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A "silver birthday" is similar to a "golden birthday". The golden birthday occurs when you have reached the age of your birth date. Therefore, if Mary is born on the 24th of May, Mary's golden birthday is on the birthday for her 24th year. Usually special gifts and gold gifts are given to the celebrant. The silver birthday is determined by reversing the two numbers of the birth date. Therefore, using the example above, Mary's silver birthday is on her 42nd birthday. And, of course, silver gifts are given. There are some problems with single digit birthdays...but the silver birthday for a May 5th birth is the 50th birthday. In some instances, the silver birthday occurs before the golden birthday, such as a birth date of 31st.

A simple chart could be concocted to show all golden and silver birthdays.