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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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My Dad gave me a new type of penny when they first came out. Shinny, 1943 steel cent.
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I no longer have it, it went under my son's pillow when he lost his first tooth and he is saving it to pass on to his first child (if he ever has one). The quarter is gone but it sparked a life long interest in coin collecting that is still strong. That is a fantastic tradition! Thank you for sharing.  |
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United States
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How did you explain how the tooth fairy got YOUR coin to put under the pillow?
Show your financial support of the Coin Community Family (click here)See my topic on Mexican Numismatic Medals (click here) |
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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I didn't have any prized finds that got me hooked - I think the prized finds came much later.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Easy explanation for a small child......magic
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United States
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The father of one of my friends in elementary school was the president of the local bank. My buddy asked if I wanted to go over to his house one day and his Dad had several bags of pennies he let us pour out and go through. Oh for the good old days
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Pillar of the Community
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I don't have it now, but a very worn and barely visible dated 1899 Penny of Great Britain.
I kept it until 2001 when it was stolen with the rest of my first coin collection.
I got this coin when I was 8 or 9 in 1985 and chose it out of a plastic jug of coins owned by my neighbour.
Not much later I got a very worn 1933 NZ half crown as well, my first silver coin. I kept them as curios and referred to the penny as "Grandma" in a home made birthday card I gave my mother - but the coin collecting bug did not really bite me until I was nearly 13 in early 1989, when I bought a bag of 100 world coins for $25 from a coin dealer.
This was further exacerbated whn I was nearly 15 and I started collecting NZ Predecimal Threepences in March 1991.
I collect all these things now, but of course my present examples of all these coins are more recent purchases and much higher grade.
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United States
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The coin in question is en route to me from my childhood home now, but it was the following moment of magic: I'd just started dabbling in coins as an 11 y/o and gathered a few old silver quarters and my dad's circulated Mercury dime set. Numismatics hadn't quite taken full hold in my brain. A friend and neighbor offered me an old envelope of coins that'd been in his study desk for years, and I excitedly accepted the gift. I meticulously arranged everything on my desk at home that night and went through my "new haul". Wheat cent, Wheat cent, tarnished mid-70s nickels, a few random foreign coins, etc. Nothing special. And then, like a beacon in a storm at sea, the waves parted and there she was - a spectacular 1802 large cent. It stood out so dramatically from the rest that I nearly fainted. It was the first coin I sent off to a grading service (what were those?) and it came back VF25 - woo! And then a dealer friend suggested cracking it out and gently removing some of the crud on the reverse. I watched him do it, petrified he'd ruin my new treasure, but he assured me he knew what he was doing. Off she went to PCGS again and a few weeks later....VF35! It's not the most valuable coin in the world, but I'll remember that story forever so this is one for my permanent collection. (I'll share a pic as soon as it arrives next week!) |
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 to the Community, noahlh! |
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United States
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Edited by SamCoin
05/17/2021 11:25 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Mine was a 1939-D nickel in AU condition I found in the early 1960's when I was helping my uncle go thru a bag of nickels one evening.
Before my uncle died a few years ago I asked him if he remembered that coin. He said "remember it? I've still got it!" I asked him if I could have it. A few weeks later he called me and told me to come and get it. It is the coin that hooked me! It is now displayed in my office!
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United States
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A very sentimental piece, for sure. |
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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Adelaide Pound. Australia's first gold coin.
I bought a VF/EF example on my 21st birthday for AUD $250, in 1967.
Sold it 9 years later for AUD $750, along with most of the rest of my collection on consignment, to help raise the 33% of the total price for mortgage deposit on our first house, at $35K.
Paid house off in 7 years on a single income. House was a far better investment - now around $900K. And saved 45 years of rent, which would totaled at about $1.3 million in 2021 dollars!
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 United States
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Very nice!!! Thanks for sharing...
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