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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Dansco_Dude, post: 25473774, member: 147679&quot;]It&#039;s been nice seeing kids running around and doing their scavenger hunt here at the Summer FUN show. However, what I noticed is that these hunts were quite solitary. It&#039;s pretty intimidating for a kid to go up to a dealer by themselves.</p><p><br /></p><p>This got me thinking on how I would get kids excited about coins if I was running a show.</p><p><br /></p><p>Hear me out</p><p><br /></p><p>Give kids fake money that&#039;s worth $100. Split them up into teams. Each team is given 3 objectives.</p><p><br /></p><p>Objectives:</p><p><br /></p><p>A) Amass the largest collection volume wise [Slab holders, coin boxes, etc] Try to fill up a truck!</p><p><br /></p><p>B) Buy and fill out an entire coin album</p><p><br /></p><p>C) Amass the largest number of coins possible</p><p><br /></p><p>Each completed objective is worth 1 point.</p><p><br /></p><p>Dealers can accept the fake money and convert them later with the show hosts.</p><p><br /></p><p>The team with the most points gets to keep everything that all teams acquired. They then get a table to display their winnings. The kids on the losing team gets a $20 voucher and can buy what they want from the winning team.</p><p><br /></p><p>What I think the kids will get out of this:</p><p><br /></p><p>-Gets kids to work as a team and build their communication skills</p><p><br /></p><p>- Gets them to think strategically and learn how to communicate tradeoffs since one objective negates the others</p><p><br /></p><p>- The kids are incentivized to talk with all sorts of dealers and exposes them to the diverse world of Numismatics</p><p><br /></p><p>- Kids learn to negotiate with dealers as they have to to maximize their money [Great lesson for any collector]</p><p><br /></p><p>-Kids on the winning team get to act and think like a dealer. While the losing teams get to act as a buyer for stuff they want.</p><p><br /></p><p>What adults get out of it</p><p><br /></p><p>- Parents get a break to enjoy the shows</p><p><br /></p><p>-Dealers get paid and get to offload inventory</p><p><br /></p><p>-An interesting insight into how young collectors think and act</p><p><br /></p><p>Oh and a plot twist. Surprise the teams at the halfway mark, have all teams meet up and report their current progress to everyone.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now everyone knows what strategy everyone else is doing.</p><p><br /></p><p>Adults kick back with a margharita and enjoy the ensuing chaos.&nbsp; &nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Bonus Idea: Record and document the event to encourage parents to come to future shows[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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