My 8 Year-Old Son's Ancient/World Coin Collection [video]

So much fun!
"Super Grandfather" coin!
Always enjoy your videos.

I Genuinely enjoyed this video. Its good to see a father and son enjoying coins together.

Quite inspiring Lembafc
I have also been inspired by my father into coin collecting from an early age
For my 8th? Birthday my father built me a pirate treasure chest. Inside was a black string sealed pouch filled with world coins. You can imagine the impact on an 8 year old boy on receiving such an amazing gift. I still remember the occasion clearly.
This also encouraged me to find out more about the history of each coin. I could show my friends a coin and tell a story about it.
Now 50 years later I occasionally send my parents special coins and write about the history.
I also like to share my findings with Coin Community Forum members.

Squire

@Squire, they did not use Hangul back then like they do today. They used nearly exclusively Hanja, which is what you see on the coin, unless script had to be written in hangul. The hanja on the front of the coins is read Top-Bottom-Right-Left as Sang Pyeong Tong Bo, which is Korea's (Joseon's) first successful coin.

On the reverse at the top is the mint mark for the Charity Office as you stated and the bottom character is the character for "2" indicating this is a Dang 2 Jeon coin (also called 2 Mun)

This is great. It was my Grandfather that got me started in coin collecting. Thanks for sharing.
I have tried to use my coins as tools for learning and sharing.
The history of Korea was one of the most surprising and rewarding of my remedial studies.
Whenever I hear of people talking of conflict and aggression, I want to change their minds.
An understanding of our common wants and fears is often a good place to start.
A look at the Gutenberg printing press and a comparison to one that Koreans used much earlier was an eye opener for me.

Here is one of my favorites...
Sang Pyong Tong Bo
2 Mun
1679-1691?
Kaesong Township Military Office
Hartill #34.36A

He will be stuck with this numismatic addiction for the rest of his life. My addiction had it's beginnings at about the same age.

Don't worry ! This sort of addiction is non fatal.
You never know, he may end up learning quite a lot about World history.

I have a niece who, as a kid, was in part inspired by my collection of Roman coins.

She went to university and studied ancient history.

Now, she has a pHd in Roman sociology.

In a few months, I will be attending her wedding in Rome.

That is pretty awesome!



I have considered getting all of our ancients 1) slabbed or 2) put in air tight capsules. But we have a lot of them lol