One man’s mission to share with the world the fine art of cufflinks.
Each blog a different pair and each blog a different story. Read on in this series.....
Today’s links take us for a walk down memory lane again with a set of 1906 “Indian Head Cent” coins set in gold plate. Whilst the coins appear to be gold they are in fact an alloy of copper and nickel. They were affectionately called the “nick” and are the precursor of the American “nickel” or five cent piece. The total production of the Indian Head Cent over its mintage from 1859-1909 was 1,849,648,000 pieces. It has always been a long time collectable piece as a coin but the Indian Head Cent has eventually entered the cuff link “space” in the past few years.
1906 wasn’t the most momentous of years in the United States but what cost you one dollar then is valued at about $24 today…..not sure if this fits in to your long investment evaluation framework but by your scribes standards, 105 years is a long time to wait for a return on your investment!!!
The coin depicts Liberty in an Indian head dress and today's cuff links are gold plate dress cuff links with the orginal 1906 Indian Head Cent coin inlaid. Worn with a tailored shirt and a Moschino silk tie.
Liberty as we know, stands tall and proud out there at Liberty Island just off Manhatten. You can also see smaller versions of her in the Luxembourg Gardens and on Swan Island, both in Paris.
Liberty’s famous lines are:
"Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
A few words that seem lost in our collective psyche these days as the plight of refugees have become largely ignored by those that govern us.
Til Later
ONWARD
Each blog a different pair and each blog a different story. Read on in this series.....
Today’s links take us for a walk down memory lane again with a set of 1906 “Indian Head Cent” coins set in gold plate. Whilst the coins appear to be gold they are in fact an alloy of copper and nickel. They were affectionately called the “nick” and are the precursor of the American “nickel” or five cent piece. The total production of the Indian Head Cent over its mintage from 1859-1909 was 1,849,648,000 pieces. It has always been a long time collectable piece as a coin but the Indian Head Cent has eventually entered the cuff link “space” in the past few years.
1906 wasn’t the most momentous of years in the United States but what cost you one dollar then is valued at about $24 today…..not sure if this fits in to your long investment evaluation framework but by your scribes standards, 105 years is a long time to wait for a return on your investment!!!
The coin depicts Liberty in an Indian head dress and today's cuff links are gold plate dress cuff links with the orginal 1906 Indian Head Cent coin inlaid. Worn with a tailored shirt and a Moschino silk tie.
Liberty as we know, stands tall and proud out there at Liberty Island just off Manhatten. You can also see smaller versions of her in the Luxembourg Gardens and on Swan Island, both in Paris.
Liberty’s famous lines are:
"Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
A few words that seem lost in our collective psyche these days as the plight of refugees have become largely ignored by those that govern us.
Til Later
ONWARD
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