than you found it.

Years later I watched a short video of someone turning a silver coin into a ring, and I couldn’t stop thinking about it. I bought some coins and ruined a lot of them. I trained with a silversmith until I could make a ring I was proud of, then opened a workshop and kept perfecting my skills.

What kept me at it was the coin itself. A Morgan dollar from 1890 has already lived a full life. It’s been carried, spent, and saved by people we’ll never know. Most old coins end up melted down for bullion or forgotten in a drawer. A ring gives one a second life: worn every day, and one day handed down.

That’s the Foundry. Every ring starts as a real coin and is made to outlast the person who first wears it.

If you ever have a question, write to us. I’m the one who answers.

— Terry Ladd, Founder