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Chocolate coins

I have never heard of Hanukkah gelt, but have seen chocolate coins all my life. They are made to resemble either American or Canadian coins. They are usually given out around Easter or Christmas, and may be covered by yellow, silver or green foil. I'm not sure why chocolate coins redirect here, as they are not the same. --Auric (talk) 14:53, 16 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

  • Perhaps you do not know the history of chocolate coins, but the article pretty clearly states that they were created by American Jews to be Hanukkah gelt. They've been appropriated for other things since, but they started as Hanukkah gelt, which is why chocolate coins directs here. 76.105.6.113 (talk) 07:04, 19 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
It would seem that the issue is more that "non-Jewish" chocolate coins have been in circulation for some considerable time, so to "claim" chocolate coins in this way is mis-leading. In the UK non-Jewish chocolate coins have been on the market for at least 40 years, invariably based on either British or European (pre- and post-Euro) "real" coin designs. They may have had their origins in a Jewish-American concept, but now their use is far far wider. 86.6.239.220 (talk) 16:40, 31 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]