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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 680074, member: 19463&quot;]You might be interested to know that there is a group dedicated to using ancient coins in education.&nbsp; Most teachers that participate teach Latin (which is generally taught with a lot of history as well as language training) but there are World history teachers that make use of the program.&nbsp; In addition to making common ancient coins available to students, the group runs contests (essay, art etc.) for both students and teachers with prizes of whatever gets donated from supporters (a couple years ago they had some savings bond support but the most recent prizes have been nicer coins and books).&nbsp; You can learn more at their website:</p><p><a href="http://ancientcoinsforeducation.org/content/view/142/133/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://ancientcoinsforeducation.org/content/view/142/133/" rel="nofollow">http://ancientcoinsforeducation.org/content/view/142/133/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I have participated in their programs by visiting local high schools where I was invited by a participating teacher to assist kids in the ID of the coins they received through the program and to show other coins they might find of interest.&nbsp; This only works where there is a school and a ACE volunteer in the same area so the group would welcome more collectors willing to adopt a school.&nbsp; Of course they are happy to have cash with which to pay the bills, too.&nbsp; Since the program began in 2001, both the price of low end Roman coins and participating schools have increased considerably.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>ACE is not exactly what you described because they concentrate on ancient history/coins with some movement into medieval.&nbsp; I suspect if you donated 1000 coins of Ferdinand and Isabella, they might distribute them but that is out of their focus area.&nbsp; Perhaps modern world coin collectors might consider starting a similar operation to distribute modern coins of educational value (useful to history and geography classes).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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