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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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My other hobby is to buy and renovate houses and my wife thinks that's too expensive a hobby!
Wow - great question! In the early 1950s I was about 10 years old and very bored. My Dad worked second shift and there was no TV until the evening so I looked forward to looking thru his pocket change every day and was fascinated by what I found. Later on I became a computer scientist and loved topics having great details - I guess there's a connection. Now that my professional career is winding down as I near retirement I've returned to an intense interest in coins and am really enjoying it.
Member ANA and EAC "You got to lose to know how to win". Dream On by Aerosmith |
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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vermontensium: I live in Sydney, and as a kid I only ever saw one train set that was made by Lionel. My friend's dad who used to be in the RAAF (Royal Australian Air Force) brought it back from the U.S. when he went there for training in the 1950's. His train set needed a step up transformer to convert from 110V to 240V. My train set was by Marklin (German). I now own another German product: A 30 year old 6.9 litre Mercedes W116 450 SEL 6.9.
As for my train set? I sold it when I was 18 and bought myself an MS63 St Gaudens Double Eagle.
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Valued Member
United States
220 Posts |
I really always was interested in coins but until recently I was never in a financial position that would allow me to pay for change  |
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Pillar of the Community
Thailand
1509 Posts |
I too, like some of you, inherited the collecting bug from a parent. My mother had her tin of world coins and these were added to my own collection on her passing. I don't remember any specific coins from her but they are all a constant reminder of her and her passion for collecting. |
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 Australia
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Everyone in my family collects something, so there's probably a genetic component. Like my brother, I collected stamps and coins when I was growing up... as well as bus tickets and all sorts of other junk. Unlike my brother, I found coins more interesting than the stamps and other things - I suppose it was the deeper history you can get with coins that attracted me the most.
Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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South Africa
169 Posts |
Coin Collecting runs in my Family too, my father always collected as long as I can remember, he actually left all his coins to my older brother(Who Sold it)  . I started more investing in gold, then became more aware of the beauty and history of coins and started collecting, my son(12) shares that passion with me now, and it is a good way of spending some quality time together researching and collecting. |
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Finland
294 Posts |
I started with coins 15 years ago when I was aged 12-13. I inherited a small pouch of old Finnish, Swedish, Russian and Soviet coins which were drifted in my family through a couple of centuries. Oldest coins were Swedish and Russian coins started from 1740's so you can imagine how interesting that pouch was for a boy of that age. I picked up all the Finnish coins and started to collect domestic coins. Nowadays my collection consists also world coins, so I'm still going strong with my hobby. I want to refine more and more this collection which will go to the next generation on some day. I hope the chain won't never snap I foresee the future of coin collecting so I have already added some old credit cards into my collection  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Started as a kid when they did away with silver coins...used to go through dimes and take out the Mercurys for my neighbor's dad. Didn't take long to get interested when I found out they could be worth more than face value.
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Valued Member
 United States
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Started as a kid when they did away with silver coins... I started about that same time too. My Dad used to let me get all the "solid silver" out of his pocket change each evening.  |
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Valued Member
Canada
56 Posts |
When I was 10 I found an envelope with a few old banknotes and some unknown for then coins in a drawer at my grandfathers house. I got curious to what they were and after that I got infected by the virus
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I started out roll hunting halves for silver. Honestly, it never occurred to me that JFK was only on the half from 1964 onward when I found a Franklin half. And this was only 2.5 years ago or so. Edited by nod2003
10/05/2010 2:22 pm
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Valued Member
United States
370 Posts |
My mother got me started when I was younger, just recently got back into it.
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New Member
United States
29 Posts |
Different pieces of art from all around the world at different times in history, in the palm of your hand. :)
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Pillar of the Community
United States
539 Posts |
I don't really know why I started, it was too many years ago. I know my parents didn't collect anything that I recall so I don't think it was passed down as many have said here. I remember spending loads of time with them when I was a young teenager. They got put away for a good many years and I recently just got back into the hobby. And was my wife thrilled when I pulled out that old box!!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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My great uncle got me started. We would go out to junk yards looking for parts for his windmill, and we would stop at various "greasy spoons" looking for leads from the locals. I stopped and looked at a "gumball type" machine that had a bunch of wheat's, IHC, buffaloes and mercs in it, and my great uncle gave me some change and wished me good luck with getting something worthwhile. I got the usual dated "50-something" wheat's, and on my last try (fourth or fifth) I got a Buffalo nickle. I was so excited (I was about seven) that I ran over and showed my great uncle, and he looked them over, and started telling me a story about when he was my age, and the coins that encountered. He did not give me any coins, just a story behind them. He also got me started in electronics as well. Rest in Peace Uncle Earl.  |
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Posted 10/04/2010 9:11 pm
