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There is a tradition that my mother-in-law told me about several years ago. It involves putting a piece of silver outside on New Years Eve to symbolize throwing out your troubles and worries of the past year. When you bring your silver back in on New Years morning, it represents bringing prosperity and good fortune into your home for the new year. Does anyone else do this or has anyone heard of this? We currently have four pieces of silver sitting outside, a bar or coin for each of us: my wife, 2 kids, and myself. What other coin/silver/PM traditions do you have in your families for Christmas or New Years? And Happy New Year! (EDIT) Silver used was two 1 oz bars, a 2013 ASE, and a 1983 Canadian commemorative silver dollar. *** Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum. ***Edited by hcmusicguy
01/01/2016 08:11 am
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I moved your topic to get a wider audience. My family doesn't have any New Year traditions.  |
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United States
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I don't have any either, but what have I got to lose- I'll put a Morgan out on the windowsill tonight.
EDIT: I put an 1896 Morgan and a 1916 Dutch 10 cent coin (100 years old tomorrow) on my windowsill. I still have 50 minutes of 2015 here.
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01/01/2016 02:10 am
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My Mum's (Scottish) family followed a tradition of 'First Footing'.
Apparently it was preferable if the first person to visit your home on New Year's Day was a dark haired man. Red hair or a woman wouldn't work I was told.
And ideally the man should carry a piece of coal, to ensure your home would have fuel for the year and so be warm and welcoming, a piece of bread to ensure you'd have food and a silver coin to ensure prosperity.
Since my Mum's dad was bald from his 20s it fell on my Dad or myself to pop out of the house just before midnight so that we could be the first ones in. Normally bearing a small piece of coal, a biscuit and a sixpence or shilling for luck!
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01/01/2016 06:04 am
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I like the sounds of that one  |
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Hey Tom, my grandmother was a Scottish war bride and we still do first footing on Hogmanay here in Atlantic Canada.
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Not coin related, but I always listen to New Year's Day within the first hour of the year.  |
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How do you insert Wikipedia links like that?
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No Coins but at 12:00 midnight you open your doors to let the New Year in, been doing this all my life and that's a long time.
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