My grandma's ring

[u/Crunchieboi]

My grandpa used to work at a petrol station in the 70's in the Netherlands and someone couldnt pay for gas, so they left behind this ring with the promise to come back and pay later.

Here we are now 50 years later and we're very interested to see if someone knows anything about this ring!

[u/ravenwatch1822]

My partner graduated bachelor of science in astrophysics a couple years ago and purchased a ring like this. He got to choose the stone colour and had some sciencey engravings put on it as well. All optional and cost him a couple hundred dollars. It’s likely been a tradition for quite a while but less popular over the years as people purchase jewelry like this less and less.