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Originally Posted by herr_oberst

There was a regular vendor at the local craft market here in town (Saturday Morning Market, under the Burnside Bridge) who made some pretty handsome suede moccasins, in a tall boot style; you could buy them with either buffalo nickels or mercury dimes up the leg as an embellishment - about 10 coins per boot, as I recall.
Im pretty sure he drilled the coins out like a button and stitched them to the leather.
As a non collector, I always wondered just how valuable those coins were.

I don't think most Indian head/buffalo nickels are worth much. There are a few that have value, but I think those are the exception (which is why they have value).

https://www.coincollecting.com/buffalo-nickels-key-dates-and-values