The ultimate guide to money clips made in USA
In this digital age, where more and more payments are made with a phone, cash is sometimes forgotten. Yet, it’s still one of the most reliable payment methods around. For those who realize that and still carry cash around, the money clip is an ideal companion. To help you find the perfect one we’ve assembled the ultimate list of money clips made in the USA. Why made in USA? Because you not only know you’ll get a quality piece, but you’ll be supporting responsible, American manufacturing as well!
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Bi-fold money clips made in USA.
These money clips are closest in design to the traditional wallet and our personal favorites. They’re made out of leather and folded open to access your cash. However, instead of storing the cash in a compartment, it’s held in place with a metal clip.
Most of the time, you probably need to carry at least some cards around with you though, which is why these design come with card slots. They basically sacrifice some storage space and the ability to carry coins for a slimmer design and easier access to bills.
The Capone money clip by Ashland Leather: storage space aplenty.
The Capone money clip is designed and manufactured in the USA by Chicago based Ashland Leather. Just like all their wallets, the it’s made with premium Horween leather. In fact, Ashland was founded by two former Horween tannery workers, so you can be sure they know their leathers!
The Capone features a spring clip made from solid brass with a nickel finish that keeps cash nice and secure, and can be folded open for easy access. The whole money clip is beautifully hand waxed and finished with hand-stained or burnished edges.
With it’s 2 interior and 2 exterior card slots, as well as it’s sturdy construction, this money clip is excellent if you’re looking for a something slightly thinner and more accessible than traditional wallets, but might not be for you if you’re looking for truly minimalist.
Summary
- Price: $95 – $250 + shipping (free on US orders over $150)
- Max capacity: 16 cards (4 card slots) + 30 bills
- Dimensions: 4.5” x 3” x 0.4” (112 x 75 x 12mm)
- Leathers: Shell Cordovan, Dublin, vegetable tanned full grain Horween leathers
- Origin leather: USA (Horween)
- Manufactured in: Chicago
- Monogramming: Up to 3 initials for $10
Key Features
✔️ Made with premium, American tanned Horween leathers.
✔️ Spring clip made from solid brass with a nickel finish.
✔️ Large storage capacity and sturdy construction.
✔️ Lifetime guarantee.
❌ Perhaps too bulky if you’re looking for a minimalist design.
❌ Slightly too small for larger Euro and Yen bills.
MCW money clip by Mitchell Leather:
The perfect minimalist money clip.
The MCW money clip has been an iconic design for over 30 years. Manufactured by Wisconsin based Mitchell leather, it’s luxurious, minimalist, user-friendly and of course made in USA!
All MCW money clips are made from premium, American tanned leathers; with the majority coming from the renowned Horween tannery in Chicago. They’re available in a wide variety of colors and can be embossed with the Mitchell leather seal and up to three initials.
What truly sets the MCW apart is its American made clip, which provides super easy access to your bills. No need to take out the cash to look for that one 20 in a stack of ones and fives. Simply flip through the bills and slide it out.
With it’s slim design, 4 interior cards slots, unique clip and top notch craftsmanship, the MCW is the perfect minimalist money clip.
Summary
- Price: $79 – $89 + shipping
- Max capacity: 12 cards (4 card slots) + 12 bills
- Dimensions: 4.25″ x 3″ x 0.2″ (108 x 76 x 5mm)
- Leathers: Horween CXL, Horween Dublin, Horween football leather, Big grain Bison
- Origin leather: USA (Horween and Law Tanning)
- Manufactured in: Wisconsin
- Monogramming: Up to 3 initials for $10
Key Features
✔️ Made with premium American tanned leathers.
✔️ Unique clip that allows you to view and take out bills extremely easily. The clip is also made in the USA!
✔️ Minimalist design that keeps the clip small enough to fit in your front pocket.
✔️ Available with our without Mitchell Leather logo.
✔️ Made by family owned- and operated business with over 50 years of experience.
❌ Slightly too small for some foreign currencies (Euro’s, Yen, etc.)
❌ Smaller capacity compared to other designs on this list.
North Star Leather: Most affordable bi-fold money clips made in USA.
When it comes to affordable American made money clips, no one beats North Star Leather. They’ve been active since 1969 and have traditionally focused on wholesale, which meant they’ve had to be competitive on pricing.
So while they might lack the premium features of some other brands, you can get a leather money clip that’s made in USA for under $15! Unfortunately, leather for their cheapest clips can’t be guaranteed to have been tanned in the US. But if that’s important to you, they also offer one made from American Horween leather for $45, which is still significantly cheaper than most Horween alternatives.
