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Valued Member
 United States
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Regarding my '62 IHC. I was left a fairly large collection which of course I thought I had hit the jackpot. At the time, I wasn't too aware on how much condition made on values. As a kid you just look at something and say " it's old, must be worth a lot". Almost all the coins left to me were taken out of circulation, or according to my mother he bartered for different ones. There are thousands of coins, primarily Jefferson nickels and Roosie's. But there were a few pieces that somehow didn't get worn down and this is obviously one. I wish I could take pictures like some I've seen on CCF, but this was the best I could do. It is still my favorite single coin, since I can remember him showing it to me when I was 4 or 5. He kept it in this plastic pill container which I know saved it. None of you would believe what the 2.5$ gold coins look like. He buffed them to make them "shiny" according to my mother. AAAAARRRRGGGGHHHH! But I am still so grateful for what we have now. I've been able to do a lot and of all the hobbies I have had, nothing compares to this. Historically and monetarily I don't know anything like it. Plus, just think about all the history! My '62 got me so infatuated with IHC's that I kept buying everything I could afford when I was young but of course nothing high grade. So with time you learn about how important the grade actually is, not just what year or MM. I've really enjoyed reading these posts and hope more can share. I'm also thrilled I found this site. As I've written, there is not much near me and the few stores that are nearby, are WAY overpriced. Thanks for all the posts, keep them coming. |
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United States
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I got started back in the mid 60's when I was about 10 or 11. My dad had been getting Morgan dollars by mail from the Sierra Silver Exchange in Reno, Nevada. At the time, the coin shop was selling Morgan dollars starting at $1.75. Some of the CC's were quite bit more expensive, some going for as much as $8 - $10.  My dad started to upgrade a few of his Morgans and gave me the some of the duplicates. At the time, I had a paper route and couldn't afford to spend that kind of money for dollar coins, so I started saving some of the change I collected from my customers at the end of the month. I started to get rolls of pennies from the bank to search so I had something to do until the end of the next month when I got more change to look through. Once I found a 1914-D Lincoln (recently graded VF-35 by PCGS) in a roll from the bank, I was hooked. |
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Very Nice coin, story and post grancap!
Thanks for sharing.
Jim
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Mine was a cut out of a Merucury Head dime (the Liberty Head) on a necklace. My father gave it to me when I was around 6 and then a 3 cent nickel a few years later. As soon as my camera battery charges I will post my little necklace. I only wear it from time to time so it will not get too worn.
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I have no idea, nor do I remember what coin influenced me to collect when I was a kid. I do recall what got me interested in collecting again recently. I found the new Lincoln union shield cent and though that I better start collecting again because it won't be too long before memorial cents are removed out of circulation. Maybe a decade or two, but still.
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United States
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Hey Grandcap that is a sweet looking IHC I see 4 diamonds as well on it. Very nice. My grandfather was a coin collecting guru. Ok he was a cherry picker before the name was made up I think. In his collection he had a nickel made from lead. He is the one who set aside a 68-s Kennedy half for me and he even bought a 1972 nickel from me with a reverse die-crack which I got back. I don't think a single coin ever left his hand without the loupe on it. This is where I got that great looking 70-s Lg date lincoln with the noticeable doubling he had listed on it that I had shown off in here. He also put aside 1960 sd and Ld in a manilla envelope that I still have to this day! |
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Grancap74 - that's a beauty! Here's a token that my Dad gave me in the 1950's when I was ten years old. He was one of the thousands who worked in the local brass mills and his boss gave him the token. Like many of you - there wasn't any value in the token but it was more more about the fact that my Dad gave it to me. The 1837 date also got me interested in the history of coins and I started scanning my Dad's change every day when he got home from work. I found out much later that the coin was not produced in 1837 but actually in the 1950's (R on reverse) but it didn't matter to me.   Member ANA and EAC "You got to lose to know how to win". Dream On by Aerosmith |
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United States
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Mario, Thanks for the nice words on my IHC. I have never seen nor heard of a Lead nickel. Can you post pics? It's pretty cool he set aside so many different coins for you. I've always been so trilled with what we have received, but never knew the extent of what he had until after he passed. You seem like you learned from him which is great! My grandfather seemed to believe quantity was the best, but have stilled used a lot of them to upgrade over the years. Cipster, the token is also really cool. Never seen that one before also. I have a bag of tokens that was left to me and still haven't done anything with them as of now, bus, train, etc.. They are always great to look at since they are all different as with Coinage. |
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United States
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A Indian Head cent in a coin purse that was my Grandfathers, the coin was so smooth you could barely read the date also there was a folded up 2 dollar bill in it this was in the late '60 probably. My Grandmother used to give is Morgans as kids, never knew what they were date wise till I was about 30 years old, my mother got them out of the safety dep. box so I could look through them. All commons but cool old worn coins. Still love coins, just cant spend on them. Tony |
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United States
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My favorite design is the high relief Half-dollars of 1916-1917. Reduced relief of 1917 onward are okay....
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United States
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Collected years ago, but like everything else other things took me away from the hobby. How ever mom got me going again with this coin:   I now lucky enough to share this hobby with my grandson. He is hooked big time. |
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Great stories everyone. And nice coins too. For me, a seed was planted in the 70's when this old timer would give me a silver coin or two after mowing his stamp-sized lawn. He would sit me down each time before paying me to explain what he was giving me. His stories were interesting, I remember, but I really didn't understand his fascination at 10 years old. He soon passed away and soon after I remember spending these precious relics on a craving for candy bars at the 7-11 down the street. (I know, I know!) But still, the seed was planted. Years later, on a whim, I entered a quality coin store and I was intently curious in these beautiful and historical coins I saw. I badgered the store owner with all kinds of questions and I took home a Red Book. I studied that book for days. I don't remember the first coin I bought, but I knew then that I couldn't well afford complete sets, so I would focus on a few quality coins of each type, and I would buy any coin that had an interesting story...steel pennies, toned Morgans, off-set plankets, civil war tokens, etc. And that's how I got hooked. |
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