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Valued Member
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Thanks for the advice guys, I guess I was already leaning toward David and Eaglefoot's suggestions. Good point David, I'd prob. be a little upset if he ended up buying a bag of chips with $20 in silver.
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United States
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Great Find $$$$
Some Banks Will Not Sell You Customer Rolls
They Bag & Send All Them In, So Someone Else Find Them
I Have Some In My Area That are That Way
I Done That One Time, But Was Not Smart Enough To Ask The Man In Front of Me, If I Could Buy Them From Him He Had a Shoe Box Full
I Was Going To Buy When I Got To The Window, And She Said She Could Not Sell Them To Me.
She Had Already Bag Them
Boatman
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Actually the gold plated Statehood Quarters are numismatic junk and not a good example for a beginner collector. I would roll those back up and take them to the bank - or use them in vending machines. If I were starting up a new collector, I would only want them to receive coins that have some potential to be collectible. |
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United States
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Nice score, dude. I'd keep that, cash in what's worthless, and give that to him.
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Valued Member
United States
426 Posts |
As long as he understands the value and isn't prone to spending it without telling you, Id still give him a silver quarter or a couple silver dimes so he can have the thrill of holding some silver and maybe keep them as the crown jewels of his collection.
I know that as a child I always felt that silver coins were more appealing then clad or copper coinage, as a child your always fascinated by "treasures" and that sort of thing so It can really help to get them started on collecting.
Edited by RealPeso
03/17/2011 7:31 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2424 Posts |
talk about being in the right place at the right time.. goodness! very nice
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Pillar of the Community
United States
759 Posts |
He's gonna be 5 !! Give him one roll of wheaties and an album and see how things go. The rest is yours or to save if he shows some real interest. Great finds.
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Valued Member
United States
247 Posts |
Coppercoins, even being junk I still think they'd be cool for a 5yr old. I'd probably wait until he's a little older before we got him started on a real collection.
OneBowl, all the wheats are his, xcept maybe the 09vdb :)
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Valued Member
United States
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I agree with OneBowl... he is 5 you never know he might not take to collecting like you. Better to give him something small, with less value. Then in 5 to 10 years if he has taken to collecting you can give him what you got that day and he will actually enjoy it and it will be a fun story.
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Valued Member
United States
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the canadian is silver
and it is more then 90% I think
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I understand what you are talking about regarding the gold plated coins, but my point was skipped.
I think it is a good idea to start them from the very beginning knowing that altered coins are not the ones to collect. That's all.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Agree with coppercoins give him everything that is genuine and, of course, explain that these are worth more than face value and should not be spent.
[one option there is to let him know that if he gets tired of the coins you will buy them back for a few times the face value]
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Valued Member
United States
247 Posts |
Coppercoins, sorry I guess I did miss your point but you're right, Although I wouldn't want to discourage him from collecting what he likes as long as he understands it'll never be worth anything :)
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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And there is something you'll always really wonder about. Just where did all those coins come from. As noted could be a massive amount of different things that made those rolls. Might have just been in cans, boxes, jars all over someone's house until they needed money. A home invasion where a coin collection was robbed. A coin collection that someone thought was just old coins.
I would have gone back to that bank and asked if there was any more of those just in case.
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United States
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If you're really serious about giving him a collection, I would start the collection at your place and he can look at them whenever he's coming over and such. He can collect and put into books etc when he is with you and you can teach him. That way when he is older you will be able to give him the collection for himself at a certain point in time when he is mature enough... my Two Cents... |
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