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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;More Throttle, post: 56108, member: 3359&quot;]I think it&#039;s essential, without them numismatics has no future.&nbsp; Kids who spend money in the hobby may (high probability, I think) grow up to be adults who spend even more money in the hobby.</p><p><br /></p><p>Concerning whether coin collecting will keep kids from drugs, etc.&nbsp; Perhaps, but it&#039;s my opinion that kids who are at the stage where they would do drugs couldn&#039;t care less about that Bison nickel, MS Morgan, or 1797 Small Eagle Half Dollar, etc. (but maybe, sadly, to steal to convert to cash) therefore, the hobby wouldn&#039;t affect them positively, anyway.&nbsp; Conversely, it&#039;s been my experience that kids who are interested in coins are good students, and overall good kids.&nbsp; Were they good kids due to coin collecting, again perhaps - but I believe their family/social environment (parents supportive of education &amp; learning, stable homelife, etc.) probably contributed more and collecting stemmed from that.&nbsp; Am I correct here?&nbsp; Maybe maybe not.&nbsp; Are there exceptions to what I wrote above?&nbsp; I&#039;m sure there are...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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