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A while back I posted about a box I found full of 1940s and 1950s coins. Now that I have sorted through them for varieties and nice grades I have two ziploc bags full of 1940 and 1950 pennies, what should I do with them? I can't seem to allow myself to toss them back into the wild...
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Nevalite,
You can always donate them. The CCF seeks such donations to pass out to young numismatists.
If there is a major show in Canada that has a similar program that would also be fine.
Last September I put a bunch of US nickels into a small bag and offered to each kid the opportunity to pick one out.
They were all quite happy to do so, and the parents were happy too.
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Canada
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I think we all need to do something to encourage the next generation of collectors.
Giving out a nice storage album, plus a starter group of coins, would be a great promotion.
Does anything like this happen in Canada?
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Canada
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That is a great suggestion. I second it.
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I don't know if anything like that happens in Canada, I am a relatively new collector myself. I would have no problem donating these coins if something like this does exist.
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Canada
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jakedacc collects Georges :)
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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Give them to a new collector, a young fellow just starting out.  I had a folder with Canada small cents I passed on to a young girl 9 years old the other day. Edited by SHAFTA9a
10/27/2012 4:14 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I have asked the CCF moderators to provide an address for donations.
If we do not encourage the young generation, who will buy our coins in our old age?
The next, big give-away will be in Orlando, Florida this upcoming January.
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Thanks for the heads up matthew and Nevalite. We can absolutely use these coins at the upcoming FUN show in Orlando. I'll let Dad and Mom know :)
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I say, why not instill the awe of older coins to the youngsters?
To us, they may mean little, but to a kid, a coin which is even only 60 years old is ANCIENT! (Much like grandpa and grandma!)
Thanks, vermontensium, I have nothing to give but I can encourage others to so do.
Edited by matthewvincent
10/27/2012 6:23 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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Vermontensium... I picked up a few 1985 Canada fifty cents from the bank not long ago, would CCF be interested in taking them? The bank saves all the nickel stuff for me..  |
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tell me where to send some stuff..I have a few older Whitman albums for Canadian coins and some have a few coins in them ..Also I will add as many as I can find too help fill the books......
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Canada
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Is some American kid going to care about Canadian coins?
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Have you checked them all for doubled date varieties (Zoell varieties)? The 1-cent coins from the 1940s and 1950s are perfect for hunting for those....
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Is some American kid going to care about Canadian coins? What kid wouldn't? I absolutely *hoarded* Canadian coins as a kid. Any I could get my hands on went straight to my little metal bank, where I would take them out occasionally and boggle at the pretty designs. (I didn't know anything about keeping them nice back then. Any youngsters who get coins from CCF will probably be that much more ahead since they'll be in 2x2's!) |
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Posted 10/27/2012 3:42 pm
