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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;JrCoin, post: 657080, member: 18390&quot;]hmmm...when I was a kid I did baseball cards...most of the players I collected because I liked them.&nbsp; I don&#039;t know if they&#039;re worth anything today, but I remember seeing coin tables at card shows and thinking (as a young child) that&#039;s kinda dumb, why would you pay that much for a dirty old coin.&nbsp; It wasn&#039;t interesting to me at the time.&nbsp; I&#039;ve done a 180...I think most people are intimidated by the knowledge required...that said if someone recieves or inherits oh for example, a Dansco album full of toned silver, I think that would spark some interest.&nbsp; I don&#039;t believe in forcing a hobby on anyone, but when my kids express interest, no matter how mild, I try to explain what the heck it is I&#039;m doing.&nbsp; My 3 year old loves playing with my jar full of zincolns and I spin nickels on the table for him.&nbsp; I use coins to explain fractions and percents to my 10 year old.&nbsp; I give my daughter an extra shiny coin every once in a while, she thinks they&#039;re pretty.&nbsp; I try to share the hobby, but they may not care until they&#039;re old like me.&nbsp; They might never care.&nbsp; My folks kept a glass jar full of &quot;odd&quot; coins that they would occasionally let me play with and look at.&nbsp; It&#039;s neat for a child to discover dollars and halves, or foreign coins.&nbsp; It gives them a broader look at the world.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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