Got a DCAM Indian Cent and Buffalo Nickel... Sort of! Hello, New Cufflinks!
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Among the coins I'd love to have, but with their prevalence and cost and rather unlikely to acquire any time soon, are a DCAM Indian cent and buffalo nickel. Luckily, I found a way to scratch that itch. A little while ago I was searching eBay for some non-coin cufflinks when I came across an pair of enameled Indian cent cufflinks. I liked them, but they both showed the obverse and I wanted one of each side. I dug around a bit and found someone on Etsy who makes them to order, and found a buffalo nickel as an option, as well (for good measure, I also got NJ quarters--my home state and one of my favorite designs). They were handmade in Spain and arrived yesterday, joining the buffalo nickel and mercury dime cufflinks I custom ordered many years ago (had to tell the maker to find the dirtiest coins he had--absolutely no polishing) and the Athena owl ones I recently found (no, those ones are not genuine coins... that would be a travesty and really expensive!). So now my cufflink collection has a healthy number of coin options, the second most prevalent category. I'll give you $0 if you can guess what category is #1.
And in case you're interested, I got them here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/Monedus.