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Valued Member
United States
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Hello, All. I'm in the process of putting together an introduction to coin collecting for a group of 3rd grade students. Has anyone ever heard of a means to make an old-fashioned "Penny Board?" Does that even seem workable? I thought if I could make a bunch, say 8 1/2 X 11 inches, parents could later frame there child's "First Coin Collection." Obviously, I'd have to cut the coin ports precisely to size for the pennies to fit snugly (drill press?) (size?) Since I'm bearing the burden of cost, and an average class is 35 students, I need to find a way to leave the children with a way to begin collecting, that won't lead my family into homelessness! I thought that if I could provide the raw materials, the kids could maybe glue them together as a craft project. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. Maybe some of the "Pillars of the Community" have done such a presentation in the past. Thanks for your input, ideas, resources, etc. Jack
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That is not a good idea. It would be very time consuming. I think just go to a coin shop and pick up some used albums.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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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?
Also, what kind of collection are the students putting together? 2x2s can be had for VERY cheap when bought in bulk, which might suit your needs for this project.
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
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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. If you're set on building your own cent boards, you'd definitely want a drill press (because of all the repetition as well as the accuracy they provide) and I'd suggest a Forstner bit. Forstner bits drill nice clean holes, at least they do in wood. I'm not sure how they respond to cardboard so you'd probably want to test a copule of types of bits. Cents are 3/4" in diameter but you might want to go just a shade smaller so you get a good friction fit, so a 19mm bit would do the trick as it is 0.05mm smaller than a cent's diameter. Drill the holes on one piece of cardboard and then glue it to another undrilled piece. Voila. Not sure what you would use for cardboard but I bet there are good options at Hobby Lobby or Michael's. I think this is a great project, but how about quarters instead of pennies? With all the ATB Quarters out there (and future ones), there's a lot for the kids to find plus they can learn something about the country in which they live while putting their collections together. by the way,  ! |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Good on you for getting kids interested!
Depending on the glue - you could also have problems with it reacting with the coins. Maybe get a pack of 2X2s as suggested by Finn235 and also get maybe one hundred plastic pocketed 3-ring binder pages that hold these. Each child could be given 3 sheets as a starter. If they wanted to go further with it, their parent could always ask you where to get more pages and 2X2s. I am not sure how you are handling this, but if you went this route, they would be able to collect anything and not be limited to one denomination.
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Canada
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I think the 2×2id's the way tho go. Get them involved by making it a project of decorating the binders or something. Unless your a shop teacher that is.
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Valued Member
Canada
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Then the coins are stored properly too.
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United States
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maybe get a few cheap albums, and throughout the year, kids can bring in coins and try to fill them up, then at the end of the year, randomly raffle them off to the kids. the ones that didn't get the albums, encourage them to go start an album themselves. if you have a LCS near, maybe get cards from them and hand them out, so the kids can know were to start.
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Valued Member
 United States
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Thank you all for the great ideas. You have completely convinced me of the impractical idea of making coin boards. I can't really get the help of my LCS as the shop is not in my town and he's a little "grumpy." I love the idea of using the 2 X 2's and album pages. It's cheap, looks great, and gives the kids something to "make." You are absolutely right on the button with the flips they could collect whatever they want, and the ATB Quarter idea is the best of all. Thanks for all the input. You have all helped immensely! Jack |
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Canada
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Kudos to you Jack, I think it's a great project you are initiating with these students. I first became interested in coins around the same age (3rd grade). It was 1967 and Canada issued special coins for our Centennial. Our teacher told us about these new coins, she probably had some or maybe pictures, I can't remember. It was the first time I remember admiring a coin for it's design and voila, a coin collector was born. I kept one coin of each denomination (up to a quarter) that year and still have them today. Unfortunately I didn't have a clue about proper storage, looked at them a lot and I cleaned them  ... so they aren't MS but to me they are very special. Hopefully you'll be able to spark that interest in some your students. Good Luck. |
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United States
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Thanks, McNickel. Your post really touched my heart and brought back my own early memories. I can remember spending hours, even days, with a couple of friends pouring over our Whitman penny and nickel folders. Of course that was a long, long time ago, before cell phones, Gameboys, and gang activity became available to average kids  ! Jack |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Hey, gang activity has always been around. I've seen West Side Story  |
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United States
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hobby lobby and places like michaels do not really have anything thick enough to make work. they sell poster board but that can be expensive. Ive looked into making them myself in the past and the raw materials you need aren't around, even for a generic ones.
The 2x2 on a binder sounds like the way to go. The kids would be able to design the outside covers of them too
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Valued Member
United States
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Hey, Cascade - What are ya gonna do, "When you're Jet?" Jack |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Out of curiosity, what was the final product of this class project? You can't tell a coin forum that your class is putting together a collection without telling us what they are collecting!
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Valued Member
United States
392 Posts |
Finn235 - I haven't as yet made the presentation. I'm still putting together the concept. I thought I'd make a handout with numismatic terms that the kids could fill out during my talk (ie. obverse, reverse, mint mark, circulated, proof, etc.) I also need to buy the flips and the 20-pocket pages. I thought I'd take a mint roll of quarters and pennies to pass out as well as have the teacher request that the kids bring some pocket change on the day of the talk. I thought I'd give the ANA website out as they have lots of cool stuff for YNs. Also, the US Mint has some kid related stuff. I thought I'd make myself available to a couple of 3rd grade classes to start and see how it goes. Any ideas would be great. I need to get beyond planning mode and "Just Do it!" Part of my procrastination is that I don't really consider myself an authority. I'm just a collector. Jack |
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