I took a shower after I posted that--you know how great ideas can come in the shower?--anyway, I think maybe if I polish a few of those with the silver polish cloth I could make them into elements of necklaces or into earrings. What about a little silver disk and a nice garnet bead on a French wire? :)
One of those coins is 1834. Staggering, isn't it? Let me see what I can do.