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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I got my first "old" coin in 1955 when I was 8. I still have it. I started collecting seriously (as seriously as a kid with a 50 cent a week income could be) when I was 10. That was also the year (1957) that I asked my folks not to bother with toys as gifts. I wanted and received a Twenty Cent Piece. By 1959, I was a school yard coin dealer buying selling and trading. I started with counterfeit coins in 1960. In the 1970s, I became a semi-professional dealer and did that for 25 years. I retired from my primary vocation (the money making one) in 1997 and became a full time coin obsessed collector/researcher. |
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
9445 Posts |
I started collecting coins when I was about 6 or 7 years old, so I have been collecting on and off for about 40 years. I only really collected what I stumbled upon, I never went out of my way to build the collection. This has changed this year when I found this site and made many new friends. Steve  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2365 Posts |
I'll add to triggersmobs comment. The CCF has re-ignited my passion for coin collecting and has inspired me to branch out into more World coins and Commens. Also, the folks here are much easier to understand when explaining grades, prices and so forth. Thank you CCF!!
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
20753 Posts |
I started when my Dad first gave me some of those brand new, shinny, silver looking pennies(cents)that just came out when I was a kid. That was the 1943 Lincoln Cent. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1541 Posts |
I collected as a kid but gave up after a while. About year back only I got into collecting seriously. I don't really remember how I got into it.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1840 Posts |
My grandfather started me off about 20 years ago by giving me a small collection that he had. It sat packed away in acloset until I started collecting again about a year and a half ago.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1582 Posts |
I know exactly when I started - March, 2005. I got a set of the then current State Quarters with a folder from Littleton. Since then I've picked up a little bit of everything <coinwise>. |
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Valued Member
United States
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i have been collecting for ten years now witch is a lot of me considering I'm 14
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Pillar of the Community
United States
986 Posts |
I've only been seriously collecting for around 7-8 months now. I've really learned that reading a lot and buying reference books are a great investment of time and money.
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New Member
United States
3 Posts |
I have only been interested in Coin Collecting for about a year. My father passed away last year and I now am trying to go through his collection and learn all I can. His interest appeared to be Morgan SD. After going thru his coins, he appears to be a hoarder versus a collector. LOL
Jack
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Valued Member
United States
224 Posts |
I have been seriously collecting since the early 1980's.
Nothing quite like buying money!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1454 Posts |
Been collecting coins for a little over a year. Got started on Mercury dimes. The set started to get too expensive for my budget when I hit a certain point so I started on my Franklin collection which is more than halfway now. Those are just a couple of the many things I have started in that years time but the two types I am working on the most. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
595 Posts |
I've accumulated coins since I was about 12 -- also inherited my father's small accumulation of coins in 1978 -- but nothing deliberate until 1999 when I bought Whitman folders to put quarters in. I always dreamed that some day I would be able to own a gold coin, and three years ago I found out there are plenty of models that are pretty affordable and acquired (on November 4, 2003, but who's counting?) my first gold coin -- a 1886-S half eagle. Been getting serious about it ever since. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
830 Posts |
I originally started when I was about 8 or 9 years old, then lost interest around age 14 when I discovered girls. Restarted with a US Type Set in 1976, but then had two kids, mortgage, etc., so I stopped again. I only started seriously collecting about 5 years ago, more or less.
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Valued Member
United States
383 Posts |
I started in '95 with the interest in the doubled die cent. Variety cents are still my main interest but enjoy much more now.
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