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Our Price: $12.57 In Stock Item: 34121 Alab Pineapple Tree Cndlehldrs [ Buy ][ Wish List ] 33306 A pineapple motif is perfect for these candle holders with a taste for the tropics! Carved from alabastrite. 4 1/2" x 4 1/2" x 12 1/2" high. Our Price: $20.97 In Stock Item: 33306 Alab. Cherub Candleholder [ Buy ][ Wish List ] 34135 On these heavenly candle holders, each winged cherub holds forth a torch topped by a glass hurricane lamp. Alabastrite. Tapers only. 5 1/8" x 3 5/8" x 12" high. Pair Our Price: $17.47 In Stock Item: 34135 Amber/sil Plated Case W/wax [ Buy ][ Wish List ] 35346 Sandalwood scented candle in jar with silver-plated lid. Lead-free wick. 2 1/2" diameter x 1 1/2" high. Our Price: $5.57 In Stock Item: 35346 Bless Home Flowers Green Cndle [ Buy ][ Wish List ] 34040 A spring green candle, blooming with pressed flowers and warm sentiments. "Bless This Home" poem is inscribed. 3 3/8" diameter x 5 1/4" high. 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21st Birthday Gifts The Very Highest Quality Gift Suggestions... 21st Birthday Gift Suggestions 1984 Jugoslavian Silver Coin 21st Birthday Gift Suggestions One of the most popular gifts for 21st birthdays is a gold sovereign, but we are always being asked for other ideas... Coins as 21st Birthday Gifts Twenty-first birthdays are still considered by many as traditionally marking a young person's coming-of-age, so many parents or grandparents wish to give a very special gift on this important occasion. Naturally, they wish to give something of lasting value that will be kept for the recipient's lifetime. A coin bearing their year of birth is a increasingly popular but unusual and very special gift. How We Can Help You As a leading UK coin dealer, we are often asked for coins or coin sets from particular years as gift items. We have gift suggestions for many different years, but coins are popular gifts for those very special events in people's lives, such as their 21st birthday. We are happy to try to oblige. On this page we list a few suggestions. Because the dates change from year to year, we will keep the body of this page fairly constant, and just give links to other pages for particular years. To see specific ideas for 1984, you may wish to follow the link to our 1984 Coins as Gifts page. Gold Sovereigns Gold sovereigns are the 21st birthday gift we most often get asked about. We keep in stock almost every date of gold sovereign including those of 21 years ago, although in 1984 these were proof sovereigns only. They make great gifts just as they are, but many people choose to have them mounted into jewellery. We can supply a compact selection of quality ring and pendant mounts for gold sovereigns, half sovereigns and other coins. Please see our gold sovereigns website. Half Sovereigns Half sovereigns are the second most common requested item for coming-of-age gifts. They are less expensive than sovereigns, and make are a more suitable size for use in rings, as sovereign rings are too large for many people. Half sovereigns were issued in 1984, although in these were proof only. Krugerrands Although we don't get asked for krugers as frequently as sovereigns, they are a suitable and unusual alternative. They are available for most years since 1967, although some dates are more difficult to find than others. Since 1980, fractional sizes of krugerrands are available for most years. British Coin Sets We stock British coin year sets for most dates. From 1970, there are Royal Mint proof sets available, and from 1984, there are also Royal Mint Uncirculated sets. these are attractively packaged, and many are accompanied by informative packaging about events during that particular year. Other British Coins In some years there are other British coins which can make interesting and unusual gifts which can become treasured mementoes. Other World Coins Although we specialise mainly in British coins, there are many other world coins and coin sets, some gold, some silver, which can make great gifts especially if the person has a particular affinity or connection with that country. World Silver Crowns A selection of dollar sized silver coins of various years from many different countries. I you are looking for a difficult year, this might be worth trying. World Silver Proof Coins Various silver coins, struck as proofs (special high quality finish) from different countries and different years. Order Form - UK Order Form - USA Order Form - EU Order Form - Rest of World 1984 Coins as Gifts Buying Coins We also buy coins, please see our We Buy Coins page. If you want to find the value of a coin you own, please take a look at our page I've Found An Old Coin, What's It Worth? If you have an enquiry about 21st birthday gift ideas,, we'd be happy to answer you, but please note it may be quicker to telephone us. Please see the Contact Us page of our website. ...at the Lowest Possible Price 521 Lytham Road, Blackpool, Lancashire, FY4 1RJ, England. Telephone (44) - (0) 1253 - 343081 & 316238; Fax 408058; E-mail: enquiries@24carat.co.uk The URL for our main page is: http://www.24carat.co.uk/index.html Web Design by Snoop

