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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chip, post: 871933, member: 19122&quot;]Just to clarify, you are going to collect coins, saving them for your nephews? In that case I agree with the poster who mentioned buying those coin albums that you can place 2x2s in. This because you are on a budget, and are not going to be spending hundreds of dollars on high grade ms coins. On a budget you can buy common wheaties for about 6 cents each, 2x2 cardboard flips cost about 5 cents each, and the coin albums can be had for 6 dollars each and hold 60 coins, you could also put the coins in a small collectors box, that can hold at least a hundred for 4 dollars. Another thing to check are rolls of circulated coins from your bank, you can take the best looking coins, and return the ones you do not want. </p><p><br /></p><p>A date set of Lincoln memorial cents is pretty doable for about face value, a date and mintmark set also should not be too hard, if you include proofs it will cost you quite a bit more. The Jefferson nickels in circulated grades should not be too hard, except for the first couple of nickels, the silver war nickels and the 1950d, the 1950d is mainly found uncirculated so there seem to be very few to be found in roll searching.</p><p><br /></p><p>If I read you wrong and you are planning on giving your nephews an album and maybe some cents or other coins to do the collecting with, I agree with those who mentioned the blue whitman albums that you can get new for about 4 dollars, that way if they do not take to the hobby your investment is minimal, if they do then you could give them upgrades for birthdays or holidays. </p><p><br /></p><p>In any case, I think it is very thoughtful to be thinking about introducing your nephews to collecting, it is a good hobby to get into, it can teach them organizational skills, negotiating, how to save for a treasure, and also includes history, chemistry, and economics. It can help give a child a sense of control, since they are in charge of their own collection.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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