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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;-jeffB, post: 3056880, member: 27832&quot;]Both my mom&#039;s parents saved &quot;old&quot; change from commerce. They lost a substantial nest-egg in the Depression, and always hoarded cash after that. They got my brother and me interested, along with some of my cousins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Someone in another thread commented about the bug &quot;skipping generations&quot;, where kids have the time and focus to pay attention to coins, and grandparents have the time and means to encourage them. Certainly my parents were never especially interested, and my kids haven&#039;t really bought into it either. I can hold out some hope for grandkids, but:</p><p><br /></p><p>1) We waited pretty late to start our family, and if our kids do the same, my time and the grandkids&#039; may not overlap a lot.</p><p><br /></p><p>2) &quot;Moving away&quot; is the norm now; I lived 15 minutes from Mom&#039;s parents, and half an hour from Dad&#039;s. It&#039;s a six-hour drive now to see my father, and 8+ hours to my father-in-law. On the other hand, now we have Skype...</p><p><br /></p><p>3) What are the chances that kids twenty years from now will even <i>see</i> &quot;pocket change&quot;? Coins will still be around, but without the &quot;check your change&quot; enticement, I wonder if they&#039;ll seem more interesting than any other old collectible.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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