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So, it seems like I had to be the commander at a "forced labor camp" to get her to stick with it, or even begin it in the first place, and "grumblings" about not being a coin collector, not liking coins like I do, this is boring, my eyes hurt, etc., etc., etc....  BUT I saw to it that she went through a box of nickels for the 3 folders which encompass her Jefferson nickel set. She filled ALL but 8 coins in the end. I let her search my Silver War Nickel coin tubes for those....and I had culled some "pre-60's" for her to look through as well. I told her that she will appreciate this forced torturous effort someday when she's a Grandma and can interest her grandkids with it....sigh...I fear it's lost on her though...lol All I can do is try to get it completed before I have to leave all of my earthy possessions behind...  At 11 years old, she just does not have the interest, obsession, or passion for coins.... But maybe someday....  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Unfortunately most kids have no interest in coins other than to spend them. Too many daily distractions with smart phones and computer games.
Most collectors have it in their blood, you either have it or you don't.
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Good effort and time with the family. Maybe amp it up a little if she wasn't totally in to it (yet). Find out what she is interested in. Somebody collects everything and everybody collects something I always say. Start a small ebay store and sell those things she is interested in and some coins together. When you make your first $X in profit, take her to an activity of her choice so she can understand that you have to work to buy her the things you give her, just like all adults do in theory anyway. Teach her about business, entrepreneurship, coins, and that she can make money out of something she collects / loves. She learns that before she is 18 and she is way ahead of the game, might appreciate coins more too that way. Either way great effort and I hope good times were had. |
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Eaglefoot - A nice magnifying glass might be helpful.
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I have 3 Granddaughter's that collect at varying degrees of enthusiasm, Their ages are 10,12 and 14. A few years ago I bought a 10 kilo bag of foreign coins and divided these up amongst all the Grandkids that were 8 and over as additions to their Christmas presents that year, I had about 15 grandkids then and about 7-8 of them were over 8yrs old I now have a total of 19 all up. Out of the 3 that are still interested the 12 year old is by far the most enthusiastic and every time She visits I am sweet talked out of many coins and supplies, if anyone could look into her big blue eyes and say NO then you are a better Man than me Gungadin  I haven't tried to force or cajole any of them into collecting, All I have done is to give them all the same opportunities to be able to do so. |
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Bedrock of the Community
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I have to wonder ..
What if someone came up with a video game that was coin
related. The new craze about finding some Pokemon thing.
Be nice to have a type set video game .. having to fill
all the empty holes with key date coins.
I am sure it would take someone more creative than me ..
But it would have to be at least as interesting as
some of the games I hear about.
Once the younger generation was hooked on the game ..
Maybe they would show some interest in real coin
collecting.
Just a thought
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Well, nice try. But I think the CCF itself demonstrates that there are, in fact, many young folks still coming into the hobby.
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Rest in Peace
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At 11 years old, she just does not have the interest, obsession, or passion for coins.... Being a retired Middle School teacher IMHO, most middle school kids are not into the details. There is too much going on with their physical, social and mental development that they are trying to figure out. Not that they do not care but, they do at a different level than Grandpa. Growing up one of my moms sisters husband gave us a silver dollar when he visited. This was in the late 50's little did we know about silver value but, we sure knew how to spend it at the candy store. To this day my five siblings remember this. Maybe you could pull out some coins that they do not see ie Kennedy,SBA's Sac dollars, or Gold President dollars.and give them to them. That way they can learn and SPEND the coins Grampa gave them. |
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1. I have many magnification instruments that she uses or can use. 2. I've had her doing the Presidential dollars in folders too. As well as Sacagawea's and the 50 state qtrs. I've not had her "spending" these coins though, except a few times paying her allowance in spend able President dollars and Sacs, or Kennedy's... (but she says "I prefer paper Dad"...)lol. 3. She does get alot of lessons in earning money, saving money, and how and when to spend it wisely. She does have an entrepreneur spirit in many ways, but I agree that I think there are so many distractions these days with IPads, phones, other hobbies, etc., that their interests are many and fleeting. Regardless, I really want her to accomplish some things in coin collecting that she may not even appreciate until many years after I'm dead. She would be like..."I put that together with my dad's help, and I'm gonna show my grandkids that this is I did, and show them MY dad's coins that HE worked so hard on." Steering them to do things now that won't be truly appreciated until much later. Though along the way in this path, one never knows when it might stick. Edited by eaglefoot
07/25/2016 11:16 pm
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All you can do is try and hope for the best. In the end, no matter the outcome, it is time well spent.
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So, it seems like I had to be the commander at a "forced labor camp" to get her to stick with it, or even begin it in the first place, and "grumblings" about not being a coin collector, not liking coins like I do, this is boring, my eyes hurt, etc., etc., etc.... Quote:
All I can do is try to get it completed before I have to leave all of my earthy possessions behind...
At 11 years old, she just does not have the interest, obsession, or passion for coins....
But maybe someday.... Congratulations, you have probably stamped out any potential future interest in coin collecting with this child. Collectors are not "made" they just are. Expose them to coin collecting, help if they show interest, but if they don't forcing them to go through the motions will almost certainly turn them against it. It will not be something they remember in the future with fondness, spending time with Dad and finding all these neat things. It will be remembered with unpleasantness as "forced labor" being made to do something they didn't want to or enjoy doing. Why would they want to start doing THAT again? Edited by Conder101
07/26/2016 12:10 pm
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, well....perhaps I've made embellishments with some extra descriptive adjectives here. But she shows her existing coins to her friends with pride all the time. She's even had fun asking them to help her sometimes and they have fun doing the coin "project". But coins are not "hip or cool" with her friends for the most part, and she wants to be both. I know my child...lol...and I've "stamped out" nothing, but I see where I could have made it look that way. I HAVE FAITH & HOPE !Making the child finish a project...any project. Work in the garden when they'd rather play. Shut off the IPAD or phone and do something I think is more constructive Making the child play an instrument. Making the kid stick with volleyball or basketball Making the kid continue with martial arts for years.. Doing chores regularly with a reward for good work. Homework... Exposing them to potential in many varied ideas, things, hobbies, etc, that they complain and grumble about and don't want to do. Kids often start things and lose interest, too, but "stern guidance" DOES produce longterm appreciated results, quite often, I believe, and with coins, it's just a tiny little thing in all the stuff parents "encourage" their children to do. I wish my parents had pushed me towards certain things when I didn't want to do things.... Sometimes you stick with it, you don't just quit...give up.... ...good results in the end...a sense of accomplishment...education...history...patience...perseverance. ...and about 45 other lessons come with seeing to it her Jeffersons got done. It's all good bro...  Edited by eaglefoot
07/26/2016 1:16 pm
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I think a lot will depend on if she has a collector personality or not. I got into coin collecting somewhere around age 10 and before that I would get obsessive about getting complete collections of certain toys (I'm a kid of the 80s so Transformers, GI Joe, etc.). Helping to cultivate an interest will work if that personality trait is there. If not it won't do much good. My girlfriend has no interest in collections of any type. She simply doesn't have the patience for this sort of thing and doesn't have the attention for (this kind of) detail needed. Also keep in mind that kids that young have no real sense of them ever being anything but kids. So suggesting she can show it to her kids, much less her grandkids, is a completely alien idea. Give it some more years and see what happens.
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