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Traditional and Modern
Yearly Anniversary Gifts

Your Guide to find the Perfect Yearly Anniversary Gifts

Anniversaries have traditional and modern yearly anniversary gifts. Use the chart below to decide what to give for each year of marriage. An entry of "none" means that there has not been a gift assigned to that year in that category.

Year
Traditional Gift (British)
Traditional Gift (American)
Modern Gift
1 Paper Paper Clocks
2 Cotton Cotton China
3 Leather Leather Crystal, Glass
4 Fruit, Flowers Linen, Silk Appliances
5 Wood Wood Silverware
6 Sugar Iron Wood
7 Wool, Copper Wool, Copper Desk Sets, Pen and Pencil Sets
8 Bronze, Pottery Bronze Linens, Lace
9 Pottery, Willow Pottery, China Leather
10 Tin Tin, Aluminum Diamonds, Jewelry
11 Steel Steel Fashion Jewelry, Accessories
12 Silk, Linen Silk Pearls, Colored Gems
13 Lace Lace Textiles, Furs
14 Ivory (Note: Now Banned) Ivory Gold, Jewelry
15 Crystal Crystal Watches
16 Tungsten None Silver Holloware
17 Turquoise None Furniture
18 None None Porcelain
19 None None Bronze
20 China China Platinum
21 None None Brass, Nickel
22 None None Copper
23 None None Silver Plate
24 None None Musical Instruments
25 Silver Silver Sterling Silver
26 None None Original Pictures
27 None None Sculpture
28 None None Orchids
29 None None New Furniture
30 Pearl Pearl Diamond
31 None None Timepieces
32 None None Conveyances
33 None None Amethyst
34 None None Opal
35 Coral Coral, Jade Jade
36 None None Bone China
37 None None Alabaster
38 None None Beryl, Tourmaline
39 None None Lace
40 Ruby Ruby Ruby
41 None None Land
42 None None Improved Real Estate
43 None None Travel
44 None None Groceries
45 Sapphire Sapphire Sapphire
46 None None Original Poetry Tribute
47 None None Books
48 None None Optical Goods
49 None None Luxury Items
50 Gold Gold Gold
55 Emerald Emerald Emerald
60 Diamond Diamond Diamond
65 Star Sapphire Star Sapphire Star Sapphire
70 Platinum Platinum None
75 Diamonds, Gold Diamonds, Gold Diamonds, Gold
80 Oak Oak Diamond, Pearl
90 Granite Granite Diamond, Emerald


Use the chart below to get more ideas for unique yearly anniversary gifts. Includes the color, gemstone, and flower assigned to your specific anniversary year. An entry of "none" means that there is not a listing in that category for that year.

Year
Color
Gemstone
Flower
1 Yellow Mother of Pearl. Alternate: Peridot Pansy
2 Linen White Garnet Cosmos
3 Light Brown Pearls. Alternate: Jade Fuchsia
4 Green Blue Topaz. Alternate: Blue Zircon Geranium
5 Turquoise Sapphire. Alternate: Pink Tourmaline Daisy
6 White Amethyst. Alternate: Turquoise Calla Lily
7 Off White Onyx. Alternates: Yellow Sapphire, Golden Beryl Jack-in-the-pulpit
8 Bronze Tourmaline. Alternate: Tanzanite Clematis
9 Terracotta Lapis Lazuli. Alternates: Amethyst, Green Spinel Poppies
10 Silver Diamond Jewelry. Alternte: Blue Sapphire Daffodils
11 Turquoise Turquoise. Alternates: Citrine, Yellow Zircon Morning Glory
12 Oyster White Jade. Alternate: Opal Peonies
13 White Citrine. Alternates: Moonstone, Hawk's Eye Hollyhock
14 Ivory Opal. Alterntes: Agate, Bloodstone Dahlia
15 Ruby Red Ruby. Alternates: Rhodolite Garnet, Alexandrite Roses
16 Silver Peridot. Alternate: Red Spinel None
17 Yellow Watches. Alternate: Carnelian None
18 Blue Cat's Eye or Chrysoberyl. Alternate: Aquamarine None
19 Bronze Aquamarine. Alternate: Almandine Garnet None
20 Emerald Green or White Emerald. Alternate: Yellow or Golden Diamond Day Lily
21 Orange Lolite None
22 Green Spinel None
23 Silver Imperial Topaz None
24 Lavender Tanzanite None
25 Silver Silver Jubilee. Alternates: Tsavorite, Green Garnet Iris
26 None None None
27 None None None
28 None None None
29 None None None
30 Green Pearl Jubilee Sweet Pea
31 None None None
32 None None None
33 None None None
34 None None None
35 Coral Emerald None
36 None None None
37 None None None
38 None None None
39 None None None
40 Ruby Red Ruby Nasturtium
41 None None None
42 None None None
43 None None None
44 None None None
45 Sapphire Red Sapphire. Alternate: Cat's Eye None
46 None None None
47 None None None
48 None None None
49 None None None
50 Gold Golden Jubilee. Alternate: Imperial or Golden Topaz Violet
55 Emerald Alexandrite None
60 White Diamond None
65 Sky Blue Star Sapphire None
70 Platinum None None
75 Diamond White Diamonds None
80 None None None
90 None None None

For more information on yearly anniversary gifts, see this Anniversary Gifts By Year site - What do they all mean?


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