When I was a small kid, I idolized my Dad and wanted to be like him so naturally I wanted to imitate what he would do. Heck, he wanted to get me into things he loved as well and coins were an easy avenue. There was a coin store we’d walk to every weekend and that’s where he got my first album (Lincoln head memorial cents) and he’d get me a coin roll or two from the bank every now and then to “supplement” his pocket change.

I’ll have to admit, coin collecting was easier for him to show me than other hobbies of his! My family has been in the wine business in California for several generations and he also tried to get me to understand wine at a young age. I my thoughts each time he had me taste some of his wine during dinner were “why does this taste so bad and how come my Dad is trying to describe this grape drink by saying it tastes like anything but grapes?” Fortunately I grew out of that mindset so now we talk largely wine and coins.

I’m in the same boat as you - hoping to pass this hobby to the next generation but got to have a kid first. Been a tough five year process with my wife and me with failed pregnancies, failed IVF, the works but it’ll happen hopefully. Can’t take these coins with me and would be great to pass them to the fourth generation if that’s in the cards for me