Strange Coin

"This unusual coin is warm to the touch and vibrates gently in your hand."

- In-game description Strange Coins are used to purchase powerful loot from Xûr, Agent of the Nine.

How to obtain
Strange Coins can be obtained through a variety of methods:


 * Complete the Scourge of Winter story mission for the first time (once per character)
 * Complete Public Events (random chance)
 * Complete Strikes (random chance)
 * Complete the Weekly Heroic Strike (guaranteed, once per character, set of 3/6/9 depending on difficulty)
 * Complete the Nightfall Strike (random chance, once per character, set of 12)
 * Complete matches in the Crucible (random chance)
 * Dropped from loot chests (random chance)
 * Rewarded from Decoherent (Blue) Engrams and greater (random chance beginning at level 18)
 * Opening the 4th Golden Chest on Mars (once per character)

List of appearances

 * Destiny