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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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since 1968...54 years ago.
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Australia
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The first U.S. classic coin that I included in my collection was an 1847 silver Half Dime. About VF-20 condition. That was waaaaay back in the mid 1950's. I was still in elementary school at the time. |
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United States
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As a youngster around 1980 I learned that magic number 1964 and scoured change for it, also back then you could get wheat pennies and I arbitrarily set 1959 as my cutoff date for Jefferson nickels worth saving. On top of that, my grandmother had a pouch of old Liberty nickels which I somehow took possession of (OK I guess I just stole them, she certainly wouldn't have given them to me), and those were just magical, a time machine to an era that seemed impossibly old, ghostly and ancient, to this day the Liberty nickel is my most nostalgic coin. |
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Bedrock of the Community
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IN NECESSARIIS UNITAS - IN DUBIIS LIBERTAS - IN OMNIBUS CARITAS THE MAN IN THE ARENA, Theodore Roosevelt at the Sorbonne Paris on April 23, 1910: " It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." My coin website: https://fairfaxcoins.com |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Like a few others have mentioned, I began with Lincoln's and Indian Head nickels in 1974 in order to achieve the coin collecting merit badge of the Boy Scouts. Liberty dimes and Barber dimes followed a few years later, 1976/77. For the record, I still possess every coin I put together over the years as assembled. ANA member - PAN Member - BCCS Member There are no problems only solutions - the late, great John Lennon
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04/23/2022 3:12 pm
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United States
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I collected when I was young in the 60's after one grandfather gave me a Morgan dollar from his Vegas trip. I used to like to shine it up with some abrasive silver polish my mother bought me. Another grandfather gave me coins he brought back from world war 2. Lots of French, German and English coins. I collected into my 30's casually then sold everything. I began again in 2014 when my sister who worked at a bank called me and said she got about 40 old silver dollars deposited and did I want them. I've been obsessed since and I'm a 93-S away from completing my Morgan's now. |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Started type sets in the 80's.
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Valued Member
United States
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since around April of 1957 so 65 years ago.
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United States
425 Posts |
I've been at it for some 45 years. My grandmother gave me a roll of uncirculated and lightly circulated Indian Head cents way back then. One of the very nice uncirculated cents was the 1909-S. There was no 1877 but still beautiful set. I stepped away at times over the years, but still enjoy the hobby. |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
735 Posts |
Though it seems like a short time compared to other users but I started my collecting journey back in 2017 so approaching 5 years.
I've been collecting for a couple years... Favorite Coin's are Standing Liberty quarters, Working on my type set | Coffee, Corvettes, Coins & the CCF what could be better? |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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About 40 years with time off during college years and when starting a family. Probably 25 active years.
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United States
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I have been collecting on and off since 1969, 53 years ago,
It looks like a lot of us started around that time frame.
I started with whatever wheat pennies I found in pocket change and put them into a cheap Whitman folder.
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