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What Would You Do With This Half Penny (Or Any Other Coin You No Longer Want)?

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 Posted 06/25/2024  7:12 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Ynnad to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I only bought it for the sole purpose of making some random child happy for a little while. And maybe inspire he or she to become a coin collector. Of course, now days it's best not to approach or interact with any child you don't know.
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 Posted 06/26/2024  11:14 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add jbuck to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Maybe keep it in your pocket until a random encounter presents an opportunity to reward a child for an act of kindness?
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 Posted 06/30/2024  7:03 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Ynnad to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I left it in the treehouse/playground at the Audubon Center at about eye-level for a six-year old. Since the parents at this particular locale would probably insist that a child take it to the lost and found, I put a sticker on it that said, "If you find this you can keep it." It was still there 24 hours later but I'm sure it will be gone soon.

I will probably go back to the local coin store next week and buy a handful of cool looking coins out of the junk box just to leave laying around to inspire new coin collectors. Who wants to join me in this campaign?
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 Posted 06/30/2024  7:08 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Coinfrog to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
We have a local coin club, so I regularly donate there.
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 Posted 06/30/2024  8:57 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add MrPink2018 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
just a thought:

maybe find where there's a child (or any number of children) who won't get much of a Christmas. I'm sure there are organizations you could contact for that.
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 Posted 06/30/2024  10:42 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Cdncoins to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
A number of coin shows have giveaways for kids. I know both the ANA and RCNA set up tables for kids. I have donated to those in the past and have been gathering some more to donate again. Last year I did a presentation on coins at the local school my kids attend. I let everyone in the class pick a couple coins from a bag I had at the end. They were mainly old Canadian nickels that I purchased for face value, but also put in a few pre-67 silver coins as well.
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