penny4urthoughts
Valued Member
United States
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I have started a collection of birth year for each of my 3 children, and myself. I have been diagnosed with cancer and this does help pass the time. I started saving circulated coins from the years they were born and its all US coins, maybe a couple of Canadian pennies for each. I am getting together a photo bucket of coins I may trade and it isnt up yet. the years are 1991, 1994, and 1997. my year is 1969... I am afraid its mainly quarters, dimes, nickels and pennies...and a lot of them... they'll probably take their collections to the coinstar if I dont beef it up a bit and make it more of an extravagant collection. My honey always makes sure that I have plenty of coin rolls to dig through while in the treatment room. Other patients have even brought me their pocket change to dig out the years I want. I would like to get some German coins because they are half German... I try to get some game plan on how to present them, im thinking a large pickle jar filled to the rim, but if I had some from other countries, I would get blank books or notebooks and catagorize sets... maybe this could be a plan.It seems kinda silly when I think about it, but at least its the thought and effort of it that keeps me going to my treatments. I think I was healtheir before all this...Sorry I am babbling on, Thanks for at least reading! 
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Pillar Of The Community
Australia
6468 Posts |
Not much to do with coins, but in consideration of what you have indicated about yourself, you may wish to consider:
YouTube: Moonlight Sonata, mvt1, by Wilhelm Kempff. Takes about 5 minutes. Very peaceful.
Actually, I have someone close to me who is in serious dificulties, and the study of numismatics in association with your buddies here in the CCF is a great help. Study of birth year coins is an excellent approach.
The Royal Australian Mint issues a special presentation Birth Year Baby set of proof and uncirculated coins annually. They are very popular with parents who wish to give their kids a commemoration of their birth, to be kept as a family heirloom.
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Pillar Of The Community
United States
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Penny, you've got (e)mail.
My three kids are pretty much one decade younger than your three kids. They seem to be interested in coins, on and off, kinda "half-donkey". They do come along to coin shows and I give them a couple of bucks each to choose what they like.
The only thing I did for them was getting Australian lunar zodiac 1 oz. dollar coins, the year of birth for each. I'll give those for their 16th birthdays, and we see what will happen then.
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Posted 06/07/2012 05:46 am
when at hospital you need cheering up mate
