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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;norantyki, post: 8419684, member: 118879&quot;]The way I got into it was that my mum was the manager of the advertising account for Air Canada in the 1980s-90s. One of the promos that her (she was a partner) agency put together was a sack of international change for certain giveaways. One was left over, and she gave it to me, on the condition that we (along with my father, ie as a family) would find all the countries on a globe. We did this a few at a time, each evening reading about each from an old encyclopedia we had.</p><p><br /></p><p>I was hooked - family time, and stories - it wasnt long before I was insisting on more tales from countries I had a particular interest in (one of which I now call home). I am now a professional coin and stamp dealer, and even got my best friend (who at one time made fun of me for it) in the biz, and he is now a foremost expert on a couple of subsections of NA medallic material.</p><p><br /></p><p>The key is making it early, and meaningful. Connect good memories with it, connect sensible values with it. If you cant make it early, make it interesting - find a way into the inner sanctum.</p><p><br /></p><p>All of this being said, my Dad has always been into quality items and what makes them, and my mum has always been into history (our family program was Antiques Roadshow - both the British and the American), and this has had a huge influence on my life.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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