{"id":1009,"date":"2022-11-17T02:31:14","date_gmt":"2022-11-17T02:31:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/affdemo.com\/dir\/?p=1009"},"modified":"2022-11-17T02:31:14","modified_gmt":"2022-11-17T02:31:14","slug":"starting-a-coin-collection-for-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/w1.affwebsites.com\/articledir\/starting-a-coin-collection-for-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"Starting A Coin Collection For Kids"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The best time to mould a child (kid) is when he\/she is still young. By getting curious minds involved in something educational, there is a very good chance that they will become responsible adults.<\/p>\n<p>Some parents can start by teaching how to cook or bake at a young age. If the child enjoys and does well with it, then perhaps in the future, this person could become a chef.<\/p>\n<p>Giving a child a hobby can also teach that child how to stay focused or to pay particular attention to a certain subject. A good example of this is starting a coin collection.<\/p>\n<p>For most adults coins are just petty cash. They are used to buy a newspaper or used to pay for a ride on the subway etc. For children, coins are more than that. Some children save the coins placed in their piggy bank to make a special purchase or save them to use for their college tuition.<\/p>\n<p>To start a coin collection the parent and child can start by opening the piggy bank and examining the coins together. Coins were manufactured during different years and each has its history.<\/p>\n<p>By explaining the significance of each, the child\u2019s interest will grow and this in turn will encourage the growth of the coin collection.<\/p>\n<p>Both the parent and child could get lucky if they should find that a coin has missing letters or numbers or a misprint is seen on the coin. Since such things don\u2019t happen often, the value of the coin is much higher than the original face value.<\/p>\n<p>Coins can that is to be part of a collection should be kept inside a small box separated from the coins used for savings. When this collection has grown larger, then it is time to buy a plastic folder in which to store the coins.<\/p>\n<p>There are two kinds of folders currently on the market: the first can hold the coins individually and the other is a sheet which can hold a number of coins per page.<\/p>\n<p>By using folders the child and take the collection to school for \u201cshow and tell\u201d which would improve the child\u2019s self-confidence in achieving something on his own \u2013 without the help of the parents.<\/p>\n<p>Coins can teach the child about saving for a special purchase or project and encourage the child to work hard to achieve that goal without always asking for money from mom or dad.<\/p>\n<p>Coin collecting started in the early years will pay off later in life by teaching responsibility.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The best time to mould a child (kid) is when he\/she is still young. By getting curious minds involved in something educational, there is a very good chance that they will become responsible adults. Some parents can start by teaching how to cook or bake at a young age. If the child enjoys and does\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/w1.affwebsites.com\/articledir\/starting-a-coin-collection-for-kids\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[140],"tags":[533,659,626,627,629,526],"class_list":["post-1009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-coin-collecting","tag-child","tag-childs","tag-coin","tag-coins","tag-collection","tag-pay"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/w1.affwebsites.com\/articledir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1009","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/w1.affwebsites.com\/articledir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/w1.affwebsites.com\/articledir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/w1.affwebsites.com\/articledir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/w1.affwebsites.com\/articledir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1009"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/w1.affwebsites.com\/articledir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1009\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/w1.affwebsites.com\/articledir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/w1.affwebsites.com\/articledir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/w1.affwebsites.com\/articledir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}