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Collections
Merit badge requirements
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- Prepare a short written report or outline for your counselor, giving a detailed description of your collection,* including a short history.
*Stamp/Coin Collecting are excluded from this merit badge.
- Explain the growth and development of your collection.
- Demonstrate your knowledge of preserving and displaying your collection.
- Explain the precautions that are needed to be taken to preserve your collection, including
- Handling
- Cleaning
- Storage Note precautions for dampness, sun, or other weather conditions.
- Explain how to best display your collection, keeping in mind preserving as discussed above. Explain to your counselor the events available for a hobbyist of this collection including
- Shows
- Seminars
- Conventions
- Contests
- Museums
- Demonstrate your knowledge of collecting and investing. Discuss with your counselor:
- How investing and speculation would apply to your collection
- What you would look for in purchasing other collections similar to yours
- What you would expect in return value in the event you decided to sell all or part of the collection
- Do the following:
- Discuss with your counselor at least 10 terms commonly used in your collection and be prepared to discuss the definition of each.
- Display to your counselor two different sets of your collection and a description of each area of the sets. (Note: if your collection is too large to transport and your counselor is unable to view your collection directly, photographs should be available to explain and display.)
- Explain how your collection is valued by other collectors and display to your counselor any price guides that may be available.
- Explain how your collection is graded, including the categories mentioned above for value, physical defects, size and age. Show the various classifications used in your collection.
- List the national, state, or local association responsive to your collection.
- Show the location of and explain to your counselor the following:
- Identification number (if applicable)
- Series
- Brand name (if any)
- Any other special identification marks
- Discuss with your counselor how you became interested in this collections and the plans you have to continue with the collection in the future.
- Discuss with your counselor the career opportunities that may be available involving your collection.
Merit badge requirements courtesy of Troop ![586](http://mudies.com/586/graphics/586s.gif) Farmington
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