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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;umtrr-author, post: 140216, member: 5719&quot;]Well, living as close to the border as we do, and given my daughter&#039;s affection for coins with Queen Elizabeth on them, I knew it would only be a matter of time before she became interested in the Canada Cent folder that I bought last time we were in Toronto.&nbsp;&nbsp; It&#039;s a &quot;Unisafe&quot; folder which consists of pages made of soft plastic holders, kind of like what 2x2s are stored in, but much smaller-- a page holds 35 coins and there are 4 pages. </p><p><br /></p><p>A few days ago, I came across a 1920 cent - the first of the Canada Small Cents - in the &quot;bargain box&quot; of cents in the local coin shop.&nbsp; It had a bad scratch near the rim, but I couldn&#039;t beat the price (too low to mention!).&nbsp; I didn&#039;t know when I picked it up for Thalia that it was the first in the small cent series, but I quickly discovered that when I got home.</p><p><br /></p><p>From that point Thalia and I spent about an hour running through all of the Canada cents, from various trips over the last 15 years, to see what we-- er, she-- had.&nbsp; Augmenting that with what I had put away when I was a kid (harder since I lived in NJ and we didn&#039;t get that many of these in change) we got a great start.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>After another stop at the &quot;bargain box&quot; Thalia already has clear through from 1960 to 2000, and I am sure that somewhere around here there is a 2001 and 2006 to finish the streak in the forward direction.&nbsp; She also grabbed dates in the 1940&#039;s and 1950&#039;s, including the 1947 &quot;Maple Leaf&quot; (an interesting story behind that coin told to us by one of the proprietors).&nbsp;&nbsp; (We&#039;re not worrying about the various sub-types, except for the &#039;47 + &#039;47ML).</p><p><br /></p><p>Although the key dates in the 1920&#039;s will not be found in a &quot;bargain bin&quot; and chances are that the 1930&#039;s dates won&#039;t be either, this seems like a fun starter set for a six year old.&nbsp; Odds are that she&#039;ll be done long before Daddy gets the last space filled in that Lincoln Cent accumulation... the whole Canada Cent folder can probably be completed for less than the price of a 1931-S Wheat Cent in Good-4!&nbsp;&nbsp; :smile </p><p><br /></p><p>And we are having fun, which is the important part.&nbsp; If you&#039;re looking for something a little bit out of the ordinary, especially with a young one, I recommend giving Canada Cents a try.&nbsp; :thumb: </p><p><br /></p><p>Cheers,[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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