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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 658225, member: 19463&quot;]If you choose to use ancients, there are two good points to be made:</p><p><br /></p><p>Just being old does not make a coin valuable.&nbsp; There are many ancients that sell for less than your cents with AM spacing issues.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Coin collectors value condition.&nbsp; A popular type might sell for under $5 is so-so condition and over $100 in really, really nice shape.&nbsp; Of course, this same thing goes for modern coins but they will be able to see the difference more easily in Widow&#039;s mites than in MS60 and up cents.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The scout badge is aimed at modern coins and few towns have a coin seller that would allow a boy to follow up on the interest if you started it.&nbsp; I&#039;d probably skip it unless you are in a big city with active coin clubs and regular shows.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Of all &#039;old&#039; coins available cheaply and having historical relevance, the leader to me is the bronze &#039;blanca&#039; of Ferdinand and Isabella who sent Columbus to discover America.&nbsp; They are ugly, ordinary and nothing like as old as the Constantinian ancients that sell for the same money but most 12 year olds have heard of them.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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