Ages Of Ancient Coin Collectors

Happy birthday Chris! ;-)

Happy Birthday Chris.

Happy Birthday Chris.

When you get to my age you will find out that when we are young we celebrate birthdays because we are getting 'older',
and when we are 'older' we celebrate birthdays because we are getting . . . . . . well, 'older' (still alive).

thanks guys!

tc.....I'm already in the later category.

hooray for surviving another year!



happy belated birthday cgc..I missed that.

I think I am from the older generation , I was born in august 1947 and collecting coins since 1969 .I have learnd that coin collecting is a hobby with changing interest : some period you are fixed on Roman republican coins , another on Greek silver hellenistic ,etc.. it is changing with the years and the money you can spend .During 25 years I was only interested in Greek-Roman and Egyptian antiquities but I returned to the coins and are now interested in Greek South Italian coins but don't hesitate when there is a big occasion .
So , coin lovers who are a litter older , have you the same experience ?
Albert - Antwerpen - Belgium

Hello, Antwerpen,

I was born August 1949 (another first half of last century 'baby').

I 'dabbled' in coin and then note collecting mostly of 'current' issues, but when I started my own small museum of antiquities and prehistoric artefacts, I came across a 'Tiberius' of 22 AD. This started me on the road of "A coin From Each of The Centuries (from 17th century BC (Chinese) to the 21st Century AD).

Through that I discovered early Greek and now Roman, and so the story continues . . . . . . .. ..

16 here.