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Saint Nicholas is sometimes depicted with three pieces of gold because of this story:

 

a poor man had three daughters but could not afford a proper dowry for them. This meant that they would remain unmarried and probably would have to become prostitutes. Hearing of the girls' plight, Nicholas decided to help them: he went to the house under the cover of night and threw three purses (one for each daughter) filled with gold through the window opening into the house.

 

Touching those pieces is supposed to bring wealth.

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Uploaded on February 13, 2015