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<p>[QUOTE="Alegandron, post: 3083037, member: 51347"][USER=93702]@Clavdivs[/USER] I REALLY like the idea! I give all my Grandkids coins every Xmas. They are usually a Silver Dollar, but I also give Ancients.</p><p><br /></p><p>I might suggest giving a Modern birth year Coin AND an Ancient... but keep in budget! The Modern so that as they grow up, they can associate a coin to their present time and knowledge. However, also giving them a coin 1500 to 2500 years old REALLY gives them something thought provoking when they compare it to the Modern coin. "Wow, my coin is OLD cuz it was made when I was BORN!" But when they compare it to the Ancient you gave them, being 2000 years old will REALLY blow their mind, and think!</p><p><br /></p><p>There are a lot of reasonable cost Roman Republic Denarii made BEFORE the Common Era:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]776671[/ATTACH] </p><p>RR Julius Bursio 85 BCE AR Den Apollo Mercury Quad Sear 268 Cr 352-1a[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Alegandron, post: 3083037, member: 51347"][USER=93702]@Clavdivs[/USER] I REALLY like the idea! I give all my Grandkids coins every Xmas. They are usually a Silver Dollar, but I also give Ancients. I might suggest giving a Modern birth year Coin AND an Ancient... but keep in budget! The Modern so that as they grow up, they can associate a coin to their present time and knowledge. However, also giving them a coin 1500 to 2500 years old REALLY gives them something thought provoking when they compare it to the Modern coin. "Wow, my coin is OLD cuz it was made when I was BORN!" But when they compare it to the Ancient you gave them, being 2000 years old will REALLY blow their mind, and think! There are a lot of reasonable cost Roman Republic Denarii made BEFORE the Common Era: [ATTACH=full]776671[/ATTACH] RR Julius Bursio 85 BCE AR Den Apollo Mercury Quad Sear 268 Cr 352-1a[/QUOTE]
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