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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Seattlite86, post: 3187294, member: 59737&quot;]I think this is really cool.&nbsp; As someone who started collecting in middle school from a gentleman who started a coin club and basically gave his coins away, I&#039;d like to offer some unsolicited thoughts from my perspective.&nbsp; I had the most fun with coins that I had to research, learn about and earn.&nbsp; The coins I acquired as a middle schooler are almost all more important to me than the ones I&#039;ve acquired as of late.&nbsp; I once bought entire series of dimes and nickels and realized that I didn&#039;t enjoy just being handed a bunch of coins, I liked the thrill of the chase.</p><p>If I could offer any opinions/advice on getting young kids interested in numismatics, I would say give them a coin and tell them to come back to you to report on it.&nbsp; Have them tell you where it was minted, how many were minted, what it&#039;s made out of, what grade it is in, etc. and have them put it in a 2x2 and catalog it.&nbsp; The ones who go home and do their &quot;homework&quot; and come back to you with a 2x2 cataloged with all the information are the ones who are most likely to keep collecting.&nbsp; You can also do fun things like slip coins into change you get back while shopping and then have them go through it to &quot;find&quot; a cool coin.&nbsp; This is what I intend to do with my kids when they get older and help them fill penny and nickel albums.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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