Trick - or - Treat Coins for Halloween

thebeav

Hello all,
Every Halloween for the last 20 years or so, I've given out coins for trick-or-treaters. I put 3 different foreign coins into a 2x2 zip-lock and that's what the kids get....I often wonder if I've started anyone on the great hobby and quests that we so much enjoy. Every once in a while you get some great story from a parent of how much their child enjoys the coins. I always figured they get plenty of candy, give them something to make them think.
Does anyone else have a numismatic Halloween tale ?
Paul

Outhaul

The first 30 kids at my door each got a 1964 Kennedy in a PCGS sample slab.

kieferscoins

Really? Those samples sell for around $15-20 each now.

Cameron Kiefer

Yousri

<< <i>Really? Those samples sell for around $15-20 each now.

Cameron Kiefer >>


hurry get 30 kids and go to his house.

MadMarty

My little trick or treaters are getting leftover Cook Islands NON weenie coins!

ms70

<< <i>The first 30 kids at my door each got a 1964 Kennedy in a PCGS sample slab. >>



I wanted to do the same thing with the "Authentic" Wheat Cent sample slabs. I didn't do it because I got scared word would get out that
a coin collector lives here. It's a great idea & very generous but home security issues got the best of me.

They'll have to settle for candy.

Outhaul

<< <i>Those samples sell for around $15-20 each now >>


JEEZUS H! When the hell did they start selling for that? Last I checked they were only bringing a few bucks each, and THAT'S if they sold at all!

RKKay

I gave my baseball team a choice of a SLQ, Buffalo, Walker, Morgan, Peace or an error coin.

Hedger

I hand out wheat cents every year. As a matter of fact, when I was young wheat cents is what I usually received in my sack for halloween. I still have those wheaties from thirty years ago and now I follow the tradition.

kieferscoins

<< <i>JEEZUS H! When the hell did they start selling for that? Last I checked they were only bringing a few bucks each, and THAT'S if they sold at all! >>



The last 6 months they have been selling @ $18-20 each with BIN's and strong bidding. I sold three in the last 4 months. heck, I'd buy s many as I can get @ $10 each. The kids got a steal

Cameron Kiefer

RYK

The last 6 months they have been selling @ $18-20 each with BIN's and strong bidding. I sold three in the last 4 months. heck, I'd buy s many as I can get @ $10 each. The kids got a steal

Do you think when the kids returned home, and the 'rents saw the sample slabs, they said, "YOU SUCK"?

I toyed with the idea of giving out buffalo nickers, but my wife nixed the idea. Instead, I will give them away in my son's kindergarten glass. There is a better chance in hooking a collector in that group anyway.