OK, my husband could not afford a diamond, but he wanted me to have “the ring” and with my haskama we got an inexpensive CZ.I already was about to marry “the real diamond” anyway. I never told anyone it was a diamond, and as no one asked me, I never told them it was NOT a diamond, either. It was a modest-sized stone, and I loved it. On our tenth anniversary my husband bought me a diamond enternity band. Not because I requested it, but because he wanted me to have it. As long as no one is trying to fool anyone, I see no reason why iot has to be a real diamond, if it is not affordable. But is there not an inyan that a kiddushin ring would cause the chuppah to be invalid if the bride thought it was worth more than it actually was?
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