Family Coin Collecting And Searching

First of all to the forums. A dansco is a nice quality album to keep your coins same in. I would go with that. You can see the reverse and obverse of the coin (front and back.) I would go with that because that way you don't have to worry about your kids fingerprints or anything in that matter. I suggest Statehood Quarters if you want a set. They are in almost every dollar in quarters you get and won't take long to complete. Boxes of quarters come in a bulk of $500.00 at the bank. If you don't want to do that I suggest cents. lincolns are good to find and are not hard at all. they come in boxes of $25. I am no expert no where near an expert but we try to help out each other so feel welcomed. Everyone I know on here is extremely nice and know a lot about coins. I hope this helps!
Best wishes!
Andrew

For me State/Territory/Parks quarters are my favorite modern coin. I would say most can be found
in circulation. But it can be hard getting the different mint marks (P and D) in some parts of the country.
But the ones you may not find can still be bought cheap, 50 to 75 cents each.

Also a favorite is Jefferson nickels. If your lucky you could find most, or all in circulation.
If not, again circulated examples of the hard ones are not to high of price.

It is nice to start sets with kids, that you will have a chance to finish.
So do not start off with the hard ones that have rare high priced coins.
Like Lincoln wheat cents, 1909 S vdb, 1909 S, 1914 D and 1922 no D are
coins that many of us take many years to acquire.

With the quarter or nickel sets, I think you can set a goal, collect as a family,
and complete the sets. This is a good learning experience.

And another benefit of say the State Quarter, is you can learn a lot.
The history of the states. You can go into, when they became states.
If you do a coin map set, kids can learn where each state is.

Maybe peek their interest to learn more on their own.

Welcome to the forum!

I love copper coins, so my view may be a little biased....

A date and mintmark (not including any varieties) set of Lincoln cents from 1959 and onward can be completed simply by searching rolls. It might take a little while to find a couple of the dates, but they are out there. A whole box of pennies (50 rolls) is only $25 face value, so you can get a lot of rolls without having to tie up a bunch of money. In contrast, 50 rolls of quarters is $500.

What are the ages of your kids? I found my granddaughter (3 y/o) is very interested in helping me with my collection. Not sure if it's the "money" or just helping pap-pap, but if I think about working on my collection, she's right there. I also have a coworker whose son (11 y/o) became interested in coin collecting. The State Quarters are what got him started. He is putting together a set from pocket change. State Quarters are a good start, as you look for more than just a date and mint mark. Lincoln cents and Jefferson nickels are cheap. Like previously stated, you can find most of the modern stuff in pocket change. Roll-searching can be a fun way to occupy an afternoon.