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Message:: [QUOTE="Oldhoopster, post: 3094885, member: 84179"]I agree with [USER=36230]@BooksB4Coins[/USER].  There is a high probability that you're grandchildren will have no interest in coins.  I started collecting coins when I was a 6 and stayed active in the hobby for over 45 years.  I used to give my kids the new state quarters, wheat cents, Bicentennial coins, etc, but none of them ever became interested.  I have 8 three-ring binders full of common foreign coins that I put in 2x2s and identified in the hopes that it would give the kids a jump start to collecting (I would have gone nuts if someone gave me that stuff when I was 10).  I still have all the binders, nobody wants them. You should also remember that even though errors are hard to find, the vast majority of things you get in change are generally worth very little.  STill fun to save, but you're not going to get rich[/QUOTE]