Derivation of a wedding ring

So nowadays in order to come out of this violence people have started using other wedding jewelers instead of wedding bands like brooch, necklaces etc.In the olden times the rings were used to have a different meaning. They were not the sign of love but were also used as giving a handful of gold and silver coins. According to the prayer book: Edward vi : After the words ; with this ring I wed thee; follows the words; this gold and silver I give thee; at which point the husband is supposed to give a handful of gold and silver coins to his bride as a token of love.Historically the wedding ring was connected with the fact that it was exchanged with valuables.And the actual symbolic act of marriage is not the exchanging of rings but the proclamation of marriage in front of a father figure.After the wedding the wedding the wedding band is worn on the ring finger in the left hand and the engagement ring is just worn in front of it. Sometimes both of these rings get fused together to form one ring and it becomes difficult for another person to understand which one is the wedding and which one is the engagement ring.