Do you giveaway coins ?

mach19

To friends / neighbors or just random people ?

It's a good feeling !

U1chicago

I gave away some Kennedy Half Dollars recently.

I've also sent out some u1 slabs to people on the forums and IG. There is a secret way to get a free u1 slab. Actually multiple ways.

Alpha2814

I "give" halves and dollar coins to tip jars and street musicians.

RiveraFamilyCollect

I gave a guy a 1964 silver quarter.
Oh and I gave away a 1oz silver Odin coin to someone who won a warhammer 40k side competition, he had the most wins against the organized team after the season. So he got a prize for beating the try hards.

johnny9434

Gave a few tokens to a newby from the 1930s and 40s. She be just starting out to

ElmerFusterpuck

I love to hide coin stashes on cruise ships. A lot of people hide rubber ducks, but I like to hide coin stashes. It could be a single coin, a mint or proof set, or something else. Sometimes I'll throw in some silver coins.

illini420

I do a monthly free coin giveaway on my YouTube channel. Easy way to attract new viewers and it's fun.

Also giveaway a lot of coins to the local coin clubs and to kids when I'm set up at coin shows. I was given some coins as a kid when attending my first coin show and it made an impact. Always try to do the same for someone else.

More recently though, I gave the guy in the McDonald's drive thru a Trump Dollar since I know he collects

USSID18

@mach19 said:
Do you giveaway coins ?

Yes, several times over the years. Hoping some young kid finds them.

safari_dude

I throw dateless buffaloes in my change every now and then. 😉

Creg

I gave the tellers and others of the credit union trump dollars in Air Tites. I got four privies, sold three, and will give the last one away at an appropriate time. When I have a random piece, that someone collects, I offer it to that person—it usually ends up in a trade of some sort.

WaterSport

Just gave away some I listed on the forum last month. And I have no problem dumping coins back in to circulation.

WS

PerryHall

Considering some of the low-ball offers that I accepted from coin dealers, I would have to say yes.

Lazybones

I have given away many coins over the years on this forum, mostly to YNs. Many of those giveaways are quite valuable now.

Cheers

Bob

TwoSides2aCoin

18 grandchildren get a silver eagle every year. Who knows if their parents put them in the Dansco albums with them ? They never show and tell.

WiscKau

I give one coin to my five grandchildren and one to my great grandson.

ajaan

Yes, to the YN program of the Buffalo Numismatic Association.

MarkKelley

I gave each of my 22 nieces and nephews a silver Eagle for Christmas 2001. They were a lot cheaper then. The coins, not the kids.

GaCoinGuy

I like to put Buffs and the occasional Liberty Nickel into vending machines. Dumped a bunch of modern proofs once too...

shortnock

Usually in April. Mostly Buffalo nickels, sometimes Merc Dimes.

jmlanzaf

@MarkKelley said:
I gave each of my 22 nieces and nephews a silver Eagle for Christmas 2001. They were a lot cheaper then. The coins, not the kids.

Probably both

semikeycollector

@GaCoinGuy said:
I like to put Buffs and the occasional Liberty Nickel into vending machines. Dumped a bunch of modern proofs once too...

My friend found an 1897 in Coinstar. Was that yours? A nice thing to do!!

semikeycollector

I donate a couple of $25 dollar coins a year to my coin club yearly auction. Sometimes when I find a YN in my club, I'll take a look at their albums and occasionally buy a slightly better date coin to fill it, like a VG or F 1926-s cent. I've given away some low grade bust dimes. Once an old friend's son had a strong interest in a nice Fine Bust Dime, slightly better date I happened to be carrying around. I just gave it to him. He did a school report on it.

jessewvu

Yes. As an ASM with my scout troop

Mr_Spud

I give out Silver Eagles at Christmas to people at work.

JeffersonFrog

Yes, as often as I can. Neighbor YNs, folks who get married/have babies/graduate, coin club giveaways, and anyone else who expresses an interest. Inno dollars, ASEs, and cheap slabs are my go-tos.
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While not a giveaway, for several years I paid for my Girl Scout cookies with Sacagawea dollars. The young girls were thrilled at the "gold dollars" and came back every year. Then we moved, and I offered to pay for my Girl Scout cookies with "gold dollars." The Mom told me, "No thank you! Do you know how much those things weigh?"

lkenefic

I used to give IHCs and steel Lincoln Cents... sometimes Buffalo Nickels and Mercury Dimes... but this was decades ago (early 2000s).

Edited to add: this giveaway was in the context of Halloween 🎃 something topical...

Sapyx

I volunteer at my church's Conversational English class. Once a year, I give a presentation on coins tot he class and that becomes the evening's topic of discussion. I normally give out an obsolete coin (eg. an Australian 2 cent piece) to everyone present as a souvenir.

USSID18

I did this one a few years ago. An old Redbook, a Whitman folder and a roll of random wheat cents.

Just hope some young kid found it.