Overall, if you’re just looking for a simple money clip and the fact that it’s made in the USA is more important than premium leathers and burnished edges, North Star Leather is definitely a great option for you.
Summary
- Price: $13.95 – $45 + shipping (free on US orders over $100)
- Max capacity: 2-3 card slots + 12 bills
- Dimensions: 4.25″ L x 3″ W (108 x 76 mm)
- Leathers: Full grain leather, Horween Chromexcel
- Origin leather: unknown, USA (Horween)
- Manufactured in: South Carolina
- Monogramming: No
Key Features
✔️ Most affordable money clips made in USA.
✔️ Spring clip on Horween money clips and wire clip on normal leather.
✔️ Also available in a card wallet design.
❌ Might lack some of the fancier features of other wallets on this list.
❌ Slightly too small for some foreign currencies (Euro’s, Yen, etc.)
❌ North Star website looks somewhat outdated.
Bullhide Belts: Bi-fold money clips in exotic leathers.
Bullhide Belts is a somewhat misleading name for this brand, not only do they offer a wide range of wallets, they also offer them in any leather, except for cowhides… Their American made bifold money clips, as well as their magnetic clips come in some truly exotic leathers such as elephant, shark, ostrich, hippopotamus, etc. Even with these exotic leathers, their money clips are still very affordable!
To give you a smooth inner lining however, cow leather is used on the inside on the bifolds. The clip itself is springloaded and folded open to access the cash.
So if you’re a fan of exotic leathers, Bullhide Belts is definitely the brand for you. Alternatively, their bison money clips are quite a bit cheaper compared to other clips on this list while still offering great quality. However, if you have the cash to spend and you’re not interested in exotic leathers, you might want to check out some other options.
Summary
- Price: $45 – $90 + shipping
- Max capacity: 10 cards (6 card slots) + 12 bills
- Dimensions: 3″ x 4.5″ (76 x 114 mm)
- Leathers: Bison, elephant, shark, ostrich, hippopotamus, alligator, lizard
- Origin leather: USA
- Manufactured in: Indiana, Ohio
- Customization: No
Key Features
✔️ Unique, exotic leathers from USA tanneries who follow the strict requirements of the Convention of International Treaty of Endangered Species (CITES) permits.
✔️ Both available as simple cash clips and card wallets with clip.
❌ Not available in cowhide, if that’s what you prefer.
Casupo
Casupo money clips are made in California from globally sourced, up-cycled leathers. As a result they feature a more colorful selection than most other brands, but we also can’t guarantee that the leather is tanned in the USA.
While their money clips are overall a great option, especially if you’re looking for a colorful design, they don’t quite offer the same bang for your buck as the MCW or the Capone.
- Price: $70 + shipping (free on US orders over $50)
- Manufactured in: California
- Monogramming: Up to 3 initials for $10
Metal money clips
Metal money clips take things one step further compared to leather designs. They basically sacrifice the ability to carry cards or other smaller items for an even more minimalist design and the larger capacity for bills.
While it’s technically possible to carry cards in a metal clip, they generally won’t be held as securely or easy to access and can even be damaged by sliding them in and out of the clip.
Hell-Bent: Titanium money clips made in USA
Made from springy, yet tough American titanium, Hell-Bent money clips are a sturdy, yet compact solution for your cash carrying needs.
Because it’s relatively small, the clip won’t entirely cover the cash which makes it easy to carry around and to get your cash in or out. On the other hand, your bills might get crumpled or damaged more easily .
Hell-Bent offers a wide variety of patterns and finishes out of the box, but if you don’t find what you’re looking for, you can get one custom made with a design of your choice!
While these clips are not suited for carrying cards, Hell-Bent also make their own aluminum wallets that feature a slot specifically for these money clips.
Summary
- Price: $40 – $70 + shipping
- Max capacity: 30 bills
- Material: Titanium
- Origin material: USA
- Manufactured in: Kentucky
- Customization: Yes
Key Features
✔️ Made with American made titanium.
✔️ Slim, minimalist design in a large variety of patterns.
✔️ Compatible with Hell-Bent wallets.
✔️ Made by a veteran-owned company.
❌ Bills protrude on 3 sides, making it easier for them to get crumpled or damaged. Even more so with larger currencies.
❌ Not ideal for carrying cards.
