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Message:: [QUOTE="Blaubart, post: 1596151, member: 37498"]I voted yes, but it isn't that simple.  I probably wouldn't take a Gold Eagle and toss it in a Toys-for-Tots box.  But if I knew there was a kid that was in need of a Christmas present, and I knew they had an interest in coins, then sure, I'd give him or her a nice coin.  Our office usually sponsors a family through Family Promise.  I spent $50 on that this year and if one of the family members had expressed an interest in coins, I probably wouldn't have thought twice about giving them a $50 coin instead of the $50 Target gift card that I signed up for. I give a lot of coins away, that's one of the reasons I like to buy them.  But I usually only give them to close family and friends, or people that I think have earned them.  For example, last night at my daughters symphony band concert, I gave two ASE's to two students that I think really gave 100%.  I love seeing the look on teenagers faces when they hold an ASE for the first time and wonder "What the heck is this?"[/QUOTE]