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Buffalo nickels.
My older brother collected Lincolns and I figured I'd never see a good one of them and my father allowed us to have coins for our collections and I figured five cents was more than one cent. This was 1957 and it was already too late to make a collection from change since the coins were picked over and the dates were worn off most of the early issues. I started buying coins for the set in the early '60's and finished it by 1965. It wasn't long before my interests turned to more mundane things and the set was sold to raise capital. I probably made about $5 on the coins and was the only one in the area who actually had a profit.
Time don't fly, it bounds and leaps.
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A Mercury dime started me out, But lincoln cents were my first set,I have completed 2 full sets, and am working on a third ,,each set a little better as my means increased,,My first Love !!! and still facinating to me !!! Presently putting together proof Lincolns and full band Mercs,as the opportunity arises !! Proof and MS Roosevelts (Silver Issue) only a few coins away from completion !!! US Minted Aussie coins , US minted phillipine issues as well. ASE's and select date and Grade walkers. a small but growing Morgan dollar collection of the New Orleans Mint all MS-63 and above. State Quarters 2 collections for my Grand Kids,, and now I need to start a third !!! I have many Misc. coins , commems, and silver rounds and bars,, Proof sets and mint sets but I dont consider them a collection since most are bought to cut or break for my other collections. Rick Edited by Metalman
02/27/2006 12:12 pm
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Like metalman, my starting point was the Mercury dimes. They were very common and you could find brand new ones just out of the mint at Denver any place around town. Collected them by the roll rather than the single coins. Later on I was able to trade some of the "D" for the missing coins not from Denver. It took about 10 years, but was able to complete the entire set some time after returning home in 1946. Over the years I ended up with three complete sets and two of them were MS and Proof coins. |
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The first set I started was Morgan dollars, still haven't finished that one! Anyone got a spare 1895 laying around?  The only set I've actually finished to date is the 1999-2004 State Quarter book! Rachel [:p] |
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lincoln cents was where I started. I am still short one coin, so the end is in sight...
I have completed a number of sets since then, but that was the first.
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Rest in Peace
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Good old Lincolns! Mike  |
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My older brother collected coins when we were both kids. We checked thru dad's change and my brother worked out what was worth keeping. I was very young. But I remember the excitement of going to the grocery store and getting a Silver Morgan dollar as change in the 1950's. The shop keeper had two more in his drawer so my brother and I ran home (about a mile) to ask permission and for the two dollars to get the other Morgan dollars. Then we ran back to the shop and got them, straight dollar for dollar. We all grow up and put away childish things and so it was with my collecting coins. But in the early eighties, at a family reunion my brother gave me one of those Morgan dollars that we collected as kids. It sparked my adult interest in coin collecting. Always remember....It is never too late to have a happy childhood. |
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Australia
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About ten years ago I had a five cent coin collection that I entered into a competition at the local show. It had two of most coins and a blurb about each five cent piece.
Best thing about entering was I won! By default sur, but I won. I got a 1995 Australian stamps collection folder, valued at $50 at the time (which is alot for a ten year old), but I have since misplaced the coins.
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United States
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im actually doing 4 sets at once. a Memorial cent set a 1965 to date dime set a State Quarter set but my favorite of all my 20th century type set. I havent completed any but I'm close. my first coin was a 2 and 1/2 gulden from the netherlands and I still have it :-) |
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It's great to see you posting demonboy, and I wish you success with the sets you are collecting. In time you will find that they will take on more meaning and become a source of enjoyment and down right adventure.
Like the coin from the Netherlands, over the years you will acquire coins that will take on special meaning. Way more then their actual value, they will be those coin that under no circumstances, will you part with. These are the true gems of you collection.
Hope to see more of your posts.
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United States
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Lincoln Cents and Jefferson nickels were my first attempts at complete sets. By my standards, the Lincoln collection is complete (all regular business strikes of the wheat series, and all business strikes and proofs of the memorial series). The Jefferson set is complete by date and mint, but I want all of the proof issues since they tend to be affordable, and I am missing just a few. If I decided to make this a priority, I'm sure I could find the remaining ones whenever I want to. These days, I'm not so concerned with complete sets; I prefer variety instead. I probably won't complete any more sets that aren't already finished. Heather |
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As usual OldDan has hit the nail squarely on the head. Some coins have little or no monetary value but have unlimited sentimental value. This is especially true now with the Internet and collectors trading coins with each other. Other coins and especially tokens can cost very little and yet you can spend months even years finding out things about them. Those who are just chasing stuff and checking off a list,while waiting to make a killing, IMO, are just setting themselves up for big disappointment. Which of course is their right, but that's not what coin collecting is about. Content > Constructs. I started too with the Lincoln albums and did finish the second one-the easier one--after purchasing the last one for 35 cents. I scavenged empty beer bottles at "The Green" in Levittown N.Y. Regular bottles paid 2 cents deposit back and the quart bottles paid 5 cents back. I bought the last Lincoln for album two at Times Square Dept store, not actually in Times Square but somewhere on Hempstead Turnpike in Levittown. After that I lost interest in coins until 1974. I can remember all that from 1964 but I can't seem to remember to bring the garbage out to the dumpster before it gets filled up.  Edited by longnine009
03/01/2006 9:51 pm
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United States
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i know exactly what you mean oldDan. my netherland coin is about 30 years old way older than me as today was my 18th bday lol. and the coin has seen its circulation and then some it has more nicks and scratches than any of my coins yet it is my favorite of all and always will be. I have no intentions of selling my coins for many many years. I'm not in it for making the money I'm in it for the sheer fun and to have something to pass on to my kids someday. its enjoyable and it shows I did something with my time so its all good to me lol. I have many coins that are just special even knowing they aint worth much. I recently received a ms65 1944 merc as a gift from a very kind person. that coin will be with me for years to come. I dont care about making money off of it. its history to hold that I can actually enjoy considering I'm no history buff that says alot lol. and I have a attatchment to silver I dont like gold but silver is just a thing I love to have.
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03/02/2006 12:05 am
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Australia
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I started with the old copper coins
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United States
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My story is amazingly similar to a few others who have posted here. Back in the mid-1960s, my older brother started collecting Lincoln cents. Like every other kid from that time, he had a blue Whitman album. He recruited me to help him find pennies to fill the slots, but it was so much fun, that I started my own collection! From that time onward to this very day, I instinctively check pocket change, looking for that great rarity that somehow got missed.
Funny thing is, my brother lost interest in collecting not long after he started, but the little guy he brought on as an assistant is still at it 40 years later!
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