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Pillar of the Community
United States
593 Posts |
Me my Dad and Grandma were always on the lookout for Victorian and Edwardian coins not uncommon in the 60s Also my Grandma always had a Canadian mint set as a Christmas gift for me starting in 1963 God bless them both For my 10 birthday my Dad found me a mint 1937 10 dollar bill at a bank in Toronto for face value
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New Member
Canada
39 Posts |
I started when my Dad found a collection he had started when he was a kid and gave it to me. I didn't give it much interest as a kid but once I got to university and afterwards I started to get into it more. Then my grandpa found some collections of silver dollars, quarters and halves that he found and gave those to me. From then on I have loved trying to fill in holes for every year and look for new coinage as it comes out. Bit by bit I am learning more and can't wait till I have more time to spend doing it.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
1984 Posts |
I was also started out with the PL sets by my aunt, starting in 1964. I started collecting actively when delivering papers in the early 70s. My aunt got me joined up with the City of Ottawa Coin Club as a junior in the mid 70s. Entered a few club shows and won the junior trophy a few times...I may have been the only junior member...I was certainly the only one who regularly attended! I still remember being introduced to Guy Potter, who knew my aunt and grandfather well. My early highlight: when the large bust quarters were discovered in 1973, I found two in change! My collecting went pretty dormant until about 5 or 6 years ago, when I received a large quantity of coins from my aunt.
PS the quarters went to ICCS last year, both grading MS64! Sold one, will keep one as a keepsake...
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Valued Member
United States
97 Posts |
I started my cents and nickles around 1962 when I had a paper route in Connecticut. Found Canadian coins regularly and decided to save them. Now I have the full small cent and nickel (1922-date) collections plus two rolls of BU cents I bought in Ontario in 1964.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
1554 Posts |
 I started collecting in 1973 when I was 13, continued on for about 3 years with no real knowledge of what I was doing or how to collect since I had no real guidance. (no Internet!) Now,>>>> fast forward to the year 2002, I'm 41, married with two kids and employed full time with expendable income. I'm deeply searching for a Hobby to enrich my life and have as a pastime well into retirement? I think back to days when I collected in the 1970's as a teen with many fond memories. So one day I drop into the local coin shop and start inquiring about where the Hobby has gone. Not only was I shocked, but pleasantly delighted. My thirst for knowledge in the Hobby took off like wildfire as did my acquisitions. I have no regrets being involved in this wonderful addiction, woops I mean Hobby! p.s.: I lied, I do have one regret, why did I ever quit collecting back in the '70's? If I could go back knowing what I know now,I would have a Mintstate Victorian/Edwardian Collection today! Glenn  |
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New Member
Canada
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Began my collecting when an Aunt gave me some 1967 coins when I was about 10 years old. Would take my allowance each week and go the supermarket and get two rolls of nickels and two rolls of pennies to go through. Slowly filled in the gaps until I started having to buy coins I could not find in change. The worst mistake I made was stopping collecting coins for jumping on the sports card collecting in the early 90's. I just cringe when I think of the money I would have invested into coins instead of a market of sports cards that was just being flooded. Oh well, I was a young teen then, but I learned from my mistake!
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Valued Member
Canada
123 Posts |
Had a small collection of just older coins I found in change that I started when I was 10...then 21 years of nothing.
Then last winter, I was helping my Mom move and she asked me to exchange a large bag of change for her at the bank, I took a quick look through it and found a few coins from the 40's & 50's in there...then I was hooked, I had to have all the dates!
Addiction more than hobby...haha
Edited by EY_Pep
10/26/2011 10:06 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
629 Posts |
My parents both worked at a bank in Windsor just after the war. They kept a few things in the drawer that they had removed from being tellers. We moved to the states in 1960. I joined a coin club in late 60's in High School and that's pretty much where it started and ended with graduation. Picked up the bug to collect again in late 80's and have been at it ever since. The things they kept included a few shinplasters and silver dollars including a 1935 and 36. Nothing great but it started me off in the right direction. Only wish my dad had bought the 1948 specimen set in 1969 for $1,000 that someone offered at the coin club. Oh well. But no regrets.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
617 Posts |
My Grandmother and Father always set aside "Ol' George" coins so I did to.They did this for years. We cashed in a lot during the big silver price jump of the early '80's  .I still just set them aside after that.I was just in the habit and never stopped. One day not so ling ago I decided I'd have to do something with the jars and jars of old coins that I had sitting around, so I decided to put some sets together with my kids. The kids soon lost interest I never did. |
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New Member
Canada
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The first coin I ever got was a 1935 silver dollar. And I was hooked. I just had to complete the silver dollar set. Haven't looked back since. This is one great hobby.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
610 Posts |
My Dad gave me a tin of coins back in the early 60's
I became hooked right away!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1002 Posts |
I only recently started collecting although when I was a kid in the 70's I had a few centennial bills and silver dollars - which I believe I traded with my older sister for some spending cash to buy a bicycle!
I have an 11 year old son and to help keep him in touch with his Canadian heritage, I got him started on a Canadian stamp collection a couple years ago. Well that amassed into quite a collection where we are only about a dozen short (the real high dollar ones!) of every stamp from 1851-1980.
On our annual trip to Canada a couple years ago, we stopped at TD branch to withdraw some cash and we got some nice crispy Journey Series bills. Usually I had just used plastic on the trips, but the banks here in the U.S. started charging foreign transaction fees. He (and I) liked the Canadian money since it is more artful than the drab U.S. currency. After getting back in the U.S., I thought it would be nice to build a collection of Canadian notes.
Once I got that built up I moved on to coins and am still going strong!
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
650 Posts |
When I was 10 or so I got a penny whitman and went on a mission to fill it, had no problem filling in the holes back to 37 the george 5 was tuff. My family had a bar and hotel had the advantage of going through aa this cash. How could anyone resist?
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