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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;tartanhill, post: 5166794, member: 93472&quot;]I&#039;ve been giving my five grandchildren coins for many years.&nbsp; For their birthdays they get US coins which I started with the half cent and worked my way up in denominations.&nbsp; They even have a $1 gold piece and a 20 cent piece in their collections.&nbsp; For Christmas I give them an ancient Greek or Roman coin, and I explain the historical significance of the coins when I give them to them.&nbsp; One year I let them pick out an animal that they wanted to see on a coin.&nbsp; I usually try to stick to about $100 per coin, but sometimes I go over - I spent $160 for a Greek coin with a rabbit on it for my grand daughter.&nbsp; Then sometimes I compensate for the overpriced coin by spending less the next year.&nbsp; This year I bought a lot of five Alexander III bronzes for less than $200, but also bought five Alexander III tetradrachms for next year at a little over $100 each.&nbsp; I think it&#039;s important that you explain the importance of coins and the history of coins when you give them as gifts to children; it gives more meaning to the gift and creates more interest and will mean more to them in the future.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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