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<p>[QUOTE="NOS, post: 8419635, member: 2098"]I'll start by saying that they will either be interested in collecting or they won't be. It comes down to their personality and interests. I took an interest in coins starting around age seven when I took a liking to my father's single Whitman album comprising circulated Indian and wheat cents. </p><p><br /></p><p>I then became further intrigued when I came upon a wheat cent in circulation (this was in about 1993). In time, I started collecting foreign coins and eventually grew out of an oval brass container I initially held my collection in. What also helped ground me in coins was my grandfather was a collector and an older cousin of mine collected them as well. </p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, taking them to a coin show or doing some coin roll hunting could be fun, as suggested. Ultimately, it's up to them if they want to continue from where you've helped start them off and whether they become genuinely interested in collecting, take a liking to their history, or just care what they're worth if they were to sell them.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="NOS, post: 8419635, member: 2098"]I'll start by saying that they will either be interested in collecting or they won't be. It comes down to their personality and interests. I took an interest in coins starting around age seven when I took a liking to my father's single Whitman album comprising circulated Indian and wheat cents. I then became further intrigued when I came upon a wheat cent in circulation (this was in about 1993). In time, I started collecting foreign coins and eventually grew out of an oval brass container I initially held my collection in. What also helped ground me in coins was my grandfather was a collector and an older cousin of mine collected them as well. Anyway, taking them to a coin show or doing some coin roll hunting could be fun, as suggested. Ultimately, it's up to them if they want to continue from where you've helped start them off and whether they become genuinely interested in collecting, take a liking to their history, or just care what they're worth if they were to sell them.[/QUOTE]
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