CUSTOM MADE SILVER PLATED HANDMADE LUCKY SIXPENCE CUFF LINKS
BIRTHDAY/ANNIVERSARY PRESENT OR TO BRING LUCK FOR A GROOM ON HIS WEDDING DAY.
These Cuff Links are hand made using a matching pair of British Pre-Decimal Sixpences. The coin depicts the Rose, Thistle Shamrock and Leak which are the symbols of England, Scotland Northern Ireland and Wales, the four countries of The United Kingdom.
THE LUCKY SIXPENCE
The coin was usually given for luck so was known as a “Lucky Sixpence”.
In Britain, there is a well-known tradition of the bride wearing “Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue, and a silver sixpence in her shoe”. A silver sixpence in the bride’s shoe is a traditional good luck wedding gesture, and customarily it is the father of the bride who places the sixpence as a token of him wishing her prosperity, love and happiness in her marriage.
They are also used as a good luck charm by Royal Air Force aircrew who have them sewn behind their wings or brevets, a custom dating back to the Second World War.
A Sixpence was traditionally put into a Christmas pudding and the lucky person that got the portion of pudding with the sixpence in got to keep it.
This would make an ideal birthday or anniversary present with the year that they were born or married.
British Sixpence – Date of your choice (1947 – 1967 only)
A gift box is also included.
Date Minted: 1947 – 1967
Base Material: Cupronickel
Size: Coin – 19.5 mm (49/64″)
Plating: .999 Silver
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