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 Posted 03/18/2011  12:48 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add coppercoins to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I understand what you are talking about regarding the gold plated coins, but my point was skipped.

I think it is a good idea to start them from the very beginning knowing that altered coins are not the ones to collect. That's all.
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 Posted 03/18/2011  01:05 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add fenton to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Agree with coppercoins give him everything that is genuine and, of course, explain that these are worth more than face value and should not be spent.

[one option there is to let him know that if he gets tired of the coins you will buy them back for a few times the face value]
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 Posted 03/18/2011  02:19 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Bluntedbobylon to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Coppercoins, sorry I guess I did miss your point but you're right, Although I wouldn't want to discourage him from collecting what he likes as long as he understands it'll never be worth anything :)
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 Posted 03/19/2011  7:50 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add just carl to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
And there is something you'll always really wonder about. Just where did all those coins come from. As noted could be a massive amount of different things that made those rolls. Might have just been in cans, boxes, jars all over someone's house until they needed money. A home invasion where a coin collection was robbed. A coin collection that someone thought was just old coins.
I would have gone back to that bank and asked if there was any more of those just in case.
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 Posted 03/19/2011  9:26 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Newbismatic to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
If you're really serious about giving him a collection, I would start the collection at your place and he can look at them whenever he's coming over and such. He can collect and put into books etc when he is with you and you can teach him. That way when he is older you will be able to give him the collection for himself at a certain point in time when he is mature enough... my Two Cents...
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