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On the other hand, I like your idea. Very similar to what we do with kids at our coin shop in Vancouver WA. Step 1: Print an 8.5" x 11" World map (landscape orientation) Step 2: Glue map to cardboard cut to size Step 3: Cut small slats into Continents/Nations on map to insert coins upright (example: Coin from Tunisia inserts into north Africa) Step 4: Repeat Step 3 for up to 30 coins The project is best viewed when placed flat or 45 ' angle on a bookshelf. DeodatusAlp2002, Finn235 less than 3 minutes, it's hands-on + this is much cheaper   |
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nwplaza- Thank you very much. What a great idea. The map adds the dimension of Social Studies and Geography. I guess the kids place the coins in the slits like the old March of Dimes cards. It also allows the teacher to follow up in lots of different ways. Maybe short little "Show and Tells" about the people, crops, flag, etc from the chosen country. Is this like a field trip to your LCS, or anytime a little one comes in to the store? I'm not sure I want to go with World coins to start, but this would be a great way to go. It could also be adapted to a US map for the ATB Quarters. Thanks for a very creative idea. Jack |
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You could make the coin boards. I suspect it would end up costing more than you want, but laser cut cardboard from Pokono is not that expensive (Bamboo is nicer). You could have them engrave the map (maybe neighboring state outlines) and then cut holes for the coins. 12 drink coaster sized items fit on a single sheet, runs about $50, but you would have to put some kind of backing on it.
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In addition to saving you time, used printed folders will also have better eye appeal for the kids. You should be able to get them for fairly cheap. Or the 2x2 idea is pretty good... you could buy 35 2x2 pages and a whole pile of 2x2's.
I agree. Any time spent on this would have a cost, which I suspect will outweigh what it would cost you to snag a wholesale lot of empty albums. Maybe you could even work something out with your LCS?
I agree!
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Hey jack316! We promote our downtown Vancouver WA coin shop as a family friendly venue and for parents to bring the kids to get them interested in the hobby. The materials for these maps are ready for kids to glue them together and they get to pick 1 free coin from our 100+lb World coin bin to get them started. It's been well received and the hope is the kids will keep us in mind as their collection grows.  |
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Thanks to all for the great ideas. I've decided to make Penny Boards, of any quality, is not realistic. I'll probably go with 2 X 2's and album pages simply because it's real easy and cheap. In the longer term, I'd really like to give nwplaza's idea a test run. Sounds like it could be put together, in bulk, fairly inexpensively, and would have eye-appeal as well.
nwplaza - You are a real credit to the hobby for the effort you expend with youngsters. Great picture of your store, by the way! I hope you have great success. Thanks for your time and effort on this project.
I'll let everyone know how it turns out. Now I just have to get off my "week-end" and get it done. Blessings to all. Jack
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You could buy a bunch of the plain blue Whitman "cent" folders, cut them into three, and then you'd have three penny "boards".
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Searcher - As the Great and Powerful Wizard of Oz once said, "Very resourceful." Ten folders would yield 30 penny boards. Still an expense to be considered. I don't really have a LCS near me, so used ones aren't readily available. I'm not sure how common the generic penny folders are (ones without date/mint marks). I use plain folders for silver Washington quarters and Kennedy halves, neither of which I actually collect by date & mint mark. It's a great idea if I could find inexpensive (read: gently used) penny folders that would solve the dilemma. I appreciate the help and, "Pay no attention to that man behind the screen!" Jack |
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I like the coin boards idea; you wouldn't want a kid stapling his little finger in the 2x2! My idea is they could start collecting something actually collectible: LWC's. You can buy them for about 2-5 cents each so that makes them cheap, yet collectible. They make great stocking stuffers, too (a plus side for the parents). The kids love them; I did. I guess they just look cool! Plus, the kids could probably trade them back and forth, too. Edited by MichioKaku
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I like the coin boards idea; you wouldn't want a kid stapling his little finger in the 2x2! True, but many of us old fogeys here made it through those dangerous times of yesteryear when 3rd graders had a metal (pointed!) compass for drawing circles, metal scissors in our desks, and were trusted to use staplers. In fact twice a day we even were aloud outdoors to play on very fast merry-go-rounds you could fall off of and very tall slides with no safety rails.  But... they do make 2X2s that require no staples. How much squash could a Sasquatch squash if a Sasquatch would squash squash? Download and read: Grading the graders Costly TPG ineptitude and No FG Kennedy halveshttps://ln5.sync.com/dl/7ca91bdd0/w...i3b-rbj9fir2 |
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