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Sir Edward:
I like Sir Brian's idea of giving a small gold coin to some of the kids at the faire. I'm going to have to steal this idea, I think. :)

These are coins that I already have gotten before, to use as trading items for geocaching, and are about 50 cents each:

http://www.greatamericancoincompany.com/c5/Shiny-Gold-Doubloon-Replicas-You-Choose-Quantity-p184.html

They're out of period, of course. But it's hard to get cost effective replica coins otherwise. I found some from a variety of centuries, that are more in the $10-$20 range each, rather than about 50 cents:

http://www.by-the-sword.com/acatalog/Coins.html

Though they have some medieval coins that are a little cheaper, but at $2.40 each it would still add up:

http://www.by-the-sword.com/acatalog/Medieval_Coins_Groat_10_Pieces_1310-1346_GH1097.html

But this is kinda cool too... gemstones, about $1 each:

http://www.greatamericancoincompany.com/c5/Beautiful-Lot-Of-Natural-Mixed-Jewels-Gems-p230.html

Interesting selection here:

http://www.greatamericancoincompany.com/Pirate-Coins-and-Doubloons-c5.html

Sir Edward:

More interesting coins:

http://www.fetteredcockpewters.com/page_coins.htm

Sir Edward:

And an interesting article on the rise of gold coinage in Edward III's reign: http://www.coinlink.com/Articles/world-coins/rise-of-the-gold-standard-in-14th-century-england/#more-113

Sir Brian:
Those are all great sites and a lot of cool coinage.  :)

I like giving the actual gold dollars out just in case the kid happens to be like me when I was a kid
and I couldn't hold onto even a quarter for longer than a day!  :D

Das Bill:
Gotta say, I love this idea. I think the gold dubloons would be awesome, particularly at only fifty cents a piece. I know I would have LOVED that as a kid. The gemstones would also be really awesome, particularly if you had a whole pouch full of them when you pulled one out.

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