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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 16934, member: 112"]Well - I can tell you what I did with my son when he was 10 - I took him to a local coin show. Now mind you - prior to the show I set it up with a dealer friend of mine that there would be an old Whitman nickel album with a few coins it there waiting for him for the price of 25 cents. That was all it took ! Of course he got a Red Book and an ANA Grading Guide at other tables along with a wide assortment of nickels.</p><p><br /></p><p>For the next 3 days he was engrossed in going through my change jar. Just about everybody has a change jar - but mine was a bit unusal in that there was about $400 of change. But you get the idea.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now he has a Jefferson, Ike, and collection Kennedy going with the Jefferson set needing 3 coins I think. But in all honesty - it was that coin show that did it. And it also provided dad with a memory that will last a lifetime <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 16934, member: 112"]Well - I can tell you what I did with my son when he was 10 - I took him to a local coin show. Now mind you - prior to the show I set it up with a dealer friend of mine that there would be an old Whitman nickel album with a few coins it there waiting for him for the price of 25 cents. That was all it took ! Of course he got a Red Book and an ANA Grading Guide at other tables along with a wide assortment of nickels. For the next 3 days he was engrossed in going through my change jar. Just about everybody has a change jar - but mine was a bit unusal in that there was about $400 of change. But you get the idea. Now he has a Jefferson, Ike, and collection Kennedy going with the Jefferson set needing 3 coins I think. But in all honesty - it was that coin show that did it. And it also provided dad with a memory that will last a lifetime ;)[/QUOTE]
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