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The Worldwide Tradition of Giving Gold and Silver Coins at a Wedding

1oz .24k Gold Austrian Philharmonic

Spain/Mexico

One of the original customs of giving gold coins during a wedding ceremony was in Spain, known as “The Thirteen Gold Coins Ceremony.” The coins as gifts were placed in an ornate box or tray signifying the groom’s willingness to support his bride. Presented first to the minister, who then counts them out, placing them in the hands of the groom at the altar. The minister demonstrates that each coin represents a different value the couple desires to share between themselves: love, harmony, cooperation, commitment, peace, happiness, trust, respect, caring, wisdom, joy, wholeness and nurturing. The bride and groom exchange vows on these values. Then the groom pours the coins into the bride’s cupped hands.

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Lost and then found

Ireland

No Irish marriage is complete without passing a coin between the groom and bride. The groom hands a new silver coin to his bride and says, “I give you this as a token of all I possess.” The coin is kept as a memento symbolizing the celebratory event. It will be a family keepsake. When the bride has children she will pass the coin to her eldest son on his wedding day and he will pass it to his bride; the tradition repeats itself.

Our pocket gift box would be a perfect way to memorialize the coin. A new plaque could be lightly pasted on top of the old plaque. This will ensure that the coin will not be spent in an Irish pub.

Scottish

On the morning of the wedding day, a six pence coin is placed in the shoe of the bride to bring her good luck. When the bride gets into the car on the way to the church, the Father of the bride throws coins on the ground for children to collect. This is called the wedding scramble or “warsel.”

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Turkey

It is a traditional wedding coins as gift and civil war gifts from a guest to give a gold coin to the bride when arriving at the wedding. The closer the relationship to the bride the more valuable the coin must be. If you are a family member of someone being circumcised, you must give a gold coin. When visiting a newborn an affluent family member gives gold coins. If a relative cannot afford gold coins, small golden masala’s can be given.

Chinese

The Chinese use coins to represent and commemorate the engagement, the wedding ceremony and married life. To keep in accordance with feng shui, shiny coins should be presented on red tissue to bring a full measure of luck.

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Romans

Were perhaps the earliest to use a gold or silver coin as part of a wedding. The coin would be split in half. The bride would keep one half and the groom would keep the other half as a pledge of marriage.

Persian

The best gifts the groom’s family could give for a Wedding would be gold coins; otherwise, flowers, sweets, jewelry are acceptable presents. If the marriage is agreed universally more presents would be exchanged.

Splitting Coins

Lovers who temporarily needed to travel to different destinations would often split a coin in half and each person would carry their half of the coin until they were reunited. Only then could the coin be made whole again.

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