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New Member
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Hello everyone. New to coins and forums. So bare with me and my annoying questions. Lol? I guess to start off I should introduce myself. I'm a 33 year old father of 7 who is considered a dinosaur by most of the people I know, including a couple of people born in the 40's and 50's. For the entirety of my short life I have always worked hard and never really had a hobby. Other than the occasional beer can pyramid and raising my kids. I recently was going through some jars of change And stumbled upon quite a few coins I didn't know what to do with. There were three coins in what I consider pretty good shape for their age and some other ones I thought were just ruined. I sold all but 2 to a guy at work and kept the two Indian heads dated 1865 and 1881. I also kept the 1857 (sitting Liberty?) quarter with a hole in it that started this new hobby. I guess that would be the summed up version of who I am and why I'm here. But I do have one question, did anyone else ever think that coin collecting was just for the super wealthy?
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Rest in Peace
United States
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 We really do love almost all questions, so ask away. 7 children at age 33? Yowie. You could start a heck of a mint set or proof set collection getting one of each for your children's birth year. |
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New Member
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Lol. It's mostly good times. Can feel overwhelmed at times but it's worth it. I've never really had time to pursue a hobby with all of the sports, school plays, homework and all the other madness that comes with having kids. So I'm glad I stumbled into coins. It's something I can do in my free time without having to make free time. If that makes sense.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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to CCF! I'm also from the Buckeye state. Coin collecting certainly has many ultra wealthy participants but there are also many coin series that are quite affordable. You could also try coin roll hunting which requires quite a bit of effort but enables collectors to get coins at face value. Edited by Joe2007
01/27/2016 10:51 pm
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New Member
United States
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What I meant by the wealthy thing was that the only time I ever noticed anything about coins was that a coin was sold for a large amount or something like that. Just never knew older coins were just readily available. What got me hooked was the fact that I almost spent an 1857 quarter at the gas station and I have no idea where it came from. Just crazy that coins that old are still floating around.
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Pillar of the Community
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to CCF. The quarter is commonly called "Seated Liberty" or "Liberty Seated" and the same design was used for 5 denominations, from the Half Dime to the dollar. There is even a club devoted just to the study of Liberty Seated coins. -----Burton 50+ year / Life / Emeritus ANA member (joined 12/1/1973) Life member: Numismatics International, CONECA Member: TNA, FtWCC, NETCC, EveryCountry (online) coin club Owned by three cats and a wife of 40+ years (joined 1983) Author: 3rd Edition of the Sample Slabs book, https://www.sampleslabs.info/ |
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to the Community! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Welcome from another Ohioan!
You will find all kinds of collectors here, from those who never spend more than face value for coins to those who invest a decent sum and all manner in between. Coin collecting can be as expensive or as cheap as your interests decide.
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Pillar of the Community
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I'm still trying to figure out with a handle like Wimpy how that can be so with 7 children, very impressive I would say! he he Welcome Wimpy to CCF.
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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to the CCF! |
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Welcome, I have spent a number of winters on the edge of Lake Erie.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Wimpy!! Wow...7 children at 33! I can speak for many collectors...I am FAR from wealthy and yes old coins are available in masses. When you have a little time I would suggest for you to purchase a paperback " Red Book" Great info source for old and new collectors alike  |
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New Member
United States
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Joe, I actually got $25 dollars worth of cents yesterday. My wife and kids have kind of laughed at my new interest, especially when I requested the cents.....but, my wife stopped by the bank on her way home and when she told them she beeded $45 dollars and $25 of it in pennies, the woman smirked and said, you do know that a lot of pennies right? My wife said yes and that they were for her husband who found a hobby and hes wanting to search through rolls. My wife and ALL of the tellers had a good laugh about it. So when she got home with them, the kids thought I was crazy, so they naturally joined in. Found a few wheats, including a 1943. So already making great memories after only 2 weeks.
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New Member
United States
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KenKat, I'm also a Ken in Ohio. BadToTheBone and Coinfusion, 7 kids by age 33 is what happens when you don't get a hobby until age 33. Lol
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Valued Member
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to the forum from Arkansas |
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Posted 01/27/2016 10:38 pm
