This secret decoder pin is a working vintage-style brass cipher pin for holiday fans, code-breakers, and collectors, made for stocking stuffers, gift exchanges, and sending messages nobody else can read.
Some people want world peace. Others just want a brass pin that turns their group chat into classified intelligence. This is for the second group. Spin the rings, pick your code, and start sending messages only your inner circle can crack. Inspired by a holiday classic and the old-school radio-era mail-away premiums, it's a tiny piece of retro spy gear for anyone who has ever wanted to be in on the secret. (Results not guaranteed. Messages may still turn out to be ads.)
📏 Details & Dimensions
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Size: 1.5" diameter
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Material: Brass with a gold-tone finish
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Working decoder: Two independently rotating rings, with numbers 1–26 on one and letters A–Z on the other
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Back: Stamped star design with a locking safety-clasp pin back
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SKU: DEC-001
🔐 How to Crack the Code
- Spin the rings until a letter lines up with a number. That's your secret setting.
- Translate your message into numbers using the pairs.
- Share the setting only with trusted agents. Everyone else stays confused, which is the point.
🕵️ Perfect For
- Stocking stuffers that actually get used
- White Elephant and Secret Santa exchanges
- Puzzle nerds, escape room regulars, and retro collectors
- Anyone who still thinks secret messages are the coolest thing ever (correct)
🔥 Why You'll Love It
It's solid brass, it actually works, and it makes any jacket look like it has classified clearance. Small pin, big main-character-in-a-spy-movie energy.
🎁 Gift Idea
Under $10. Tuck it in a stocking with a coded note and make them work for their Christmas morning. Mischief achieved.
📦 Shipping
Ships from our warehouse in North Olmsted, Ohio, right outside Cleveland. Orders of $75 or more ship free (48 contiguous US states); the shipping page has the details. Returns accepted within 30 days of delivery, and holiday orders placed November 1–December 31 can be returned through January 30.
