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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 100129, member: 112&quot;]There are two types of value with coins, be they gold or silver - intrinsic and numismatic. The numismatic value will always outperform the intrinsic value over anything but very short periods of time.</p><p><br /></p><p>But your post sounds like you have two goals you&#039;d like to meet. One, you want to invest for your grandchild. That&#039;s great, as has been stated, don&#039;t do so with coins. Invest in stocks, bonds, CD&#039;s - whatever.</p><p><br /></p><p>Your second goal is hopefully to instill in the child a love for the hobby of coin collecting. That&#039;s also great, and yes getting them coins is a great way to start. So I would go along with the Proof sets, mint sets idea. That will likely encourage collecting from circulation, which is great for kids. It&#039;s also great for you for it gives the two of you something to do together. It can be true quality time for a limetime.</p><p><br /></p><p>But if you want to get her something &quot;special&quot; for her collection that can be added to over time by you &amp; maybe even others, then get her a few coins with known numismatic value and a strong sense of history to go with it. They can be gold or they can be silver - that&#039;s your choice. But there is something about gold that just affects people - it draws them towards it and can instill a lifelong love for the hobby. So if I were to recommend - it would be gold. Not for investment, I&#039;d just forget that. But because I think it will help you reach your second goal.</p><p><br /></p><p>And oh yeah - I&#039;m partial to world gold. It&#039;s much more economical and loaded with history&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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