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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Get a cheap bulk lot of foreign coins.
Heaps of different sizes and colours in these and they are cheap as chips to get.
Whatever you do wash them first, when my kids were that age they put anything like that straight in their mouths.
Circulated coins are pretty grotty and they could have been anywhere.
I did this for my grandkids, Now they have more coins than I do
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Valued Member
United States
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My grandson got hooked after going to a coin show. He now searches rolls after I bought him several Whitman folders. Started with pennies and now we are up to quarters.
Good luck and enjoy the time together. By the way, kids love the toned coins "cause they are different".
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I find thematic collections are most enjoyed. One grandaughter likes cats (no shortage), while another collects
flowers & trees. The boys are critter lovers, with many 3-ring binders with pocket pages holding 2x2s. I've found this to be the best album for kids. Also, transportation tokens hold their interest. Sometimes for a lifetime.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Some things to remember is kids have a short attention span. What they like now vanishes in a few minutes almost. If you push a subject on them to fast and to much, it sometimes works in reverse and they end up not wanting to do that at all. Also, at that 5 year bracket most kids like a varience in colors and objects. Brownish colors ane not appealing to kids usually and a Dansco Album is just that. Although one of the best, also a boring color for kids. Intercept Shield, Littleton, Whitman Albums are Green and/or Blue and more appealing to kids. Possibly why kids like those horrible Folders so much. Most are Whitman and Blue. Kids have great eye sights and looking through bulk amounts of coins is sometimes fun and sometimes just boring. A large pile of pennies could make for some fun attempting to find what is needed for a collection. Almost all kids like pennies (cents for those sensitive to names) Eventually try to see if a child is interested in a book on coins. The Red Book has lots of pictures so makes it easy for a kid to look through. Also, as their interests increase they may start asking what all those numbers in the book means so as they learn coins, they also learn numbers. Ask friends and relatives if they have any jars, cans, containers of coins your child can look though too. |
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United States
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Get your son the State Quarter album that opens up to the map of the US. Get some rolls from circulation at the bank and let your son look for the quarter and match it to the state. Go through two rolls and the put it away, repeat next week. It may become something he looks forward to on an early Saturday/Sunday/Rainy day morning. Those you cannot find, ask friends and take him to a local dealer/coin show. KK |
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United States
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Or maybe people on here will have some spares!
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Valued Member
United States
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One of the things that got me onto the fast track on coins, was the Whitman blue folders. If you do one from each denomination of circulated coins, its easy enough for him to search through change to fill them up. It will give him a sense of accomplishment to be able to see what he has left to do. The Whitmans are not as expensive as the Dansco's, so if he loses interest, you're not out as much. If he doesn't lose interest, then maybe buy him a Dansco for birthday and Christmas, and it will even be more fun for him to transfer to the more expensive album. I would think that if you tried to do Park Quarters, or Presidential dollars as a primary album, it might be discouraging for him, because there aren't a lot out there, and they are few and far between. Quote:
Or maybe people on here will have some spares! If you are interested in a State Quarter map, I might have a spare one at the house, that I could send you. I don't remember what happened to my nephew's when he switched to Dansco. |
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 United States
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I like the idea of a Statehood Quarter or Presidential album. Just my opinion, but go with Dansco album. Years from now it may be more appreciated than a colourful "kids" album. I also believe this may help him to focus on the coins and not the album. |
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Valued Member
 United States
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Thank's for suggestions guys, I ended up buying him two Whitman folders, one with Lincoln cents 1971-2009 and another one with State Quarters. He completed already about 90% of the cents folder and is very proud of this  I will have to buy him also folders for dimes and nickels so he can search more coins in everyday change. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The Dansco ATB album has info about each design, which is cool. I think the Dansco Presidential dollar may be the same way. |
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Canada
695 Posts |
My grandson is 10 and has been collecting coins for about a couple of years now. I started him off with a lb of mixed world coins from a local coin shop and he was fascinated by the shapes, designs and toning. We also talk together about which countries the coins had come from and the history behind them. This, he tells me, has helped him at school on more than one occasion. His collection has little value - except to him - and is kept in an inexpensive binder with pocket pages holding 2 x 2's. He sees my enthusiasm for coin collecting but I try not to overwhelm him with it as he balances his own interest with participation in many other activities.
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New Member
United States
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My son {age 5} found one of my empty Whitman recent dime folders and wanted to start "his" collection with that. That's what we did using just pocket change. Then we continued with cents with a Whitman folder too. Just pocket change collecting for him. Nothing valuable because he has a habit of popping all those coins out. I'm able to work in some math like counting, etc so I sneak in a little education during fun time. He also loves playing with my unsorted bag of world coins too. Admiring all the designs and shapes and again I'm able to work in a little education during play time. We discuss the country of the coin and I point out where it's located in my world atlas. Now that I think about it, I've snuck in a little education on myself too! Ha Ha
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08/16/2011 11:50 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
20753 Posts |
Although a Dansco Album is made well I still think for a 5 year old, just not appealing. Those Blue Folders by Whitman are great for kids since they can fill them easily and don't have to push or pull out any plastic slides. At 5 a kid would just leave them out completely. And if a kid continues with collecting, a Whitman Album could be a simple update for them and fit right in with the Folders. Same size and color. Although coins should be the main subject, to a kid of that age area colors and such are also important.
As always the main problem for kids with those Folders are well worn coins tend to fall out. Most kids somehow figure out by wetting the rear of a coin it will activate the glue in the slot and make those type of coins stay in place.
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Moderator
United States
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Just Carl is right, so I have to retract my previous suggestion to go with a Dansco now (I am always thinking long term). I stated with Whitman folders and they were great fun for a few years. I eventually moved to albums, so there is good reason to think these kids might do the same.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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My 5-year-old (now 6) started off collecting the State Quarters. I then got him low grade examples of some classic U.S. coins no longer seen in circulation (IHP, Liberty nickel, Ike, steel penny, etc.) Basically, stuff he can show his friends without worrying too much about it getting lost or stolen. I'd get him some silver coins as well, but not at today's prices! |
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