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<p>[QUOTE="Mr. Flute, post: 1399766, member: 33154"]My oldest (son - almost 5) has gotten into collecting "like my daddy". We went to a coin shop recently and bought a Lincoln folder (1941-1974), a late series State's quarter folder and I gave him an extra Buffalo nickel folder I had around. </p><p><br /></p><p>I am just letting him fill in the holes as he wishes right now, and I give him extras from my hoard (common wheats, per-60 Jeffersons, etc). We went to another coin shop yesterday for my birthday and I picked a nice 1935-s Peace dollar and he got a 1938-d Buffalo for his collection. He was very excited.</p><p><br /></p><p>I hope he continues his interest into the future which I will certainly foster. I was the the first serious coin collector in my family, but I wish my father had been one - since he grewup in the 1950s and was in his mid-20s during the silver/clad switch in 1965. He probably could have had a decent collection.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Mr. Flute, post: 1399766, member: 33154"]My oldest (son - almost 5) has gotten into collecting "like my daddy". We went to a coin shop recently and bought a Lincoln folder (1941-1974), a late series State's quarter folder and I gave him an extra Buffalo nickel folder I had around. I am just letting him fill in the holes as he wishes right now, and I give him extras from my hoard (common wheats, per-60 Jeffersons, etc). We went to another coin shop yesterday for my birthday and I picked a nice 1935-s Peace dollar and he got a 1938-d Buffalo for his collection. He was very excited. I hope he continues his interest into the future which I will certainly foster. I was the the first serious coin collector in my family, but I wish my father had been one - since he grewup in the 1950s and was in his mid-20s during the silver/clad switch in 1965. He probably could have had a decent collection.[/QUOTE]
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