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New Member
United States
28 Posts |
i am new to coin collecting I started in june of this year and it has been a very fun hobby. I am wanting to start a collection for my sons birthday he will be 5. I cannot decide which way to go I was thinking of starting him out on Roosevelt dimes I am thinking the year of 1955 to start. any input from the seasoned veterans would be very helpful. I have to purchase the coins tomarrow.....nothing like a little procrastination thanks charlie |
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Moderator
 United States
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First  to CCF. Does your son show any interest in any particular domination? May I suggest you start out putting together a birth year set for/with your son.
John1 
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New Member
 United States
28 Posts |
yes he shows intrest in whatever I am working on at the time. I did purchase a mint set of 2005 at an auction last week
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
3692 Posts |
I've seen kids have fun at the bargain bins. Take them to one of those and I guarantee you they'll pick out some winners. You have tou give kids a good variety. Limit them and you're just making the choices for them. It's all about choice.
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
1040 Posts |
My oldest son is five and I can't get him to work on a set. His reason being that he 'already has that one'. Just because it has a different date doesn't mean anything to him at he moment. I take him to my local coin dealer, who gives him a box, and he sits on the floor going thorough the world coin bin for ages while I am doing whatever I need to at the store. He comes home with a bunch of coins that he puts into his album and we have both had a great time.
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New Member
United States
28 Posts |
thank you for the suggestions and I will take him to the either the pawn shop or the coin shop and let him pick out the coins he wants. you are all right on about it being about choices for them and as time goes on he will figure out where his collection will go
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New Member
United States
44 Posts |
my 5 year old is working on an Eisenhower collection. He really like the large size and it is inexpensive for me.
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Valued Member
United States
450 Posts |
All children are different , I could not get my daughter interested in older U.S. coins to save my life. I picked up a can of about 200 foreign coins and she loved them !
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Pillar of the Community
United States
581 Posts |
My first suggestion is birth year set Proofs (silver and clad) mints sets...to start. Then pick up a whitman or Dansco book for State Quarters, and a few rolls of quarters from the bank to search through The quarters are great for educational purposes as well as a collctor value...and as something that the two of you can work on together. My 7yr old daughter and I are sortingquarters now. |
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Valued Member
United States
294 Posts |
My 2 (almost 3) y/o granddaughter loves to sit and help me sort and examine coins. She's even getting better at putting them in 2x2s. I've been saving wheat pennies and nickels when for when she gets older and continues an interest, albeit with a better understanding of what she's looking at. I also have some older Whitman folders for her to start putting coins into. I have purchased mint and proof sets for her, and started buying Silver Eagles for her beginning with the year she was born, hoping to build her a set with one for each year I'm here.
On a lighter note, she loves to examine coins with a loupe. She puts the loupe to one eye, and the coin up to the other one. She gets a real serious look on her face when she does this. Funny as heck.
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New Member
United States
28 Posts |
everyone has great advice. I have a box of forgien coins that I let him look at and I put all of the canadian coins in there that I get. I was at the pawn shop todaY AND ASKED ABOUT THE CALDRON OF COINS ON THE COUNTER. HE SAID 7 BUCKS A POUND SO I WILL PROLLY TAKE HIM IN THERE AND LET HIM PICK OUT WHAT HE WANTS
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Valued Member
United States
450 Posts |
Young Kids go by what appeals to them, not what's worth the most.
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