Christmas gifts

[SovereignBull]

Did any of you gift the joy of gold to anyone this Christmas or were you all Golem like & kept the precious to yourself?

I gave my eldest son his first piece of gold for Christmas, the 1g Christmas bar from RM

He has just moved out & I wanted to give him something special. He was over the moon & it felt great to gift it to him.

Im going to make it a tradition to gift him gold for Christmas & just wish I’d done it when he was born (He would have 25g if I did).

[iacabu]

I gave silver to my nephews. 

My son has a few grams of gold and some silver already (20 months old) and will continue to add to that. Gave him a few quid in premium bonds this Christmas though 

[MickB]

My missus bought me an Isle of Man half sovereign for Christmas but I never bought anyone any gold.

[SovereignBull]

2 minutes ago, iacabu said:

I gave silver to my nephews. 

My son has a few grams of gold and some silver already (20 months old) and will continue to add to that. Gave him a few quid in premium bonds this Christmas though 

Premium Bonds! I never even considered that & they were the in thing many years ago. 

[Sovhead]

6 minutes ago, MickB said:

My missus bought me an Isle of Man half sovereign for Christmas but I never bought anyone any gold.

Beauties, i’ve a 1973 and want more of them 😁

[SilverDrum]

Gifted some silver to my mother and aunt. I actually made these myself, first time making jewellery. Have been meaning to make a post about them and the process. 

This is a rose leaf pressed in to make an imprint.

This one is some Thyme. 

[Silverlocks]

6 hours ago, MickB said:

My missus bought me an Isle of Man half sovereign for Christmas but I never bought anyone any gold.

I bought some for my Mrs. and it turns out that folks don't trust foreign gold here in Indonesia because it's far more likely to be fake and it's too hard to verify.  There are some local vendors including a SOE called Aneka Tambang that sell into the Sharia savings market.

[HonestMoneyGoldSilver]

I gift gold to family at Christmas. This year it was the 5g Royal Mint bars, half of which showed up on the 29th December and the other half is due sometime in January. They were ordered on the 24th November!! 

In previous years I've gifted sovereigns. I gifted a 1oz piece once but never again 😂

[SovereignBull]

28 minutes ago, HonestMoneyGoldSilver said:

I gift gold to family at Christmas. This year it was the 5g Royal Mint bars, half of which showed up on the 29th December and the other half is due sometime in January. They were ordered on the 24th November!! 

In previous years I've gifted sovereigns. I gifted a 1oz piece once but never again 😂

I’d like to become an honorary member of your family 🤣

[HonestMoneyGoldSilver]

2 hours ago, SovereignBull said:

I’d like to become an honorary member of your family 🤣

You say that but the juice ain't worth the squeeze 😂

[SeverinDigsSovereigns]

How about a Christmas gift for yourself my firend (in Screwtape style)

[trozau]

I’ve gifted gold bullion coins to nieces’ and nephew’s wedding varying from 1/4 to 1/2 troz China Panda (depending on Au spot at the time). 

For my daughter’s wedding, I gave her a silver six pence dated 1885 (she was born 1985) for her shoe at the wedding. And gave her and my son-in-law a 1 troz Au China Panda.

For my grandkids:

I gave the oldest a proof Sovereign with his birth year and 1 troz Au Canada Five Blessings coin.

and his younger twin siblings (girl and boy) 1/4 troz bimetallic Au/Pt Angel & Noble from IoM (Pobjoy Mint) and 1 troz Pt US PF Eagle & 1 troz Au Australia Year of the Monkey.

Edited January 4 by trozau

[SovereignBull]

I love the idea of birth year sovereigns and something I’ll look to complete this year! Just need to find a 1998, 2001, 2004 & 2006 🤣

[JamesH]

Not so much Christmas but I do have a set of Gillicks for each of my daughters if/when they get married. Will likely save a Sov per year for grandchildren if any should make an appearance in the future