Does anyone have any holiday traditions involving coins?

Mark

I have one holiday (Christmas in my case) tradition that revolves around my coins: I take whatever set I am most interested in at the time and lay what I have out on our dining room table. Some years ago when I was working on a 1936-1942 set of proof coins, I would lay out the coins I had and included spaces for missing coins. I finished that set so this year I am laying out two sets of commemoratives: Arkansas halves (I have only 4 out of the 15 possible) and BTW halves (I have more of these--17 out of 18, though 2 of them are "only" MS65 and I want them all in MS 66). Anyway, after I lay out the sets, I invite my wfe and kids to look. This typically takes about 3 seconds. But then I can admire the coins for a chunk of time, which means until my wife tells me to "Get those blasted coins off our table!"

This year I am looking at the Arkansas halves because the flapper Liberty design reminds me of the 1930s and I can imagine what the holidays were like back then. I am looking at the BTW halves because I admire the man so much.

So, PLEASE tell that I am not alone if having some sort of coin-related holiday tradition!

Mark

mgoodm3

I like to get coins as presents.

AU58WALKERS

I ALWAYS spend a bunch of coin at Christmas!

Dog97

The hillbillys around here put a silver dime in their New Years day pot of blackeyed peas.

RedTiger

A friend told me of putting a dime inside a cake. Traditionally the game is rigged so the oldest person at the table gets the dime and is warned ahead of time to look for it. Some folks like using silver dimes.

DennisH

My tradition is to give myself at least one.

ccex

I like to give my pocket piece to a homeless person. Today a dateless Buffalo Nickel made someone happy.

fcloud

I give my kids (both married now, so the son-in-law and the daughter-in-law are now included) coins each year for Christmas. I skipped one year when they were young because I thought they weren't interested (my kids have only been to about three shows each with me and they don't act interested). They both wanted to know why I didn't get them coins because they look so forward to it. We now have the tradition where I give them coins every year, and to think they look forward to a coin or a few coins I have picked out for them makes me happier than it makes them!

Merry Christmas.

RegistryCoin

Gelt - mmm good.

Fletcher

You mean besides playing "quarters" until the holiday pain subsides?

Coxe

Dreidels and Gelt (gold foil wrapped chocolate coins) .... replaced by shots of brandy or something or real coins when the kids are in bed for some folks.

messydesk

I started giving the kids get proof sets every year since 1999. My grandmother gave me one each year from 77 to 83. She died in 99, so it seemed all the more apropos for me to keep that tradition alive.

BobaFett72

my Mom would always buy some of the gold wrapped coins and put them in my stocking

I tried to tell her that I wasnt Jewish, but she always said, just eat the chocolate

kranky

Like messydesk, I got proof sets each Christmas from my grandmother.