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Poll Question
I still have mine. I bought a group of forgien coins and that is what got me hooked. If you still have yours,  and the story behind it!
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United States
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I still have mine, its a dateless Standing Liberty quarter I found in my front yard at the age of 13 with the metal detector I just got for my birthday. That coin started it all! This was in 1976. Sorry no pic as its in my safety deposit box. |
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United States
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Not my first coin, but have saved a Seated Liberty dime I found in my backyard when I was 12 about 45 years ago. I promptly destroyed it by improper cleaning. It was/still is a beautiful coin. |
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United States
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Yes. It is a 1919 Wheat cent. I got it out of a cup at my grandmother's house when I was about 9 years old. I thought it must have been the oldest thing ever made at that time. Built the set (and now upgrading it) and have been collecting coins ever since. |
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 United States
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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My first coin was a Japanese 50 yen coin dating 1962. I got it when I was six years of age and still have it.
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United States
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Yes, an 1827 bust half dollar which I cleaned extensively as a kid whenever I saw it start to get "dirty" :)
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 United States
8137 Posts |
It seems more coins turn up in yards than I thought. Then you ask yourself- How did it get there?
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Canada
158 Posts |
I wish I did but I don't. We had some tough times fall on us and due to our daughters medical condition when she was young, I sold the collection I had at the time. Happily I've been able to build it back up to be even better than it was.  Edited by Fireman638
01/29/2014 6:52 pm
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United States
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Still have all my first coins, plural. Grandfather laid them all out (raw) in front of 5 grandchildren and we took turns picking, back in 1971. Technically I may not have the exact first coins, because we then traded with each other for about a day.
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United States
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I still have my first. I was 8 years old when my uncle took me to a coin store to spend my hard saved up $6. We had just been through his collection and my father had shown me all the coins he was collecting. My uncle and I looked for something that "fit" me and bought a 1865 3 cent nickel. What is really neat is my uncle is more like brother (he is only 16 years older than me), gave me his collection and I have expanded it and started to distribute it to my cousins (and in one case a really cool cousin-spouse who loves coins).
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United States
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Still have the first coin that got me hooked - father in law got me a random 1981 proof set at a show... turned out to have a type II SBA. Still trying to finish up that type II set though... the hard way. Half way there.  |
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Australia
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The first coins I actually paid money for (I was about eight at the time) were a handful of brass or aluminium-bronze foreign coins out of a dealer's scratchtray. An Austrian schilling of 1972, for example, is one of them. Now, most of them are either not particularly photogenic or have been upgraded with better-quality examples. Later that same day, now that it was obvious to my parents that I was interested in coins, they gave me the family hoard - old predecimal Australian coins and coins from Canada, where I was born. Most notable in the latter category was a 1971 British Columbia dollar they'd picked up from circulation while living there:  Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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United States
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yes indeed. It was an 1883-O Morgan. Here she is...   |
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Sweden
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I have mine as well.
A Denmark 1/2 shilling from 1771
Found abount 8 inches down in the ground, in our garden while diggin up potato. I was 8yrs old so my task was to pick them, and there it was...
Those were the days when collecting was more about quantity than quality.
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United States
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Oh yes, it's a 1927 Standing Liberty quarter (no pics yet) that I bought at a Wolco Department Store back in the 70's (1970's, that is). I tried to improve it's apperanace by cleaning it with baking soda back then and it has developed a black rim tarnish (not tone) I rediscovered it a little while back and have it in a stack of other silver coins. |
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Posted 01/29/2014 5:10 pm
