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<p>[QUOTE="beaver96, post: 5167517, member: 106712"]My granddaughter is 10 and showed an interest in coin collecting so I gave her a red book and told her to study it for a week and report back to me about any coin that interested her. A week later she showed up with a list of her favorite coins that we narrowed down to buffalo nickels and state quarters. </p><p> To get her started I gave her a magnifying glass, a stapler and a handful of 2x2's. I put together a roll of old buffalos and a roll of state quarters to go through and told her to bring me back any duplicates and I would trade her for more to go through. </p><p> Win, win since now she visits me about every other week to get more coins. I get to enjoy her company and enthusiasm and she gets a solid education about a hobby that can last her a long time or at least until she gets interested in boys.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="beaver96, post: 5167517, member: 106712"]My granddaughter is 10 and showed an interest in coin collecting so I gave her a red book and told her to study it for a week and report back to me about any coin that interested her. A week later she showed up with a list of her favorite coins that we narrowed down to buffalo nickels and state quarters. To get her started I gave her a magnifying glass, a stapler and a handful of 2x2's. I put together a roll of old buffalos and a roll of state quarters to go through and told her to bring me back any duplicates and I would trade her for more to go through. Win, win since now she visits me about every other week to get more coins. I get to enjoy her company and enthusiasm and she gets a solid education about a hobby that can last her a long time or at least until she gets interested in boys.[/QUOTE]
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