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Hello, world! I found this forum whilst looking for coins or learning more about coins! I'm pretty amateur at this stuff, and amateur is an overstatement! I know basics, but I want to further expand some knowledge! More on about introducing myself.
My name is Nicolas, and as writing this, I'm 16, and I first got my coin fascination when I was about 6 or 7 years old. My grandfather had a coin collection, a lot of nifty stuff that his grandfather owned, then his father owned, a lot of really cool post-civil war coins, late 1800s, just overall really neat stuff. I remember sitting with him as a youngling, as he told me all about them; at the time, obviously, I had no clue what an 1889 Morgan was but I did recognize and pick up his passion. I don't own any of those coins, my grandmother does now, but I mostly like to collect pennies! My best possession is a 1964 memorial Lincoln I own. Doesn't sound too special, but I found it in the worst possible location to find an old coin- at the bottom of an empty 3 Liter bottle of soda, surrounded by another 6 inches of coins! The special thing about it? It still has a really nice shine to it! I've attached a picture below, tell me what you think about it! I hope to be somewhat helpful considering the weak experience I have, thank you all who read this and have an amazing day!

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just a tip: its usually best to hold a coin by the edges so any oils from your fingers is not transferred and possibly cause discoloration to the coin.
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Oh, yeah, I know it doesn't look too much like it but I was holding the coin by the edges of my pinky and middle fingers; it was a pretty risky position as I was super close to smudging it, but next time I might just move the light source to its stand and take a picture from the stand. Thanks for the tip!
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