Okay I got one for you....What does it mean when you find money (dollars, coins,etc) on a tombstone?

Question

Okay guys I am really serious. I like the humor but this is something that I actually saw on my father's tombstone. Thanks Guys!

Answer 1

From what I understand, coins, rocks, etc, are left as a way to let people know that someone has been there.  It's just to let people know that there was a visitor at the grave.

I've seen this done too and that's what I remember, it's just a way of leaving your mark to say you were there.

Answer 2

Time to pay the pipper

Answer 3

in some cultures they put them there for the people to be able to pay the way on the ferry to the other side

Answer 4

this is a Jewish custom..a coin..a rock..anything stable tells any family that may visit that someone else has been there.a lovely custom

Answer 5

maybe he wanted to buy you something....or was leaving a tip for the landscaper guy....

Answer 6

To know the real reason in this event, we would have to peer into the head of the person who left the money, but we can make some guesses.

I tend to discount the "money to pay the boatkeeper" notion when the money is not in the casket--it doesn't work.

I love the Jewish custom reported of leaving something of value to show other family members that a visit was made by someone who values the deceased, and I'll bet this is closer to the mark.

Let's suppose your dad and I were good friends, and had lunch together regularly.  One day I forget my wallet, and your dad, good friend that he is, buys me lunch.  I say, "I'll get yours next time."  Except your father dies.  What might I do when I visit his tombstone and am overcome by grief at the loss of my dear friend?  Leave him lunch money as an acknowledgement and symbol of the much larger debt of friendship.

My guess is that it is something along these lines, and the money was left by someone who cared about your dad a lot, to acknowledge an indebtedness of one sort or another.

Answer 7

It means you just got yourself a free lunch. Jackpot!

Answer 8

It comes from ancient mythology as far as I am aware.

Sometimes coins are placed on the eyelids of the deceased, or their tombs, as payment for the boatman to take them to the 'other side'.

What the 'other side' is will vary depending on religion and culture!