Dango MC01: the king of cash
The MC01 by Dango Products really puts the ‘money’ in money clip. At it’s max capacity it holds a staggering 80 bills, with 50 in the clip itself and another 30 in the accompanying silicone band, though these can be switched out for some cards instead.
The clip itself is made from sturdy, yet springy titanium and mounted on an aluminum chassis available in silver, gold and black. As is the tradition at Dango, the clip comes with some extra perks, such as the inbuilt bottle opener and 2 attachment points, ideal for attaching some keys rings, or paracord lanyards.
So if you carry a lot of cash around, the MC01 is probably your best option. If not, then its larger design and somewhat limited card carrying capacity make it the inferior choice compared to many other money clips in this list.
Summary
- Price: $79 ($49 if on sale) + shipping (free on US orders over $49)
- Max capacity: 80 bills or 50 bills + 10 cards
- Material: Titanium clip with Aluminum chassis
- Origin material: unknown
- Manufactured in: USA
- Customization: No
Key Features
✔️ Huge cash capacity.
✔️ Built in bottle opener and 2 attachment points.
✔️ Silicone band for extra storage.
✔️ Large enough to fit foreign currencies.
❌ A bit bulky if you’re not carrying a lot of cash and not ideal for carrying cards.
❌ We don’t know the origin of the metals.
Speidel: classic luxury
A modern money clips focus slim, minimalist design, but sometimes you might want something with a bit more of a classic, luxurious look. That’s where Speidel comes in. Known more for manufacturing jewelry than wallets, Speidel has its roots all the way back in 1867 Germany and their US branch opening in 1904!
While cheap imports have forced them to shift a lot of their production overseas, they do still offer a selection of premium, yet affordable brass and silver money clips made in the USA.
Summary
- Price: $40 – $300 + shipping (free on US orders over $99.99)
- Material: Brass and silver
- Origin material: unknown
- Manufactured in: Rhode Island
- Customization: No
Key Features
✔️ Huge cash capacity.
✔️ Built in bottle opener and 2 attachment points.
✔️ Silicone band for extra storage.
✔️ Large enough to fit foreign currencies.
❌ Their website offers very little information about the clips (size, capacity, images, etc).
❌ Not suitable for holding cards.
❌ We don’t know the origin of the metals.
Magnetic money clips
Lastly, we have magnetic money clips. They’re generally not as widely used compared to bifold- or metal clips and there’s a reason for it. Just like metal clips, they’re almost exclusively useful to store cash, with the added danger that the magnets can damage the magnetic strips on your credit cards.
They also tend to be more bulky compared to metal clips. And while they do tend to hold bills more tightly than other clips when you’re only carrying a few, the reverse is true when you’re carrying more. Their main advantage though is ease of use; you can get the bills in or out of the clip extremely fast and easy.
Bullhide Belts: magnetic money clips in exotic leathers
For a company that has belts as part of their name, Bullhide Belts is one of the few companies that offer a large selection American made magnetic money clips. More than that, they make them in some truly exotic leathers such as elephant, shark, ostrich, hippopotamus, etc.
Their magnetic clips come in two forms: a simple cash clip and a card wallet with an attached clip. The first being perfect if all your carrying is some bills, while the second gives the you the benefits of a magnetic clip while also allowing you to carry some cards.
Overall Bullhide Belts offer you the most varied selection of magnetic money clips made in USA that doesn’t break the bank. The only downside is that they don’t over cowhide leather, so if you’re opposed to exotic leather, this might not be a great option. Though bison leather is in many ways more sustainable than cowhide.
Summary
- Price: $25 – $75 + shipping
- Max capacity: 16 bills or 12 bills + 5 cards
- Dimensions: 3″ x 4″ (76 x 101 mm)
- Leathers: Bison, elephant, shark, ostrich, hippopotamus, alligator, lizard
- Origin leather: USA
- Manufactured in: Indiana, Ohio
- Customization: No
Key Features
✔️ Unique, exotic leathers from USA tanneries who follow the strict requirements of the Convention of International Treaty of Endangered Species (CITES) permits.
✔️ Both available as simple cash clips and card wallets with clip.
❌ Not available in cowhide, if that’s what you prefer.
Any American made money clips you would like us to include?
Hopefully this list was helpful to you and you found something you liked. While there are other brands that make money clips in the USA, such as the Lifetime Leather magnetic clip or the Range Leather bi-fold, we chose not include them here because we felt that either there were better options or they didn’t have any outstanding features. But if you think we missed one that should have made the list, comment below or shoot us an email and we’d be happy to review them!
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