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Anniversary gifts by year

The traditional US list, from paper on the first anniversary to diamond on the sixtieth. From the thirtieth year on, the gifts are the stones and metals in our case.

The first twenty-five years

  1. 1st Paper
  2. 2nd Cotton
  3. 3rd Leather
  4. 4th Fruit and flowers
  5. 5th Wood
  6. 6th Iron
  7. 7th Wool or copper
  8. 8th Bronze
  9. 9th Pottery
  10. 10th Tin or aluminum
  11. 11th Steel
  12. 12th Silk
  13. 13th Lace
  14. 14th Ivory
  15. 15th Crystal
  16. Hawaiʻi law bans the sale of most ivory, so most couples choose something else.
  17. 20th China
  18. 25th Silver
  19. Hawaiʻi law bans the sale of most ivory, so most couples choose something else.

The jewelry years

Where we have pieces, they are shown.

35th

Coral

Some modern lists give jade for this year instead.

Lists differ. This is the traditional US list, as given by the Chicago Public Library and the World Almanac. British and modern lists change some years, such as jade for coral at the thirty-fifth.

Want their own stone in something new for the year? See anniversary gifts.