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Valued Member
United States
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Poll Question
I was reading the "How did you start" post and thought a poll would be in order!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
513 Posts |
I said between 10 and 20 years, but that is non-consecutive. There is a gap in there of about 20-25 years when life got in the way.
"You can check out any time you like, but you can ... never leave."
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3075 Posts |
Im in my 46th year of collecting.... boy does that make you feel old... :)
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Pillar of the Community
United States
824 Posts |
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Valued Member
United States
461 Posts |
Almost 10 years... but not all consecutive. Been back at it for the last 4 years or so.
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Moderator
 United States
187702 Posts |
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Pillar of the Community
1153 Posts |
Whenever I start to feel old, I go to a coin show or auction :)
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Valued Member
Canada
488 Posts |
I'm going on seriously collecting for a few years now, but was putting wheaties aside for ten years prior. Always saved old stuff only the last few years I have been putting them in flips.
Since then I have a nice collection growing.... And not just sitting in a jar.
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Valued Member
United States
278 Posts |
I put 1-5, but that's my second time around. I collected when I was younger and then quit for 15 years before I came back to it.
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Valued Member
Canada
261 Posts |
I've been pulling old/interesting coins out of my change since 1967 but didn't buy my first coin until 1990.
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Rest in Peace
United States
18456 Posts |
Total 52 years. but took a long break some where in the middle , you know ;house,
kids, work, and other of life's essentials.
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Valued Member
United States
83 Posts |
I said 5-10 years, but only seriously for the past few. Before that I was too young to know what was good and what wasn't.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1132 Posts |
I "collected" any unusual coins as I found (or my father gave me) as a kid, but got serious about 12 years ago. When I say "serious" I mean spending enough on a single example that people's mouths hang open when they say "what coin in this book cost the most?"
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Pillar of the Community
United States
592 Posts |
About 15 years, with a small gap in terms of active collecting toward the end of high school and beginning of college dur to circumstances.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
20753 Posts |
Possibly should have had the years more like 0 - 5, 6 - 10, 11 - 20, 21 - 40, 41 - 60, 61 - 100, 101 - 150, etc.
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Valued Member
United States
172 Posts |
I was born in 1966, and have been collecting off and on since my parents started giving me Ikes in 1972 for chores!
So guess what I NOW give my own 11 year old for doing chores, etc? Even more Ikes, though she sometimes prefers Sacs and NAs.
Edited by KevinH
08/30/2015 2:21 pm
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Posted 08/28/2015 11:49 am
