Twelve days of Christmas
The initiative kickstarted by @silverd510 and followed by many community members to display their desired coins for this year's secret Santa (and after). I'm using it not just to show which items I'd love to receive as a gift to at least help out my secret Santa to find out what it is that I truly desire (inserts the voice of Tom Ellis from the series Lucifer here) but also to have my own little list to focus on once the new year starts.
2024 Tokalau 1oz Silver Coin Zodiac - Aquarius
So you may think that my zodiac is Aquarius, but it's not, my oldest daughter's zodiac is Aquarius and as eventually the goal is to have a many precious metals as possible for the children, I like to add some pieces that refer to them in one way or the other.
Another example were the mother and daughter mermaid I was gifted by the sweet @dfinney because I really wanted to buy two of them as a symbol for me and my daughters but they were completely sold out here at the time. I'm forever grateful for her gesture and I'm waiting for the moment that I see an opportunity to surprise her with a gift.
To me, not having the two oldest around, not knowing how they're doing is hard, and at time I break and feel lost because I'm stuck in this situation where I know a move into their direction will cause even greater trouble because of the father still calling the shots. The only thing I can do is keep thinking about them, wishing them well and continue to write about them while also gathering items along the way so that later, when our paths finally cross again, I can show them they have never left my mind.
I'm not buying random zodiac signs, nope, I would buy those that refer to one of the zodiac signs from my kids or myself, or my partner but that's it. The first ones I'd buy are those of the two kids not with me because the other one at least gets to admire the rest of the silver coins while I gather them so to her this collecting thing is not new and she can pass on the story later to them in case I'm not around. Let's hope I get to share it myself first though!
The coin
I don't think I have another coin from Tokalau yet, this one has a face value of 5 dollars and comes from the zodiac series. Let's have a look at both sides of the coin:
I think it's quite pretty honestly, a simple design but still nice.. It doesn't always have to be fancy imo.
The back, well at least they managed to cheer up that side a bit by adding some details to the edges, lol.
So that's it for today's wish list item, I'm going to drop another one tomorrow and for now wishing you a great weekend ahead!
My Silver Wish List
- 1 oz Sitting Cat Silver Round
- 2024 1oz Australian Myths & Legends Four Guardians
- 1 oz Scottsdale Marquee Peacock 1oz Silver bar
All screenshots above are taken from source.