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cheezyfryes Valued Member United States 359 Posts	Posted 02/26/2013 1:59 pm I had several extended family members in town over the weekend to celebrate my youngest daughter's 2nd birthday, and the topic of coins came up multiple times somehow. On three separate occasions (like I said, there were a LOT of family members in town) I was asked to get out my US Type set to share. Everybody was amazed at the rich US history through our coins. "Holy cow, pennies used to be that big?" "We used to have two- and three-cent pieces?" etc... My high-school aged niece and nephew were extremely attentive and one even said "I feel like I'm getting a cool history lesson here". Love this hobby. Report this Post to the Staff

CoinsKelly Pillar of the Community United States 3453 Posts	Posted 02/26/2013 2:23 pm I find I relate a lot of the history tid bits in my noggin to coins. At a wedding, one of my cousins could not remember the year JFK was shot. I replied "Easy! 1963...his 1/2 dollar came out in 1964 and that was the last year of 90% silver coins." Yup, true story. I love this hobby as well Report this Post to the Staff
thestew Valued Member United States 202 Posts	Posted 02/26/2013 2:36 pm Those are great examples of why this hobby is so awesome. I wrote a blog about that the other day...about how 50% of why I have this hobby is so I can pass along knowledge (and maybe a few bucks) to my children and grandchildren. Very nice, cheezyfryes. Report this Post to the Staff
Dave H Pillar of the Community United States 1436 Posts	Posted 02/26/2013 2:43 pm At our coin club meeting last week, the topic of how to attract more kids was brought up. One of the suggestions was to contact the local school history teachers and volunteer to go into their classes and talk about the history of money... Report this Post to the Staff
mds308 Pillar of the Community United States 1721 Posts	Posted 02/26/2013 3:20 pm The Sacagawea came out the year I got divorced. Failed coin, failed marriage . Coincidence? You make the call. It's OK. We're still friends. Both my ex and Sacagawea. Report this Post to the Staff
SeatedNut Pillar of the Community United States 2797 Posts	Posted 02/26/2013 4:50 pm Had my grandsons over on Sunday. I'd picked up two Whitman Lincoln Cent folders for the oldest (6 yrs). We started on the 1941-70 book. I had a large bag of 40's wheaties and another from the 50's. As we filled the 43 steel slots I related the story of why steel replaced copper that year and how some copper cents were mistakenly minted. Then I asked to guess what they were worth. Five dollars was his reply. You should have seen how big his eyes got when I told him some had sold for over a million dollars. There are alot of eye-opening stories to be told to those who care to listen. I look forward to my next lesson. Report this Post to the Staff
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