Coins I Forgot I Had - Now Found!

Thanks for the kind words! I started collecting at 13 just pulling weird and unusual stuff from change, then I bought a coinage magazine on a road trip and from that ordered a bag of wheat pennies, found a local coin store and bought some holders and began to go through them. By 16 a good friend of mine at school and I re-started the defunct coin club with a teacher, and that year I joined the Denver Coin Club and a year later learned about the ANA, joined up and won a scholarship to a summer seminar. I took the "All about Coins" course taught by David Bowers. Soon after I began dealing and trading with the local coin shops, then setting up tables at shows, and went to work part time at a local shop near my house. By the time I was 18 and graduated that was what I was doing full time, traveling to coin shows, buying and selling coins for the next 7 years or so. I was never a big time dealer, never made much money but had fun and made enough money to cover expenses and keep going. I stopped after a home burglary cost me around $50k ++ of losses and another year to pay back the dealers items I had on consignment. Now I just collect and occasionally sell duplicates/upgrades I get on ebay.

My high school buddy went on to have quite a career in coins, he went to work for PCGS as a grader, wholesaled coins around the country, started ICG grading company, before retiring. Other friends from that first ANA seminar I attended back in 1982 became giants in the coin industry, Dwight Manley (went on to own most every big time US coin, like King of Siam set, 1913 nickels, 1804 dollars, etc. He became David Hall's chief join buyer), Kevin Lipton was another in our class, also a top dealer in US coins and currency, there were a few more that also became coin dealers. I credit the ANA Summer Seminar and their YN program with changing my life for the better, it allowed me to do so much, and meet some of the best people I have ever known.




Not sure about many of them, I'll slowly get to it and post questions here I'm sure, nothing of any real value I'm betting. But could be good stuff for contests, give aways, YN projects, etc.



Yep it sure did!

'" Those who take pride in keeping a neat and orderly collection , will never know the thrill of finding something they thought they had lost forever. "

I had fun just reading about your discovery. It must have been a blast for you! Congrats.