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SeattleSlammerSeattleSlammer Posts: 10,032 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited February 17, 2018 2:01PM in U.S. Coin Forum

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  • DRUNNERDRUNNER Posts: 3,873 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Heck YES !!!!!!!!!

    NOTHING like the history of aged coins used in commerce. The stories . . . opportunities . . . chances to open doors that will inspire. I do it every day in school . . . just not with any of my own kids. I may not get them to follow as collectors, but they are fascinated by where those metal discs might have been, what was happening at the time they were minted, and the world as it 'was'.

    Go for it !!!!!

    Drunner

  • SkyManSkyMan Posts: 9,493 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Have Fun and Good Luck!!!

    Toned Franklins

    U.S. Type Set
  • BochimanBochiman Posts: 25,446 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Good for you (they are cheaper too :smile:

    I started a 2nd dansco 7070 for that reason. So that the coins could be pulled out and looked over without any big waste.
    My biggest thing for those coins is that the designs and legends still have enough meat to be viewable and discernible.

    I've been told I tolerate fools poorly...that may explain things if I have a problem with you. Current ebay items - Nothing at the moment

  • CascadeChrisCascadeChris Posts: 2,525 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Cool. But I also suggest starting a pirate treasure chest filled with silver as a start. I don't have any kids but an 8yo brother. 2yrs ago I got him one with about $100 in silver in it as a start and grab him something at every show. The little booger has about a grand in silver already and he loves it. I always tell him to be good or I'll sell it on eBay and he gives me a look like "do it and die" lol

    The more you VAM..
  • SeattleSlammerSeattleSlammer Posts: 10,032 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Great input thanks guys!

    Drunner, nicely put.

    Sky, thanks

    Bochi, I agree, as long as the details are evident, that's the key.

    CC, sounds like your bro is going to need a SDB soon.

  • Type2Type2 Posts: 13,985 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Congratulations on your new baby boy..... o:)



    Hoard the keys.
  • SwampboySwampboy Posts: 13,034 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November 6, 2016 10:28PM

    Congratulations Slammer!!
    (can't put my hands on the TOAST emoticon at the moment) :)

    I suggest NCLT at first for the little shaver.
    Dinosaurs, fishies... you know. All the stuff you'd get stoned for posting on the CU Forums.
    If he has the collector gene he'll probably graduate to an interest in your collection.

    "Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working" Pablo Picasso

  • 291fifth291fifth Posts: 24,432 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Congratulations! Rather than buying coins, start a college fund right now. Make sure that going into debt is not in his future.

    All glory is fleeting.
  • lcoopielcoopie Posts: 8,873 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The best gift a parent can give

    Your time

    LCoopie = Les
  • ashelandasheland Posts: 23,335 ✭✭✭✭✭

    That's great! I hope he likes coins when he gets older. :)

    My YouTube Channel

  • rainbowlover1rainbowlover1 Posts: 402 ✭✭✭

    Congrats !!!!

    • Rainbowlover1
  • BochimanBochiman Posts: 25,446 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @ricko said:
    @SeattleSlammer ....Congratulations.... Almost certainly he will have an interest when young....until sports and girls become his primary focus.... then maybe, later on, he will return to the hobby... it is a pattern often observed. Cheers, RickO

    Lot of truth in what Rick just said....

    I've been told I tolerate fools poorly...that may explain things if I have a problem with you. Current ebay items - Nothing at the moment

  • AhrensdadAhrensdad Posts: 2,583 ✭✭✭

    @SeattleSlammer...Congratulations!

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  • lkeneficlkenefic Posts: 8,169 ✭✭✭✭✭

    "The Tooth Fairy" used to bring my daughter Peace dollars. This was when silver was "up to" about $8 per oz... ah the good ole days.. This, plus the birthday money she put into her own collection, and she had almost a complete set. Fast forward about 8 years... silver was up to $40 per oz and she decided she needed a laptop. I helped her with the sale and she still has a decent HP machine...

    Congratulations and Enjoy!

    Collecting: Dansco 7070; Middle Date Large Cents (VF-AU); Box of 20;

    Successful BST transactions with: SilverEagles92; Ahrensdad; Smitty; GregHansen; Lablade; Mercury10c; copperflopper; whatsup; KISHU1; scrapman1077, crispy, canadanz, smallchange, robkool, Mission16, ranshdow, ibzman350, Fallguy, Collectorcoins, SurfinxHI, jwitten, Walkerguy21D, dsessom.
  • lkeigwinlkeigwin Posts: 16,892 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Congrats, SeattleSlammer! WTG. You are a very lucky guy!
    Lance.

    Coin Photography Services / Everyman Registry set / BHNC #213
  • erickso1erickso1 Posts: 1,705 ✭✭✭

    Congrats! My 4 y/o son just got his first peace dollar and he loves it.

