"I still wear my wedding rings today and I never take them off, " she added.

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He and his wife recently sold their gold wedding rings to buy food.

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They recall shopping for wedding rings in Chicago in 1990 when a jeweler served them an aromatic pot of oolong.

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Almost all the gold ever found on the earth is still sitting around, in forms ranging from wedding rings to bullion in central bank vaults.

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Thieves also took the woman's engagement and wedding rings and prescription medication during the break-in at Coldbrook Road East, Barry, Vale of Glamorgan.

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Jewelers -- big and small -- have reported strong sales of engagement and wedding rings, in sharp contrast to slumping demand for other luxury items.

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Even in Islamic Iran, some women are choosing education over marriage, exploiting newly relaxed divorce laws or flashing fake wedding rings to secure sole lodgings.

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My father in law and late mother in law had a pair of Longines for around 30 years, and other than their wedding rings, this was really their only indulgent heirloom, a big deal for them.

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They've already sold their wedding rings.

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Ms Panwar said the items included her wedding and engagement rings, along with her father's watch and jewellery she inherited from her parents and grandparents, all of whom are no longer alive.

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