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Valued Member
United States
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I just found a Burger King Token coin worth 5 cents. I think its from 1995. I also just found a "Medals of the Presidents" Album(For Sale at National Parks and Museums) that I started in 1994 (Age12). Both of these things I had completely forgotten about, but I suppose I was collecting at that time.
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New Member
United States
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My great-grandmother was a waitress for 40 years at a diner a couple towns over from where I live. She would occasionally receive foreign coins or silver dollars etc as tips and she kept them in a velvet bag. She gave me the bag full of coins on my ninth birthday (24 now) and they fascinated me. Also, on the other side of the family, my grandfather has a box full of old coins that have been in the family for many many years. He showed them too me shortly after he learned that I had gotten into coin collecting and gave me a few of them, so I can thank both sides of my family for this obsession.
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 United States
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I probably was given coins from both sets of grandparents when I was grade school age (I guess). Collected for many years, then got out of it in high school. I just re-started collecting in past few years. Hate to imagine what I missed when I was not actively collecting.  |
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Pillar of the Community
Thailand
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I blame (thank) my mother. She was an immigrant to England after the second world war so she was always fascinated by coins from other countries. Her 'collection' consisted of throwing any foreign coins into a tin. As a kid I used to spend hours with her going through them every now and again. I started the same when we (my then wife and I) had a small local store. When my mother passed away I inherited her collection and that was when I really got serious. The banknotes just came along in natural progression. This, more than any other hobby, has given me so much pleasure over the ensuing years that I still thank her whenever I think of her. God bless you mum. |
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United States
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I too ran into a mess with telling people at work I collected coins. I worked at an Engineering Company with people from all over the World so they just thought coins are coins and strted giving me coins from home. I didn't want to disapoint them so I took them and put them in a large box. This continued for many years. I still have that box and it is full of coins from places I could never figure out. I'm not a language person so to me they all might as well be from the Klingon Galaxy.
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Valued Member
United States
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It was my dad that got me started. He had collected coins as a kid. By the time I was born, he wasn't collecting in the sense of going to coin shops or shows, but he still made a point of going through his change. Well, from when he started, he could still find walkers, mercs, IHPs, buffaloes, etc. And when I was young, those were all way cooler than the current batch of coins that all had presidents on them (my attitude in that regard hasn't changed in the least). So I was hooked. I started going through all my change. And even then you could find cool stuff - wheats, of course, but also the occasional IHP and buffalo.
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Valued Member
Canada
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Dad as well. He collected a bunch of the Montreal olympics silver dollars, gold coins, and banknotes. Recently got more involed after finding them again when we sold the house.
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Valued Member
United States
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In the 60s everyone in my neighborhood seemed to collect, so I did too. When I lost interest, my Dad took over my collection and it stayed that way for decades. Now I am interested again and my Dad is losing interest so he gives me lots of cool stuff and I show him some of the things I currently collect. We are having a great time. Other than sports my Dad is VERY quiet, so the coins serve well as conversation starters.
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United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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When I was 12ish, my grandmother gave me many coins she had saved, to give me when she thought I was of a responsible age (mistake!). Of those, I recall a beautiful BU Standing Liberty quarter, can't remember the year - I traded that to a another carrier friend for 50 of his customers (Quincy Patriot Ledger). I also recall a cool blue 1893 Columbian Exposition half dollar, that I had to spend on the Boston subway to get home - toll guy was very happy to take it! Also, in the late 50's, early 60's, the Boston Jordan Marsh store had a very large coin section on the 1st floor, lots of display cases in an open floor setting - I would go in there and buy those beauties whenever I could scrape up a few dollars, but being bad with money, I didn't keep them long, and then when I was old enough to own a car, everything was gone. Started up again in the early 90's, a little bit of everything U.S. After working for 50+ years, I finally have a few dollars to spend, so I can buy, and not sell! Plus the occasional gift from family... |
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 United States
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Awesome stories!  |
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United States
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...they all might as well be from the Klingon Galaxy. Uh, the Klingons are a civilization in this galaxy. Their Empire stretches from... wait... wrong forum.  |
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New Member
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I had received many coins from my classmate when their parents coming back from foreign countries. I was interesting in collection coins in 2003 when I worked in Africa.Now I have a lots of coins.
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New Member
United States
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I worked as a cashier in my family's grocery business at age 12. It was interesting because I would come across Indian Head pennies, Buffalo nickels, even a 1939 dime in VG! Even today I still look through all the change to see what I can find. In some ways my family says I'm crazy for wanting to look through so much change. Edited by LincolnMercury
04/21/2011 9:59 pm
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Valued Member
United States
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In the mid-80s, my dad would often go to this place that was sort of a pawn shop / antique store in the bigger city near us. I quickly got bored of looking at the same old records, antiques, etc. each weekend, but became fascinated with this smaller, locked area where they bought and sold old coins, PMs, etc. I remember going in often and buying Mercury dimes for 7x face value. As a youngster, I couldn't afford many quarters, halves, etc. at 7x face, but I could always scrounge up a couple of bucks and get some sweet Mercuries for my every growing album. It just expanded from there...family members would bring foreign coins back whenever they traveled, I would dig through change looking for wheat pennies, I even started searching nickel rolls from the grocery store's customer service booth, keeping anything pre-60s. It was fun until around high school time and then priorities shifted. I would always drop back in now and then when I'd find something interesting, but it wasn't until a couple of years ago that I really got back into coin collecting. |
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