djbuna

We had a huge yard sale this weekend and I always put a few coins out, wheat rolls, binders of cents, nickles, etc. I had a young man show up late in the afternoon with a plethora of questions! He was quite obviously very interested and unfortunely misinformed. So, being the old man I am(my wife says we all talk too much) we spent the next two hours in a question and answer period. He learned about mint marks, proofs, silver vs clad, obsolete vs modern and so forth. I gave him a redbook, a type set folder, a 09 VDB, and the Cointalk web address. As he finally left I smiled and remembered back to 1964, when an old part-time dealer had done the same for an uninformed 19 year old that has kept me in the hobby for the next 44 years.
When you get the opportunity to teach, remember your early teachers. That is what will keep our hobby going forever!

desertgem

Knowledge is a great gift to give or receive. It is renewable and expandable. You have done a good deed for the hobby! congratulations!

Jim

mrbrklyn

i dont know..

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the_man12

wtg! sounds like you did good

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Just Carl

Not to be pessimistic but I once spent time explaining to a person about coins. Also, gave them extra Red Book and some not to expensive coins. Later turned out from a friend that knew that guy that he does this all the time. He gets lots of free stuff from people that way.
On another web site they were having a log of YN Giveaways. I too joined in and actually gave away a lot of coins to what I thought was YN's. Later I also found out that about half of the so called YN's were in reality much older coin collectors just getting free stuff.
When my Son was in college he told me a professor went around to all the little towns in the areas asking farmers if they had old coins so he could show them to students. Never really did of course.
Hopefully in this instance all is for real. I just may live in an area and find people of a not to honest nature.

green18

Carl, I want to believe that this is not the case with the OP. Call me a cock eyed optimist or a "Mary Poppins" but I think it's great what the Op did....MHO.

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desertgem

Sometimes people take advantage of your good intentions and efforts, but that doesn't mean you fail, it means that they failed. When a person stops doing good deeds because they fear someone will take advantage of them, then they fail.

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TheNoost

Good work!

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bobbeth87

Very nice.

Thanks for sharing!

bizzybill2000

It is a great thing to do, to share and teach what we know. For one day it would be good to know that we could have started others in a hobby we all love.
Bill

Rctoners

Nice work

houston3204

djbuna: very nice......Thanks for your story....and you are right....

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quartertapper

Mice story! I take pride in informing people of the ins and outs of coin collecting. You never realize the amount of knowledge a person accumulates over the course of twenty plus years!

CamaroDMD

I think it's a great story and a great thing to do. Sure, sometimes someone might fool you and take advantage of the situation (like some others have said), but I think you have to take that risk. If you can help someone discover a lifelong passion...its worth it.

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coinman0456

Oh yes, thats very cool, when you get the curiosity of a youngster.

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