    He also lost his first tooth a couple months prior. I (the tooth fairy) gave him two Susan B's. Told him they were the coins of the tooth fairy. Figured the chances of him finding one in circulation would be pretty slim, so the story should hold up.

  • nwcoastnwcoast Posts: 2,880 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Congratulations!!
    Fantastic news! Cheers!!!

    Happy, humble, honored and proud recipient of the “You Suck” award 10/22/2014

  • BaleyBaley Posts: 22,663 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Hey, congratulations on fatherhood. Changes your whole life and outlook permanently, and are you ever in for it.

    Great coins, I'm doing the same thing, so far all I can get out of my 8 and 10 year olds are "neat, dad!" before they return to Minecraft, but I'm holding out hope. A trip to the coin store to sell some junk silver for cash, then a trip to the Target toy aisle might help...

    Liberty: Parent of Science & Industry

  • LakesammmanLakesammman Posts: 17,409 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Congrats!

    When my son was born, I knew it would be over all too fast (i.e.grow up and move out) so enjoy as much time as you can with your family!!

    "My friends who see my collection sometimes ask what something costs. I tell them and they are in awe at my stupidity." (Baccaruda, 12/03).I find it hard to believe that he (Trump) rushed to some hotel to meet girls of loose morals, although ours are undoubtedly the best in the world. (Putin 1/17) Gone but not forgotten. IGWT, Speedy, Bear, BigE, HokieFore, John Burns, Russ, TahoeDale, Dahlonega, Astrorat, Stewart Blay, Oldhoopster, Broadstruck, Ricko, Big Moose.
  • LeeBoneLeeBone Posts: 4,491 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Congratulations SeattleSlammer , your life has changed for the better in so many ways!!

  • SeattleSlammerSeattleSlammer Posts: 10,032 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November 7, 2016 5:24PM

    Thanks guys for the well wishes and stories. My little guy is 9 Months now.

  • BochimanBochiman Posts: 25,446 ✭✭✭✭✭

    You guys do realize that, having met SS and seen his wife, his child is VERY lucky that SS has such a pretty wife.
    He's a cute kid from the pics I have seen, and he owes it ALL to his mommy :wink:

    I've been told I tolerate fools poorly...that may explain things if I have a problem with you. Current ebay items - Nothing at the moment

  • mannie graymannie gray Posts: 7,259 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Speaking as a father (and grandfather) who has a deep passion for coins, I think it would be great to expose your son to numismatics, but just don't push him (not that I think you would). My daughter used to accompany me to almost every coin show I did, and while I knew she wasn't into coins to the degree that I was, I thought she was still somewhat interested. Wishful thinking on my part.
    She did really like meeting people, selling, wheeling and dealing, and was really a pretty darn good salesperson and had much more patience with tire kickers and storytellers and grouchy old men than I did.
    . And, wow, could she put out a nice organized display case and set up and break down in no time while I was out "working" (shooting the bull). She kept me organized too.
    But what we both really enjoyed was just the time we spent together, traveling, eating, talking, meeting eccentric and sometimes interesting people. She learned a lot about people and what makes them tick and how to get along with others, negotiate, etc., on the many Saturdays and Sundays we spent peddling coins.
    Well, she's 27 now, and still doesn't care much about coins.
    And I'm OK with that.
    But, my granddaughter....she's into Lincoln Cents. And, I admit, I do encourage her but I don't push her.
    Yes, Mr, Slammer, you can always hope! But don't be disappointed when he may show little interest.
    You can still have hope for the next generation of little Slammers. :)

  • BackroadJunkieBackroadJunkie Posts: 3,745 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Congrats on your new tax deduction!

    @SeattleSlammer said:
    ...I suddenly feel compelled to collect raw and worn type coins...

    Well, I understand kids are expensive. Hopefully, you'll have more than what you get out of pocket change... ;)

  • northcoinnorthcoin Posts: 4,987 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Congratulations!

  • mrkbrown87mrkbrown87 Posts: 909 ✭✭✭

    @Baley said:
    Hey, congratulations on fatherhood. Changes your whole life and outlook permanently, and are you ever in for it.

    Great coins, I'm doing the same thing, so far all I can get out of my 8 and 10 year olds are "neat, dad!" before they return to Minecraft, but I'm holding out hope. A trip to the coin store to sell some junk silver for cash, then a trip to the Target toy aisle might help...

    Exactly how my kids are lol

    Mark Brown

    Hoard the keys
  • 3keepSECRETif2rDEAD3keepSECRETif2rDEAD Posts: 4,285 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Congrats buddy! Our legacy lives on though our children....that's what my granddad always thought...he is dead...so he's the only one out of the two of us that knows if he was correct or not ;)

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