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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;drathbun, post: 1608108, member: 42789&quot;]Ah, so much to learn...</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>We&#039;re fortunate that we live near the National Scouting Museum here in Irving, Texas. They run programs on the weekends for merit badges and one of the ones available for January was coin collecting. He has &quot;homework&quot; that needs to be done ahead of time, such as collecting / identifying 50 coins from at least 10 different countries. I have helped him with the countries, the rest is up to him. We also had to find the mint mark (if any) and designer initials on each currently circulating US coin (never did find the designer initials on the quarter) as part of our homework, and we had to visit a mint. Well, my folks live in Denver, and we visited the mint there over the holiday break. We also went to the federal reserve bank just down the street from the mint and got both boys pictures taken in front of $30 million in hundred dollar bills. :thumb:</p><p><br /></p><p>I introduced both my sons (one is still in cubs) to coin collecting via the 50 State Quarters program, which has to be one of the best things they ever did to inspire interest in coin collecting for kids, at least in my opinion. Both boys filled up their maps. Older son still has his complete set, younger took all of his quarters out and bought a video game or something later... :too-funny:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>That&#039;s a great suggestion, thanks. To be honest, I&#039;m not sure how much further the international part of our collection will be going, but will definitely keep it in mind.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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