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MSN Money - A practical wedding gift: cash toward a home MSN Home My MSN Hotmail Shopping Money People & Chat Sign In W eb Search: Money S earch MSN Money: Help Home News Banking Investing Planning Taxes My Money Portfolio Loans Insurance Planning Home Retirement Savings Insurance Family/College College Tools Scholarship Search College Search Resources Decision Centers Commentary Index More Tools Related Links Message Boards Print-friendly version Send this to a friend Get market news by e-mail See if refinancing works Personal finance bookshelf Find It! Article Index Finance Q&A Tools Index Site map Related Articles Marriage means updating important documents Romance can wait; first, talk cold, hard cash Tie the knot without busting your budget Related Resources Decision Center: Essential homebuying guide Decision Center: Love, money and marriage See if youre carrying too much debt Stay at home or work? Try our calculator Related Sites Bankrate.com The Basics A practical wedding gift: cash toward a home advertisement If anyone asks what you want for a wedding present, you might try 'cash for a down payment.' Its legal, if you follow the rules, and asking for cash even meets the Emily Post test for politeness. By Bankrate.com June is the busiest month for weddings, and a forest's worth of invitations either already has been mailed or soon will be sent. A lot of couples want money for wedding gifts. A wedding-day cash infusion can make putting a down payment on a home easier. With prices appreciating rapidly in much of the country, lots of couples need all the help they can get. There are formal and informal rules governing gifts of money to help newlyweds buy a house. First, the informal rules: Is it OK to ask one's wedding guests for money? "It's not rude to request money as a wedding gift," says Peggy Post, author of Emily Post's Wedding Etiquette. "However, it's extremely important to ask politely." Peggy Post is Emily's great-granddaughter-in-law, the wedding etiquette expert for WeddingChannel.com and the main spokesman for the Emily Post Institute. She says one of the most common challenges that couples face is how to request money as a wedding gift. Doing so is acceptable, if done politely. If you seek down-payment money, get the word out through family and friends, Post recommends. Just don't include that info in the same envelope as a wedding invitation. "If you are asked point-blank what you would like for a gift, you might say, 'Whatever you choose will be wonderful, I'm sure, but money for a house down payment is on the top of our wish list,'" Post says. It's OK to say what it's for Go ahead and tell people what you want the money for. Who knows? If you let people know that you plan to spend the money on a down payment, rather than on a honeymoon in Tuscany, they might be more willing to open their pocketbooks. Wedding guests who insist on giving you yet another toaster or wicker picnic basket or a set of rosewood corn holders should be thanked anyway, even though they aren't helping you buy a house. "You should always accept any gift graciously, and remember that the choice of what to give really belongs to the gift giver," Post says. With the etiquette question out of the way, that brings up how to get the money from your guests' pockets and into the hands of the folks who eventually sell you their house. It's not simple, because mortgage loan programs have differing rules on the use of gift money in making a down payment. So know the gift rules Generally, you are expected to be able to make a down payment of at least 5% from your savings, excluding gifts. But what if you are too impatient to wait that long? Some mortgage programs allow you to use gift money if you can't scrape together that 5%. Loans insured by the Federal Housing Administration allow you to use money from gifts to make a down payment of as little as 3%. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the two biggest purchasers of home loans, offer similar programs through lenders. Fannie Mae's program is called "Flex 97" and Freddie Mac's is called "Alt 97." If there is a problem with these loan programs, it is that they limit whose money you can use. The FHA, Fannie and Freddie allow you to use money from family members. In the FHA's case, givers have to be members of your "immediate family." It's up to the loan officer to figure out who is family and who is immediate family. What about friends? Can you use gift money from, say, the woman who has been your mother's best friend since kindergarten? Technically, no. The money has to come from family (or from a nonprofit or government agency, but they don't give wedding gifts). It wasn't always this way. In 1996, the FHA encouraged lenders to offer "bridal registry accounts," where couples could stash gifts from friends and family. "Then, when the newlyweds purchase their new home, the money will be available and documented through a lender-supervised account," the FHA said. A few lenders responded enthusiastically, establishing account programs specifically for newlyweds complete with gift cards that could be returned to the bank with a check enclosed. One such lender is SunTrust Mortgage, a subsidiary of SunTrust Banks. Through SunTrust Mortgage, you can open a bridal registry savings or checking account at SunTrust Bank. When a wedding guest makes a deposit, the bank sends a card to the bride and groom to let them know. Ready to find a mortgage? "When they're ready to go ahead and make that first home purchase, they access those funds and we get a mortgage for them -- and we hope they remain a SunTrust banking customer," says Cheryl Nolda, senior vice president of marketing for SunTrust Mortgage. In the last few months, about 500 brochures have been given to prospective couples, Nolda says. The lender usually sees an upsurge in interest in the two months before June and October, which tend to be the busiest months for weddings. Despite their success at SunTrust, bridal registry accounts never really caught on. You can always open a regular old savings or money market account to hold your down payment fund, but you might need to document where the money came from. That's easy enough when the money comes from your paycheck. If some of the money comes from gifts, be prepared to document the source. Encourage gift-givers to give checks from their personal accounts. And don't forget to write those thank-you notes. 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