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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ToughCOINS, post: 8419174, member: 20480&quot;]I&#039;ve learned my grandson is taking an interest.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I think disclosing my level of involvement in the hobby would be counterproductive at this time.&nbsp; I want to be careful not to have him focusing on the value of coins before learning more about the different designs, denominations, history, minting processes, states of preservation and damage.&nbsp; A hard thing to do, but a more productive approach, I think.</p><p><br /></p><p>Therefore, the last thing I want is to have him discover my website, or bring him to a show behind my table and have him jaded in the end.</p><p><br /></p><p>Visiting the bookstore and buying a Whitman album to push coins into that we pull from bank rolls is probably the right way to start, although he may already be there without me knowing it.&nbsp; Maybe I&#039;ll ask a local dealer to ignore me when we visit his shop, focusing only on my grandson.&nbsp; I could also &quot;salt&quot; a large jar of accumulated pocket change with a couple of unusual coins which, while not particularly valuable, should be interesting enough to get him excited . . . a few low grade mintmarked pre-1930 Lincolns ought to do the trick.</p><p><br /></p><p>Making him the center of attention in this situation is important.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;d appreciate additional thoughts as to how to foster and feed this interest without having it go the wrong way.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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