My Chiildren will not inherit my collection....

Someone needs to develop a coin collecting video game!

 

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Sure and they can be a great way to interact with your children or grandchildren. There are people who consider video games a waste of time, but somehow think that spending 3 hours watching a football game on TV is not. Go figure.

 

Yes Chris's family have burned all their bridges with him so he is giving me his coins when his time comes not burying them lol

 

Just might well be someone who honestly struggles with this decison, is frustrated, is thinking about his own mortality, and just can't figure out what to do. Some decisions are hard for people to make. And someone who is hoping for a change, or a magic answer (which there isn't!)

Just my opinion as to why poster revisits the issue.

Lucy

 

you mean John Adams don't you ? Sorry I couldn't resist that. LOL

 

Awesome advice! We (I) should all heed that!

Lucy

 

I think this is a fairly interesting topic; one I've pondered from time to time...

I first became interested in coins when I was about six (6) years old. I recall my Father sitting at the dining room table in the early '60s cherrypicking through bags of Morgan dollars he bought from the Cleveland Fed.

I was into anything to do with the early West. Everything that had to do with cowboys (cattle drives, card games, bank/train/stagecoach robberies, etc) all seemed to revolve around these silver dollars; silver dollars that I could now actually hold in my hand...I was hooked!

My Father passed away in 2005 and left his collection to me. I also had a small collection from my pre-college years. Together, that has become "The Family" collection which I've added to and will (hopefully) pass along "intact" to someone in the family willing to accept the responsibility.

I don't have any kids so I'm watching and waiting to see if any of my nieces/nephews show an interest in coins. I'm really looking for someone that appreciates coins on their own and is willing to invest the time and effort to keep the collection going. ...and everyone here on CT knows that's not a trivial effort.

I think the OP should appreciate his kids honesty. It would be easy for them to feign an interest only to sell off the collection once he's gone. If, eventually, they still don't show an interest in his hobby, perhaps he should sell his collection and put the money into something they all can enjoy...perhaps a summer cottage on a lake.

Regards...

 

Or you can REALLY irritate your non-collecting family and DONATE your collection!
Steve

 

why dont you just spend it?

 

My dad tried getting me into coin collecting like he was,when I was young. I had no interest. Unitl last year when he gave me his coin collection. I am 38 years old and now I love it. He is very happy because I have taken such a HUGE interest in it and have surpassed his knowledge of the hobby by a long shot. He knew I wouldn't just sell it off to make a buck (like my sister would do if he gave her any, hehe). I have been collecting like crazy since last year and have dwarfed the collection he gave me. I am happy I made him proud.

So, just because they are not interested now, doesn't mean they won't be interested in the future.

 

I recommend the Aesop for Children with illustrations by Milo Winters published in 1919. I have had this book since I learned to read. I just discovered that these fables & illustrations are on the Internet:

http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=winter&book=aesop&story=_contents

I recommend all of them. Here are a couple good ones:

Belling the cat
The Kid and the Wolf
The Hare and the Tortoise
etc...

 

Putz

It's obvious~

If you want your kin to play with your coins,

tell them they can't.

Or is this what this is all about in the 1t place?

 

Shane isn't kidding either. I just didn't want to mention it and embarrass him in any way. Shane has been a great friend over the years, and I have been fortunate to share numerous experiences with him.

Chris

 

I guess I'm old enough to remember learning most of them; seems there was a program sharing those stories when I was a kid. Of course that was when there were only a limited number of channels/programs. Also heard them in school, as a kid. I wonder it they do today?
Thank you for listing the link.

 

I have been considering leaving my numismatic holdings ( Coins & Literature ) to the organization that hooked me up with my best friend and companion, my dog. She came from a rescue organization here in Albany, N.Y. with a stipulation that the entire collection be offered at auction and all proceeds go to the organization. Not much else to do with it, I can't take it with me.

 

LOL
That was awesome !
I knew I liked you /b/rother.
:thumb:

 

The good news is if Chris left me nothing I wouldn't care...he is good people and we have shared many great times together. I can't wait to see you at FUN this year buddy

 

If you want to interest your children in coin collecting,it is all in how you do it. Don't blame them if you haven't sparked their interest. They have a hundred things more interesting than coin collecting these days, what did you have, a ball and a stick?

Here is my trick. I have 3 boys, 2 years apart. For Christmas each year, I have bought them proof/mint sets. My oldest has 16 sets, the next oldest has 14 sets, and the youngest has 12 sets. When they turn 18 I am done buying them their annual sets. They will either continue to buy the sets or they won't. The ones that do will share the coin collection which currently takes a lift truck to move. Albums, rolls, silver/gold commems and bullion, mint sets, proof sets, and the whole thing is multigenerational going back to their great grandfather.

I don't really care if the one(s) that end up with it sell it or not, just as long as they don't get ripped off in the process. I hope that they invest in something that brings them wealth. I think that they already have enough knowledge to avoid being ripped off. The fun for me is the collecting, I don't care what happens after I'm gone.

 

Yes, amongst other stuff!!

 

Not sure. But I remember saving "S" pennies in the 1960's , because my Father said they were rare. That may have have planted the seed for me. My child pretends to be interested when I get some coins and show her, but she really isn't interested.