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Chinese New Year

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 Posted 12/20/2015  6:22 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add Oldephriam to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Is giving coins a traditional gift for Chinese New Year?

If so, then what kind of coin is usually given?
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I don't think so, at least I've been in China for nearly four years, (though only seen one Spring Festival) and not seen coin giving. They give money though. That's the present kids get. But it's usually like hundreds of RMB rather than a coin.
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Not coins, but the kids get some money in an angpao. Usually quite a lot when accumulated from everyone. Counting from my grandparents, parents, aunts and uncles, I get close to a million Rp each year (when I was still home for CNY, anyway). It's only the married people who give money.

The only coins around are probably chocolate coins. Usually the cheap ones.

It might be different in other places, this is just from my point of view. When your currency is aluminium and the largest denomination coin is still too small to buy anything, that's not really something worth gifting.
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Being Chinese, I can tell you that we give red envelopes as a tradition. They are usually filled with on the order of $20 USD or equivalent.

Although knowing me, my relatives usually gave me coins!
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