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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kaparthy, post: 1841432, member: 57463&quot;]The day the child is born is a good time.</p><p><br /></p><p>I agree that about age eight, the child has enough general awareness of the world, that it has lands and peoples with histories, to begin collecting coins or stamps.</p><p><br /></p><p>We had more books in the home than some of the libraries in the towns we live in, but our daughter was about 10 or 12 when she was surprised to learn that cowboys did not listen to rock &#039;n&#039; roll and that hippies did not invent homosexuality.</p><p><br /></p><p>Just to say, the receiving of the collection is part of the process of being able to appreciate it.&nbsp; I have grand nephews 5 and 6 and nieces and nephews 5 to 15 and in every case I never hesitated to send coins or banknotes or something like that for holidays and birthdays.&nbsp; Worst case, the kid who does not care loses them to the kid who does.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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