Careful What You Give The Kids To Look After,

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001JoycesCoins New Member United Kingdom 2 Posts	Posted 10/19/2007 08:17 am Coins in a moment, a cautionary tale to begin. Many years ago, I gave my 8 year old son some of my stamp collection, so that he could begin his own. Among them were a dozen British penny reds from the mid to later 1800's, relativley available I know, but they were in excellent condition nonetheless. He brought his album home from the stamp club at school one day and a myriad of colourful stamps fell out of it as he put it down. There were stamps from everywhere, Indonesia, India, Africa, Eastern Europe. And lovely as they all looked, none of them were of any great worth. I asked my son where they had come from. He replied 'i swapped them for 6 of those old red ones... These are much nicer, Mum, don't you think?' There's a lesson here, if ever there was. Bye for now, Joyce. Edited by 001JoycesCoins 10/19/2007 12:41 pm Report this Post to the Staff

just carl Bedrock of the Community United States 20753 Posts	Posted 10/19/2007 1:44 pm Sorry. But although things like this happen, you should have started teaching stamp and coin values a lot sooner. I know it hurts but better to have it happen with a little rather than a really biggy. He could have swaped the entire collection for some candy bars or gum. The lesson is education in values of anything. Report this Post to the Staff
gatzdon Valued Member United States 280 Posts	Posted 10/19/2007 2:00 pm Hope you weren't too hard on your son then, because this what collecting was all about. To your son, he got an awesome deal. He got rid of 6 stamps he didn't care for in exchange for a whole bunch of stamps that he hopefully enjoyed sorting. The only thing your son needed to learn was they he could have gotten even more of those new stamps elsewhere (or gotten the same amount for even just one of those "boring" stamps. Hope it turned into a learning lesson for him that he needs to have done his research ahead of time to make sure he gets the best deal possible. Report this Post to the Staff
just carl Bedrock of the Community United States 20753 Posts	Posted 10/20/2007 12:01 pm I agree with everything gatzdon said. For sure don't blame him for doing what he thought was a great deal. Report this Post to the Staff
Gary Burke Rest in Peace United States 3730 Posts	Posted 10/20/2007 6:28 pm I certainly agree, and would add that I'm happy for you that the loss in value wasn't too great. Report this Post to the Staff
TSmith3510 Valued Member United States 455 Posts	Posted 10/20/2007 11:42 pm I suspect the value of this lesson is lost to an 8 year old kid though. We've all made silly trades or paid too much for certain items. It hurts to see our kids taken advantage of though. Report this Post to the Staff
t360 Pillar of the Community United States 2703 Posts	Posted 10/21/2007 1:47 pm The story reminded me about how H. E. Harris traded some of his grandfather's old stamps for some "flashy French colonials" as a schoolboy. When he later found out that he had traded valuable stamps for worthless ones, he vowed never to let it happen again. He started his own stamp company as a teenager and with some shrewd business deals he became quite successful. Report this Post to the Staff
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