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<p>[QUOTE="ikandiggit, post: 1481815, member: 16269"]There are far too many distractions for kids today. Technology has created text messaging/video game playing zombies out of the young generation today. Instant gratification is the name of the game as well. Tell a kid to search through 10 rolls of pennies and look at each and everyone with a magnifying glass looking for differences and that it might take a few hours. He'd tell you what to do with those pennies. </p><p><br /></p><p>To make it interesting, there should be a tv reality show call "Coin Searchers" or something like that following the same formula as Storage Wars. After a few episodes of young kids finding silver coins or valuable coins and selling them for big profits, a whole army of young coin collectors could be created.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ikandiggit, post: 1481815, member: 16269"]There are far too many distractions for kids today. Technology has created text messaging/video game playing zombies out of the young generation today. Instant gratification is the name of the game as well. Tell a kid to search through 10 rolls of pennies and look at each and everyone with a magnifying glass looking for differences and that it might take a few hours. He'd tell you what to do with those pennies. To make it interesting, there should be a tv reality show call "Coin Searchers" or something like that following the same formula as Storage Wars. After a few episodes of young kids finding silver coins or valuable coins and selling them for big profits, a whole army of young coin collectors could be created.[/QUOTE]
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