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Message:: [QUOTE="rsand, post: 1585869, member: 40749"]Hi all - well this was a lesson I learned the hard way. I knew this project was going to be long an expensive, the type of collecting we'd do over a period of years. But I was anxious to get started and didn't do my homework. Caveat Emptor! Tom, I really appreciate your advise. Hopefully Brian and I develop an eye for improperly cleaned coins and don't make the same mistake again. Kirkuleez - 4 generations, wow that's great! Yes collecting with my son has been great. Its the first "adult" activity we've enjoyed together, and its taught him to recognize U.S. coins, read coin dates properly, we visited the Philly mint together etc. He still doesn't fully grasp the concept of money and what different things cost - e.g. "Daddy can we buy that shiny gold coin?" "Brian, that coin costs more than our house!". Also its hard to grasp what it means that a coin is 20 or 50 or 100 years old when you're 6. I use birth years as milestones - I got him a proof set from 2006 (year he was born), gave him an Eisenhower from my birth year, and he's trying to collect a set of coins from 1943, the year my Dad was born. He's just missing the quarter at this point. Its a great learning experience for him.[/QUOTE]