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My avatar, a 1786 Vermont Copper. This may sound "out there" but I feel this particular coin was meant to be found by me 220 years later. I picked it up in 2006.
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1982 small date zinc DDR-001 Discovery Coin. Found it in a bank roll and ended up putting me in all the major coin magazines. First shown on this site.
Richard
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1854 arrows at date Seated quarter VG raw, but I don't have it any more. It was given to my dad (born 1916) by the "tooth fairy" (his dad) for his first tooth, given to me for my first tooth and I gave it to my son for his first tooth. He has it saved for when he has a child. |
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A 1921 s cent found in circulation that got me started 40 years ago.
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My favorite coin is a 1924 Saint-Gaudens Double eagle. I won this in a coin raffle at a coin show. I paid $5 to get 6 tickets. It was a raw coin so I sent it in to have it graded it came back MS64 ANACS.  |
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1869 nickel three-cent piece. I used an odd, brown-colored stock pic from here as my av for a while. My dad had it along with some IHC's, a 1939 Mexican 1 centavo piece, and a 1944 Philippines one centavo piece, and as the "eldest" son (and the only one interested in coin collecting) I was the one who inherited them. |
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BU 1944 Mercury dime given to me by my wife on my 50th birthday, with a photograph of the side door from Boston's old Federal Reserve Bank. Now a luxury hotel, the building has beautiful brass 1920's era coin images on all the exterior doors. |
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Mine is an 1857-O Seated dime that my Grandfather gave to me in the early 70's shortly before he died. I was around 10. I think of him everytime I look at it. |
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My first coin, a 1916 Mercury dime given to me by mother when I was about 6 years old, and I loved this hobby ever since then. Thanks Mom! |
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My first two coins, a 1943 Walking Liberty half and a 1929 cent my father gave me, my first silver found in circulation, a 1958 D dime, and my first US mint purchase, a 2006 proof ASE. |
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I used to have one... An 1888 Morgan dollar, one of the most common year/MM, but it was given to me when I was 8 years old by my now diceased grandfather... It was my first silver coin I have ever got, yet 4 years ago, I made the mistake of not using a safe or security box at a bank... and it was stolen by a life-long friend who became addicted to drugs... The sad thing is that I lost 2 important things that day, a piece of my history, but more importantly, a friend... |
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Every time I went over to my great uncle Drexel's house when I was a little kid he would always give both me and my brother an old Kennedy half. He said we were supposed to use it if we saw a cute girl who looked thirsty and could use a soda (I'm now pretty sure he just wanted to get rid of them, the man hated Kennedy with a purple passion). Every time he gave one to me I saw how big the coin was, how much it weighed compared to normal coins, how perfectly it fit into my palm, and thought "Wow, this must really be worth something". |
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I've got an 1869 3CN in my 7070 that came from my Dad's collection that means a lot to me.
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Not a single coin, but Mercury dimes are the ones I've been chasing since I was about 10yrs old. I love those things...worn and near unrecognizable, pristine and FSB...I love 'em all! Also, the one in my avatar...my first Ancient Roman. It's well worn, but I think that just gives it character. And it's a big, chunky coin...very cool to show people! |
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