In the customs of the people of Taiwan, when a child reaches one month the family will give an auspicious gift of coins threaded with red string.
閩南習俗裡，外公外婆給孫子的初次見面禮，是用紅線穿銅錢給他戴上，討個吉利。有人從年輕就開始收集錢幣，好在百年之後灑在孝子所捧的米斗內做「手尾仔錢」，遺贈給後代子孫。