got home from new york and 3 days later my daughter had twin premature(26 wks) bubs - a pigeon pair- all going good considering.
am now officially a grandie !!:yahoo::yahoo::yahoo::yahoo::yahoo:
and plan for return visit
question ?? to mark this special occasion .. as a red wine (con-o-sir)drinker the norm would be a 2013 penfolds grange each but..thought coins would be better- 4 coin set 2013 1/10oz gold proof is approx same $$
which would be more appreciated on their 18th birthday.
fellow grandies what did you do?
Congratulations Mate :yahoo:
A few of my grand miscreants are now teenagers :dash1:
Is all good, They make you feel like a God when they visit :yahoo::wavemulticolor:
:yahoo: Congratulations Duggee ..... glad to hear they're going well.
I'd go the coins personally as trying to keep the bottle safe for 18 years might not be as easy .....
Congratulations :yahoo:
Congratulations and I'd go with a coin :good:
Congrats Duggee.
Personally I'd buy them the equivalent value in 1966 round 50 cent pieces (it would be at least 100 coins each at current prices I think).
The grange is a nice idea but it's a lot of money for a couple of glasses of red that will disappear one night never to be thought of again. And the gold coins are tiny and probably cost twice or more than the bullion value, so the grandkids can only ever realise a small part of your initial investment.
A big bag of silver coins looks impressive, can be played with when they are kids, being round 50s they represent some interesting Australian coin history, and the cost is close to bullion value so they are holding on to almost all of your outlay.
Just my '50 cents' worth :).
Congratulations and hope that mum and little ones are doing well.
Wifey and I recently became Grand Parents ourselves and we opened a bank account in the GC name with Commonwealth Bank and deposited $870 to open the account with an allotment of $5 per fortnight into it.
On the GC birthday, another deposit of $870 will be deposited with the $5 per fortnight deposit continuing.
This will go on until the GC's 18th/21st birthday when the account will be handed over.
The reason for the $5 fortnight allotment is that a slightly higher rate of interest is paid when the account receives deposits at regular intervals.
Further, get the GC a Tax File Number and when received, apply it to the GC's account. For goodness sake do not start a "trust account"s it will be expensive for taxation reasons. Put the account in the GC's NAME.
Congratulations to Duggee and the proud parents too. I'd go with coins. :angel:
Congrats- coins for the kids, The "Grange" for the Grandparents.! :angel:
I would suggest the Grange, but the 'year' on the bottle will actually be 2008. It seems the current release is a bit pricier than previous releases too.
congratulations X 2!!!
I just gave the daughter a 2013 Mint set for the grandie
and the daughter said ... thanks (I think)
not a coin collector :(
my investment in my grandchild has been getting her swimming lessons since she was several months old
the daughter has a swimming pool at her house & I am a qualified swimming teacher, so swimming is important to me
Little baby Ariana (all 10 months old) is in the little fishes classes for several months now and she
can
humpty dumpty - fall in and quickly turn around in the water to grab the side of the pool
monkey monkey - hang onto the edge and move along the side of the pool ,
open eyes underwater
even her Christmas present includes a Nemo swim bag & towel and next terms' lessons (in 2014)
and grr-nannie thinks it's great - Plus it gets her mother down to the pool and she has even started doing laps there as well
so I guess grandparents do/get what ever they see as important to themselves and for the little ones
you'll work it out!
thanks all
i will work it out. hard to have an imput in their early years cause of distance but that will change when they come home to start school.
if i got grange i would wait till 2013 vintage is released plus gives time to save $ and less chance to lose.
so coins may be the go .... now which ones will it be :dodgy::dontknow::dontknow:
either way , its all good
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these arrived yesterday for the grandkids
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pretty good looking coins ... am impressed
but the packaging !!!
coins are pressed into firm moulded sheet
then printed sheet added
next is the hard plastic case with a removable protective film
into a flip top box
into a 2 part box
finally into a sleeve ...
Gee very nice duggee :good: