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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Kasia, post: 1414753, member: 31533&quot;]One way to tell him is that it is the numismatic equivalent of buying Franklin Mint Plates or Marie Osmond Dolls. And that anything sold on TV in a &#039;limited&#039; or &#039;special&#039; set is almost certain to never gain value over the long run. </p><p><br /></p><p>You might also mention that there are many people who do purchase them only to find out later (or their giftees or heirs find out later) that they have no real value. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>And tell him you appreciate his thoughtfulness, even though the coins will probably never appreciate in value. </p><p><br /></p><p>BTW, in between collecting, my mom started buying two sets of each State Quarters. They came two to a sheet, along with some colorful printed info on the states quarter, and if I remember correctly, also a stamp from the state. She thought my kids would love them. Both children of mine had absolutely no interest in them, and she finally stopped getting them after she quit with the payments. I took each sheet and kept the nicest quarters, and trashed the sheets. Too bad, but it was pretty and shiny and she thought they would rise in value. She did the same thing with the Marshall Island&#039;s Space coin (5.00 face value), I think from 1986 (?), which if you are not in the Marshall Islands is not worth diddly, and if you are, you are limited in trading it in for 5.00 - from what I&#039;ve read. She got three of those. She finally stopped buying the stuff when her memory failed and we put her in a home. We cancelled all her subscriptions to junk.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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