Pick up this great gift idea. These special coins may look like small change but the change they make can bring pure delight. Instead of metal they're minted from handmade paper embedded with seeds so you can plant them in the ground and watch your investment grow. There are four different coins with charming designs on front and back from Lea Redmond and each one carries a different kind of seed: pennies grow non-invasive flowers such as Black-Eyed Susan Spurred Snapdragon and Shirley Poppy; nickles grow herbs like thyme dill basil and cilantro; dimes sprout root vegetables like carrot parsnip and turnip; quarters grow a salad mix with bibb Black Simpson Salad Bowl Red radicchio and endive. The coins look like hand-drawn versions of real money and are printed on a letterpress which gives them a realistic 3D texture. The front of each is emblazoned with the motto "In soil we trust" and words on the back direct the recipient to plant the coin. Plant them gift them drop them on the sidewalk for others to pick up leave some with your tip at a restaurant hide some in a vending machine coin slot you'll spread seeds of happiness wherever you go. Made in the USA. Essential Details: Handmade Recycled item. Made from seeds cotton recycled paper letter press ink Measurements Coins: .7"- .78" dia: 50 coins Notes: Planting and care instructions: Plant coins .25" underneath soil in sunny area and keep moist for 2 weeks to encourage sproutingthen separate and space appropriately to grow wildflowers herbs and vegetables. Seeds will keep for 1-3 years; store in a cool dry place. Each bag of 50 will include 20 pennies (wildflowers) 10 nickels (herbs) 10 dimes (root crops) and 10 quarters (salad greens).
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