Some of you might know that I work in a School District. One of my teachers knew of my collection and asked that I bring in some coins from the later 1800's to coincide with some of the history that they were studying at the time. As I'm always glad to talk coins especially with the kids I brought in some Morgans, Large Cents, Trimes, three cent nickels and other bits and pieces. At the end I broke out with some Indian heads, buffalos, no date liberty nickels and a couple of morgans that had been pretty harshly cleaned. These I put in an old bank bag and let the kids dig in and take one, hoping they might just start thier own collection. I would say about 10 percent were awestruck with the coins that they recieved 70 percent just thought they were cool. Its the last bunch that gave me a kick. The next day I heard in the post office about how someone must have had a collection stolen because some of the kids around town were paying for candy with...........Morgan Dollars, Indian head pennies, buffalo nickels etc. I guess the moral of the story is that It is just money after all and even if its over 100 years old a dollar is just a dollar, and a nickel still just buys a piece of gum.
I think its great that you had the opportunity to share collectible coins with kids and even if only 10% of the class starts their own collection then it was well worth the time and effort. I guess some kids just look at it as money is money no matter what the age or value. I'd love to have the chance to show some old coins to kids and give some away. The closest I've ever came was giving away a case of 2008 Red Books to kids at one of our local coin shows. Thanks for sharing!!!
lol, I spent a few of my dads silver coins on the ice cream man, i regret it now, but no one ever explained to me that they had value over their denomination
It sounds bad, but a roll searcher will probably find it or it may spark an intrest in a cashier or something. The end result will be the same. It will find a loving home. And you got to educate some kids. Thanks for that. You can only light the way, you can't make them go.
