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Coin of Ancestry

Item Level 1
Binds when picked up
Quest
“A symbol of honor and respect for one's ancestry.”
Not sold on the Auction House

This item is acquired in-game. See its sources below.

Not sold on the Auction House Quest

A Common Quest, item level 1, binds when picked up.

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Build history

First seen in build 1.15.9.68940 (Classic).

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Other versions
Across game versions
VersionItem levelQualityBinding
Retail (Midnight)1CommonBinds when picked up
WoW Forever1CommonBinds when picked up
Classic Era1CommonBinds when picked up
The Burning Crusade1CommonBinds when picked up
Wrath of the Lich King1CommonBinds when picked up
MoP Classic1CommonBinds when picked up
Coin of Ancestry Game Data

Achievements

  • Owning Coin of Ancestry counts toward 5 Coins of Ancestry (10 points), listed as "Receive 5 Coins of Ancestry".
  • Owning Coin of Ancestry counts toward 50 Coins of Ancestry (10 points), listed as "Receive 50 Coins of Ancestry".
  • Owning Coin of Ancestry counts toward A Coin of Ancestry (10 points), listed as "Receive a Coin of Ancestry.".
  • Owning Coin of Ancestry counts toward 25 Coins of Ancestry (10 points), listed as "Receive 25 Coins of Ancestry".
  • Owning Coin of Ancestry counts toward 10 Coins of Ancestry (10 points), listed as "Receive 10 Coins of Ancestry".

Read from the World of Warcraft client build files.

Where Coin of Ancestry Comes From

Quests That Reward Coin of Ancestry

101 quests list Coin of Ancestry among their rewards in Blizzard's quest data. The first 12 by name are listed here.

Read from the World of Warcraft client build files (JournalEncounterItem, JournalEncounterCreature, Achievement) and the Blizzard Game Data quest API.

Where Coin of Ancestry Fits

Items That Share Coin of Ancestry's Icon

Coin of Ancestry uses icon file 133858, which 22 other items also use. The 7 closest by item ID:

Items Numbered Next to Coin of Ancestry

Blizzard numbers items as they are created, so the named items next to ID 21100 (21099 to 21107) were usually added in the same batch as Coin of Ancestry: the same quest line, zone, vendor or reward set.

Coin of Ancestry Client Record

The raw ItemSparse values for item 21100 in the current client build.

Stacks to
200
Flags
0 / 8192 / 0 / 0 / 0

Read from the World of Warcraft client build files: Item, ItemSparse, Lock, Holidays, AreaTable and CollectableSourceVendor.

Coin of Ancestry in WoW Classic and World of Warcraft: Forever

Coin of Ancestry is in the Classic Era game data, the era World of Warcraft: Forever is built on. Blizzard describes Forever as vanilla World of Warcraft plussed up: its story sits in year one, characters level to 60 and stay there, and it launches November 4, 2026. Blizzard has not said which vanilla items appear in Forever, so nothing here is a Forever claim; it is the Classic Era record for Coin of Ancestry next to the live retail market on this page.

Is Coin of Ancestry in World of Warcraft: Forever?
Not confirmed. Blizzard has not published Forever's item list. Coin of Ancestry is a Classic Era item and Forever is built on vanilla World of Warcraft with its story set in year one and a level 60 cap, so this page tracks it. Forever launches November 4, 2026.
What level is Coin of Ancestry in WoW Classic?
In Classic Era, Coin of Ancestry is common quality, item level 1 with no level requirement.

Read next: World of Warcraft: Forever is Classic+, launching November 4 · Classic Era page for Coin of Ancestry

WoW Forever: what our data shows

Sighted in the WoW Forever beta client
Build 1.60.1.70532, read from the beta game data we hold
Also in the Classic Era client
Yes - this item is in the Classic Era client's data too

A sighting in the beta client is a fact from our own database; the launch roster is Blizzard’s to finalize. World of Warcraft: Forever launches November 4, 2026. World of Warcraft: Forever is Classic+, launching November 4