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Valued Member
United States
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So I have recently started collecting for my son, because my grandpa did it for me when I was young. Now I have of course been collecting wheat pennies, and now pennies from 1958-1981 because of the copper content. What years and younger nickles, dimes and quarters should I be looking for. For example should I look at quarters only older than 1980 or 1970? The only thing ive been collecting of those is the new nickle(keelboat, handshake, buffalo, etc..) Any advise would be great, thanks in advance!
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You should really collect what you like. There isn't really a certain year set to be working within, unless that's what you want. For quarters, I'm going to assume that you're talking about the Washington quarters. Pre-1964 quarters were made from 90% silver. IMO, the easiest and cheapest set to complete is the Jefferson nickel collection, since it hasn't changed designs (until the last 2 years) for about 70 years, and you can still find most if not all of the nickels you will need in circulation and bank rolls. You could also collect Buffalo nickels, Mercury dimes, morgans, the list goes on forever. I'd suggest you visit a coin shop and see which coins attract your eye, and go from there. |
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United States
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Hi and Welcome.  I think collecting with your kids is great. I did with my dad. Not till I was in my 30's thou. 3 of my boys would take my coins and spend them. I have 1 who seems to want to learn. He is 8 and likes quarters. I seperate my change into plastic coffee canisters and when we have a bunch of quarters we go thru them. We need to pick up an inexpensive whitman folder and loupe and just see how many holes we can fill. I guess we can compare which coin is nicer as we get duplicates. Things going a bit slow or you want to spice it up a bit salt the canister with a circulated coin from a local coin shop. Even as an adult I treasure the time spent at the kitchen table looking at purchases from coin shows or discussing articles from a coin papper. How old is your son? |
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joeyuk what folders are you looking for
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yeah does anyone have any extra holders for cheap?
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Collecting with family is definitely fun - but I would suggest a trip to a coin shop with a "Junk Box" - a simple and cheap collection of World coins can be a lot of fun and educational as well.
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United States
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I keep 1982 and 1983 nickels, dimes, and quarters that are not in too bad of shape. The reason is the US mint did not issue any regular mint sets in those years. They did sell some souvenir sets from the Denver and Philadelphia mint gift shops, but they are kinda scarce.
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United States
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Hey Jim. Right now just the Statehood Quarters, eventually go back to '64. Searching for them in circ. brings back part of the hobby you don't get with a credit card, a slab and e-bay. |
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My son is 14 and my daughter is 17 and the only interest they have in coins is spending them. I love them despite this shortcoming. |
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Welcome!!
Trading with children is great.
All three of our kids now collect, and all three have their two children collecting. So, we have three kids and six grandkids involved.
Talking coins with them, and giving them coins, is a real delight.
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Rest in Peace
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Great to see you passing the "torch" along. I have been collecting with my Daughter for many years. There are many ways to approach collecting. Show your son some pictures of various coins andsee if any catch his attention. Then determine if you want to collect for investment, historical perspective,beauty or a combination of all of them. You will have a lot of fun hunting down and studying your coins with your child. Best of luck!!!!.... Mike P.S. Lincolns,wheatbacks in particular are a great place to start. Many of us started on them and I still love them...... |
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Originally posted by smithnick0
So I have recently started collecting for my son, because my grandpa did it for me when I was young. Now I have of course been collecting wheat pennies, and now pennies from 1958-1981 because of the copper content. What years and younger nickles, dimes and quarters should I be looking for. For example should I look at quarters only older than 1980 or 1970? The only thing ive been collecting of those is the new nickle(keelboat, handshake, buffalo, etc..) Any advise would be great, thanks in advance!
Hi smithnickO Welcome to the forum !! a good resource for looking at coins is the RedBook, these can be found at many book stores and even Wal-mart sometimes carry them,, This book has info as well as pictures of all of the US coins. Very in expensive also for the amount of info inside. by the way Look to the left of the forum pages there is a wealth of info to be found in the links and pages there also . Rick |
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