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5 Cent Old East African Copper Coin and Sterling Silver Earrings

5 Cent Old East African Copper Coin and Sterling Silver Earrings

These 5 cent copper coin earrings are bezel set in sterling silver with handmade hooks.

Once currency. Now history, reimagined.

These original East African 5 Cent coins from 1900s when the East African shilling was the currency used across the region. The copper coins feature the distinctive curved elephant tusks that surround their centre, a small but evocative detail from East Africa’s monetary past. 

It is heritage made wearable; a reminder that objects can travel through time and still belong to the present.

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