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Valued Member
United States
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My soon to be 5 son is interested in coins since he was 2. He loves to watch my coins and recently when looking at my Dansco albums he asked me to buy him one of those so he can collect his coins. I think he is old enough to has his own small collection, nothing expensive but maybe Presidential dollars or Park Quarters, something that he can keep in his room. So I was wondering if any of you guys have small kids 4 or 5 that have their own small collections. And what is the best way to do it. I know that a lot of peoples buy folders for their kids, but I don't like those since you can't watch both sides of the coin. So what's the next best thing for small kid ? Dansco is nice but maybe something more colorful would be better ? So far after browsing the internet I found couple options: - Dansco album - HE Harris frosty cases - Cornerstone albums (looks more appealing than Dansco) - SuperSafe albums Post yours opinions guys, whats the best way to start his collection and which series will be the best for small kid. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
651 Posts |
you should also visit or attend your local coin club. Kids usually have some luck in getting some free stuff. try it.
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Valued Member
United States
123 Posts |
What about getting them started with a proof set from their birth year? I would just do the blue Whitman books and let your son take the quarters out and put them back in. He should enjoy playing and inspecting and organizing, and the coin should capture his interest enough without needing colorful fancy holders! Then I like your idea about the America the Beautiful Quarters. Actually, I'd buy a pennies, nickel, dime, and quarter book and let him do all from circulation. I don't think I'd mess with Presidential dollars for a little while. |
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Valued Member
 United States
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Reason I was thinking about Presidential dollars or America the Beautiful Quarters and not dimes or pennies is that he is to young to understand dates and mint marks and in those two series each coin has a different obverse or reverse making them more interesting to look at for small kid. |
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Valued Member
Australia
278 Posts |
Well if he is after Australian coins we could do swaps
that is once we both have the correct post count to do so....
I like looking at other countries coins.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I gave my nephew a few cheap albums of common coins. Clad dimes, Jefferson nickels, and State Quarters. I think kids like to take them out, put them in, handel them, count them, get more shiny ones. Generally play with them, thus the folders. I also give him nicer stuff in 2x2's every once in a while. He really loves those, common IHC's, Liberty nicks, nice presidental dollars. |
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Get a cheap bulk lot of foreign coins.
Heaps of different sizes and colours in these and they are cheap as chips to get.
Whatever you do wash them first, when my kids were that age they put anything like that straight in their mouths.
Circulated coins are pretty grotty and they could have been anywhere.
I did this for my grandkids, Now they have more coins than I do
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Valued Member
United States
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My grandson got hooked after going to a coin show. He now searches rolls after I bought him several Whitman folders. Started with pennies and now we are up to quarters.
Good luck and enjoy the time together. By the way, kids love the toned coins "cause they are different".
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I find thematic collections are most enjoyed. One grandaughter likes cats (no shortage), while another collects
flowers & trees. The boys are critter lovers, with many 3-ring binders with pocket pages holding 2x2s. I've found this to be the best album for kids. Also, transportation tokens hold their interest. Sometimes for a lifetime.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Some things to remember is kids have a short attention span. What they like now vanishes in a few minutes almost. If you push a subject on them to fast and to much, it sometimes works in reverse and they end up not wanting to do that at all. Also, at that 5 year bracket most kids like a varience in colors and objects. Brownish colors ane not appealing to kids usually and a Dansco Album is just that. Although one of the best, also a boring color for kids. Intercept Shield, Littleton, Whitman Albums are Green and/or Blue and more appealing to kids. Possibly why kids like those horrible Folders so much. Most are Whitman and Blue. Kids have great eye sights and looking through bulk amounts of coins is sometimes fun and sometimes just boring. A large pile of pennies could make for some fun attempting to find what is needed for a collection. Almost all kids like pennies (cents for those sensitive to names) Eventually try to see if a child is interested in a book on coins. The Red Book has lots of pictures so makes it easy for a kid to look through. Also, as their interests increase they may start asking what all those numbers in the book means so as they learn coins, they also learn numbers. Ask friends and relatives if they have any jars, cans, containers of coins your child can look though too. |
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United States
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Get your son the State Quarter album that opens up to the map of the US. Get some rolls from circulation at the bank and let your son look for the quarter and match it to the state. Go through two rolls and the put it away, repeat next week. It may become something he looks forward to on an early Saturday/Sunday/Rainy day morning. Those you cannot find, ask friends and take him to a local dealer/coin show. KK |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Or maybe people on here will have some spares!
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Valued Member
United States
266 Posts |
One of the things that got me onto the fast track on coins, was the Whitman blue folders. If you do one from each denomination of circulated coins, its easy enough for him to search through change to fill them up. It will give him a sense of accomplishment to be able to see what he has left to do. The Whitmans are not as expensive as the Dansco's, so if he loses interest, you're not out as much. If he doesn't lose interest, then maybe buy him a Dansco for birthday and Christmas, and it will even be more fun for him to transfer to the more expensive album. I would think that if you tried to do Park Quarters, or Presidential dollars as a primary album, it might be discouraging for him, because there aren't a lot out there, and they are few and far between. Quote:
Or maybe people on here will have some spares! If you are interested in a State Quarter map, I might have a spare one at the house, that I could send you. I don't remember what happened to my nephew's when he switched to Dansco. |
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 United States
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I like the idea of a Statehood Quarter or Presidential album. Just my opinion, but go with Dansco album. Years from now it may be more appreciated than a colourful "kids" album. I also believe this may help him to focus on the coins and not the album. |
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Valued Member
United States
118 Posts |
Thank's for suggestions guys, I ended up buying him two Whitman folders, one with Lincoln cents 1971-2009 and another one with State Quarters. He completed already about 90% of the cents folder and is very proud of this  I will have to buy him also folders for dimes and nickels so he can search more coins in everyday change. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1080 Posts |
The Dansco ATB album has info about each design, which is cool. I think the Dansco Presidential dollar may be the same way. |
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Posted 08/07/2011 10:48 pm
