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7 minutes ago, Thompson2 said:

Please tell Hank he is very welcome!  My collector's edition "Hank's Thank You Card" arrived yesterday.  

I'm glad you got it. Thank you again so very much!

We've having all sorts of fun with these coins -- they're helping him to read words, find numbers, and see all sorts of other details. 

You and the rest of the folks on this forum have created a numismatist.  Thank you!

21 minutes ago, RWB said:

Limit time to about 20 minutes. That's the limit on a 6-year old's attention - unless it's a cookie.

All good advice. Especially the bit about the cookie.  Thank you all so much.

You guys are awesome!

I'd be happy to PayPal any of you a reasonable amount for the coins and shipping. I'll send out some IMs right now!

Thank you all so much!

My father recently gave my five year old son an 1883 silver dollar and my son thinks it's the coolest thing ever. My wife and I have scrounged up some of our random coins and he just loves looking at them and talking about them.

His sixth birthday is coming up and I would love to get him a set of pretty, interesting, shiny coins. Obviously he's pretty young so we don't want to get anything of real value. Is there a resource where I could purchase a VERY beginner set of coins for him? I think the most diverse in terms of dates, countries of origin and materials would be the best. but I have no clue where to look. I'm thinking of spending $25-40.

Any help would be appreciated. And since I don't have any coins of note to share a picture of, I've attached a picture of Hank himself.