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Boy Scout coin collecting HELP
woodardcoin
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Hello all,
My son Vaughan (8) just joined the local Boy Scout pack . The other night I was thumbing through his handbook and one of the upcoming chapters/acctivities where the boys can earn a badge is about starting a collection. So when dear ole' dad saw this my eyes popped out of my head and an idea was born. My wife (who also collects ) and I have decided to make up starter kits for the boys that they can keep going with . I am looking for suggestions from the members here on what you would put into the "kits" .
Now all of the funding for this will be coming from my pocket , so I can not go overboard as I would like to . What would you put in the kits to keep the budget low but the enthusiam high ? A memorial cent folder or two ?? Where they could dig through Mom and Dads pocket change trying to fill holes , without braking the bank?
Any thoughts and ideas will be greatly appreciated . I personally would love to give each and ever Scout in his troop "the bug " . All total I think he has 10 scouts in his pack so keep that in mind with your ideas.
Thanks
JP
My son Vaughan (8) just joined the local Boy Scout pack . The other night I was thumbing through his handbook and one of the upcoming chapters/acctivities where the boys can earn a badge is about starting a collection. So when dear ole' dad saw this my eyes popped out of my head and an idea was born. My wife (who also collects ) and I have decided to make up starter kits for the boys that they can keep going with . I am looking for suggestions from the members here on what you would put into the "kits" .
Now all of the funding for this will be coming from my pocket , so I can not go overboard as I would like to . What would you put in the kits to keep the budget low but the enthusiam high ? A memorial cent folder or two ?? Where they could dig through Mom and Dads pocket change trying to fill holes , without braking the bank?
Any thoughts and ideas will be greatly appreciated . I personally would love to give each and ever Scout in his troop "the bug " . All total I think he has 10 scouts in his pack so keep that in mind with your ideas.
Thanks
JP
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-Randy Newman
Make a collection of anything you want. Start with ten things put together in a neat order .Show and explain your collection.
Thaat basically it. It list diefferent collections .ie Shells , stamps, COINS. LOL I thought it would be great to start all of them into coins and hope that that little seed will grow into a full-time collector .
JP
Capped Bust Half Dollars by Variety & Die State Pictorial Refrence
JP - if you want some foreign coins to have for the kids, please PM me for a donation.
www.rfrajola.com
Also, you could have some flips and maybe a cheap loupe for each of them. Having some Redbooks would be great! This would be very informational, and there are lots of coin pictures for the younger Scouts to look at.
Boy Scout Coin Collecting merit badge requirements.
Boy Scout Collections merit badge requirements.
Cub Scouts Wolf Badge Start a Collection Requirements.
Basically, Cub Scouts allows Akela (the Scouts Adult or Parent) to sign off on requirements whereas Boy Scouts has set coin collecting requirements which must be signed off by a qualified Merit Badge Counselor.
I think a whitman folder would be a little over the edge but perhaps some of the US Mint presidential dollar holders available for free from the US Mint?
Maybe some of the Whitman plastic year set holders?
Just about anything would work but you'll want to keep it simple or you'll lose them. Besides, 8 year old boys would rather jump and play than sit sorting through coins.
At least, that has been my experience.
The name is LEE!
<< <i>Here is the text from the collecting section of the handbook.
Make a collection of anything you want. Start with ten things put together in a neat order .Show and explain your collection.
Thaat basically it. It list diefferent collections .ie Shells , stamps, COINS. LOL I thought it would be great to start all of them into coins and hope that that little seed will grow into a full-time collector . >>
Mint sets normally have 10 or more coins. Required I think, or when I was a Weblo, a small research report. Require a coin related report for the year the set is from. coinsboby.com sells sets at FMV and free shipping.
Edited to add even the war nickels are available from circ. You could perhaps seed a couple into a roll for your son. Your local B&M should have some circulated examples for less than a dollar.
JH
Proof Buffalo Registry Set
Capped Bust Quarters Registry Set
Proof Walking Liberty Halves Registry Set
get a mint and a proof set, show the differences
get magnifying glasses
show the different parts of a coin, mint marks
show how to store coins
get some older ones, indian heads, buff nickles, merc dimes, halves, morgans
sounds like fun
I think that this, along with a red book (maybe you could get this donated by a local dealer?) would be a great way to get them started.
Lincoln Cent - Wheatie only - you can get tons from circulation with the memorial reverse, it needs to be special
Steel Lincoln Cent
Merc Dime
Standing Lib Quarter
Barber Half
Seated Dime
Three cent (nickel or silver depending upon grade and cost)
Silver War nickel
Two cent
Large Cent
These can all be had by going through the junk bins at most coin shops - look at all the history just in these coins alone!
But one of the requirements is to collect a year set from the year you were born to date.
So, for a young guy that should be pretty easy in pennies or whatever.
The handbook is helpful for them to learn a little.
They need to learn about the mint marks ect. Great fun, once in a while a new collector is born via this merit badge.
Of course an approved merit badge counselor is needed to sign that "Blue Card"
Gardnerville, NV
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