To start my collection 30 years ago, it was circulation and my grandfather always giving us silver dollars on our birthdays. Back then, there was also a small section in The Bay (a Canadian department store like Sears) that sold coins and stamps. I was really young, about 5-6 years old, but I would spend all my birthday and holiday money there.
Fast forward a few years and as a teenager I started buying loose coins on
ebay. That is also when I got my first taste of slabbed coins from the auction site TeleTrade. I still remember I was working at a bottle cap factory as a summer job at 17 years old and I was spending all the money I earned on completely random coins from TeleTrade. That is why I have a few dozen slabbed Morgans and a Canadian gold sovereign. I didn't know what I was buying at the time...I just thought they were pretty and got completely caught up in the auctions.
My 20s involved no coins because of constantly being told how nerdy it was. I was into computers as a kid right through to today, but
coins are how I was nerdy. Enough teasing and I gave up the hobby.
Now that I am in my mid-30s and don't care what people think, I have hit the ground running again and pulled the old collection out of storage! This time around I have more ability to research (the internet is a better tool than it was), patience, and money. I also have more focus and there is insane access to coins. In the past year and a half that I have been at it I have been able to complete parts of my old collection that sat with holes for years and expand my interests into other series. My main source for this round has been online coin stores,
ebay, and iCollector auctions.
I still have never been into a coin store in my life (other than the kiosk at The Bay) BUT I am going to my first coin show tomorrow, Torex in Toronto, so I am excited about that and not sure what to expect!
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Posted 02/08/2018 9:59 pm
