new coin collector

aidensgrandpa

I am in CT with my 10 year old grandson. He is interested in starting a coin collection. What would you recommend
he start with. Of course it needs to be somthing a young boy can afford. Thanks

smokincoin

An album and "stuff" from circulation.

bidask

lincoln pennies in a whitman folder

hockeyfan9

Jefferson Nickels. You can still find early ones in circulation. Good luck!

Coppercolor

Agreed with the albums. You can buy them for less than $5 apiece and you'll know pretty quickly how interested he is by how much time he puts into filling the holes. The books are good for planting the bug. Make sure you get the full lincoln series because it's the cheapest (if that's any issue). He'll fill all the memorials and occasionally find a wheat cent which is when the juices get flowing. As he gets older you can continue to expand the books into the higher denominations.

mingot

Something inexpensive and "easy" to start might be a good way to go. Consider one of these. Other good series might be jefferson nickels or lincoln cents, as you get do pretty well buying rolls at face value to search.

lcoopie

start him off by getting a Redbook
it's loaded with info

Learn first,
buy later.

MsMorrisine

cents and nickels are good.

it is still possible to do roll searching with both and find early examples for both.

MsMorrisine

<< <i>start him off by getting a Redbook
it's loaded with info

Learn first,
buy later. >>




that's good too. gotta learn how to pick the better ones out.


Additionally, since quarters are heavily circulated, it might be a good example to pull quarters from circulation. The older ones are getting worn fast. The sooner he starts putting one of them together, the better.

mingot

Yep, a redbook is also a great first book. I remember plucking circulated cents out of circulation as a kid and waiting for the day when I might and buy some of the more exotic coins in the redbook and learning about other series. You'll know pretty soon if he has the bug. Let us know how it goes!

lcoopie

another thought
you might get a mint set from the US Mint
so he can see all the current models in high grade
for very little over face

us mint

BillJones

Buy him a Red Book and a Lincoln cent album. That's how I got started on Christmas day, 1959 when I was 10 years old. One way to know if he has the collector gene in him is to see if he develops a strong desire to fill all of the holes in his album after he has been working on his collection for a while. If he does, that’s good sign that he might become serious about the hobby.

It's hard to believe, but that Lincoln cent series with the Lincoln Memorial reverse is now over 50 years old and is really quite a collection.

topstuf

What coin has he ALREADY picked up and found interesting?

The KID knows what he wants to collect. Help him do that.

BBN

agree with roll searching. If he's into wheat pennies these things are still all over in circulation. If you guys take five or ten bucks to the bank and get rolls of pennies with him you guys can search rolls for wheat pennies. For ten rolls of pennies you should be able to harvest 3-4 wheats. Just replace the missing spot in the roll with a different penny and return them back to the bank for more rolls. The searching is fun and something you guys can do together.

pontiacinf

<< <i>I am in CT with my 10 year old grandson. He is interested in starting a coin collection. What would you recommend
he start with. Of course it needs to be somthing a young boy can afford. Thanks >>



hey welcome grandpa

Im in CT on the shore, I do alot with kids (coin stuff) and always have some extra stuff so if I can help him start out I will gladly
do so. people here have been more than generous and I can share the wealth if you let me know what he decides he likes.

Bill

FilthyBroke

Why not State Quarters? My kids and I filled a couple of albums from circulation, and it was a decent base-level project to get them aware of collecting.

Also, I like the idea of getting him a RedBook. While he fills his album he can be researching older coin issues to see what strikes him as interesting.

ambro51

By ten he should have had a few years of his own 'pump' working IF hes going to get interested at all.

follow his leads...........

Dentuck

<< <i>Why not State Quarters? My kids and I filled a couple of albums from circulation, and it was a decent base-level project to get them aware of collecting.
Also, I like the idea of getting him a RedBook. While he fills his album he can be researching older coin issues to see what strikes him as interesting. >>




I agree. Get him a State Quarter album, folder, or map, then go to the bank and get $20 worth of quarters. Sit down at the kitchen table and see how many different quarters you can find. Repeat as necessary until you've collected them all.

stevek

I agree with the album and coins from circulation....and the pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters - get him all 4 albums...and teach him about condition...to upgrade the coins as he finds one in better condition.

stevek

Also a little tip for later on after he shows interest - get some pennies or other coins at the bank for him, unroll it and "seed it" with a few winners, and rewrap it...let him then unwrap it and "discover" the winners...that will definitely get him more excited about coin collecting...but don't ever tell him you did it.

ricko

Yep.... fill the albums from circulation. If there are coin shows near you, go with him and peruse the 'junk boxes'...good source for wheaties...Good luck, Cheers, RickO

DorkGirl

My first thought was state quarters.

questor54

<< <i>start him off by getting a Redbook
it's loaded with info

Learn first,
buy later. >>



Excellent advice, but very boring. Especially for a kid.

Type2

I would go with Jeffersons, Lincoln Cents. You can get rolls from your BM or Coin store for $2 to $7 and find some nice coins it will sharpen his grading. Then he can trade or sell them for the coins he wants later. I found some like this in just two hr doing what I said. The 2nd pic the Jefferson has wax on the coin. Thats one way of knowing the roll was not played with when you open it.

ambro51

I wish I was ten again.

well, let me rephrase...


I wish I knew what I know now, and was back in 1964 and ready to have another go at it!~

johnny9434

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<< <i>I am in CT with my 10 year old grandson. He is interested in starting a coin collection. What would you recommend
he start with. Of course it needs to be somthing a young boy can afford. Thanks >>



hey welcome grandpa

Im in CT on the shore, I do alot with kids (coin stuff) and always have some extra stuff so if I can help him start out I will gladly
do so. people here have been more than generous and I can share the wealth if you let me know what he decides he likes.

Bill >>



welcome to the forums grandpa. im in ct as well and the coins mentioned above is a very good start. hope to see ya around best wishes

MsMorrisine

<< <i>What coin has he ALREADY picked up and found interesting?

The KID knows what he wants to collect. Help him do that. >>




that's a good idea, too.

ambro51

girls

scottgardener

I borrowed the Red Book from my school library a lot around age 10; I think it would make a great gift. It will also help him find his calling.