One of my great grandsons will be 9 years old in a few days. He lives about 3 hours from us. Whenever he is here we get absorbed in coins. I have 21 great grandchildren and he is the one with the most interest. He especially likes foreign coins. The photo below is a group I will send him for his birthday. These coins are in the original 2X2's that I put them in back in the 50's. Some may remember when they had the corners nipped off. This made it easier to put them in the pages for 2X2's. So, these are from my early collecting days.
What, no silver on his 9th?...Comeon Grandpa...something nice and shiny! J.T. Thanks Evan..Good luck w/ your MD.
Nice going, @Inspector43. In my experience, it would help if you also got him some cent rolls with some wheat cents mixed in. That's how my grandfather got me hooked on collecting at the age of 5.
Consider starting a worldwide birthyear set for him. Plenty of 2012 coins that won't bust the wallet.
For What It Is Worth - each of my Great Grandkids has coins similar to the list below. I spent most of last year putting these sets together, 21 of them. And, I have hundreds of Wheat, V, B & J nickels, Barber, Mercury, and Roosevelt Silver, etc. When ever they visit I let them pick a few. Plus, I have hundreds of Indian Head pennies. But I do plan to include some of this and that. Levi Type Set of US Coins for your Birth Year 2012 This set contains coins from the Great Grandpa Z collection that were accumulated over the last 70 plus years. · Your birth year 2012 · Your Dad 1990 · Your Mom 1992 · Your Grandpa and Grandma Z 1964 and 1966 · Your Great Grandpa and Grandma Z 1943 and 1947 · Your Great Grandma Pat 1945 · Your Great Great Grandpa and Grandma L 1914 and 1925 · Your Great Great Grandpa and Grandma Z 1910 and 1914 · Your Great Great Grandpa and Grandma G 1910 and 1919 · Coins that were minted at least 100 years before you were born · Some coins that are 110 to 120 years older than you · One each of most all coins made during the last 100 or more years. Some from the 1800’s. These are matched to the dates of your parents and grand parents birth year as much as possible. o Indian Head Pennies o Wheat Pennies o Steel Penny from 1943 used in World War II o Lincoln Memorial Pennies o 2009 4 coins of the Lincoln Life Series o 2017 Penny with P Mint Mark - the only penny to ever have the Philadelphia mint mark o Liberty (V) Nickels o Buffalo Nickels o Jefferson Nickels o Silver Jefferson Nickels used in World War II o One each of the 5 Westward Series commemorating the Lewis and Clark Expedition o Barber Style Silver Dimes o Mercury Style Silver Dimes o Roosevelt Style Silver and Clad Dimes o Washington Quarters – includes a Silver quarter from 1964 o Bi-Centennial 1776 – 1976 Quarter o 2005 California Quarter o 2010 Yosemite Quarter o Uncirculated and Proof Quarters from 2012 o Walking Liberty Silver Half Dollars o Franklin Silver Half Dollars o Kennedy Half Dollars – includes a Silver half from 1964 o Bi-Centennial 1776 – 1976 Half Dollar o Eisenhower Dollar o Susan B Anthony Dollar o Presidential Series Dollar o Native American Series Dollar o Innovation Series Dollar
I might add, he spent the weekend with us and never once looked at his cell phone. Coins and riding GG's horse.
Actually, several of them have spent weekends with us and we didn't even realize that they had cell phones. We had 4 of them with us a while back. The 13 year old great granddaughter never took hers out one time. She, also was busy with the coin collection. Another very interested youngster.
It's wonderful that your grandson, and other great-grandchildren, have an interest in coins, but it's even more significant that you are nurturing that interest. Kudos to you! May you have many more happy hours with your great-grandchildren and the coins.
Making up the sets for all the great grandkids was a big job. It was fun though. If you are interested in how it went you can see it on the following link. https://www.cointalk.com/threads/what-to-do-with-my-accumulation.341614/
