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I just wanted to know what got you started on coin collecting. What got me started was.........well you know how at some stores they have those coin counters where you dump your coins in? Well my dad always saves his coins and once a month changes them in. And one time he asked me to bring it over there and so, when I picked the bag up a few spilled out, and while I was picking them up I noticed a wheat penny(but at the time I didn't know what it was) and the date said 1954. So I put it in my pocket(and though it didn't really matter I exchanged it for a regular penny) and when I got home I looked it up one the Internet. And that's what got me started.  And I've been thinking about it and I wondered how other people got started so I had the  to start a thread. So what got you started? |
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My Grandpa and my Dad probably......though the influence was sporadic. Both were metal detector people too.........OH DANG IT !.....I STILL KEEP FORGETTING THAT I HAVE A NEW METAL DETECTOR !....  I need to tie a string on my finger or something ! Edited by eaglefoot
07/22/2008 3:38 pm
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In 1978 my dad gave me two Eisenhower dollars and I thought they were the neatest things ever! Later he gave me some half dollars as well. I started to "hoard" the loose change that made it my way. Eventually, I read some books and my mother bought me a bunch of Whitman folders to hold my findings. She did a lot to encourage me in my new hobby by taking me to the local coin shops and increasing my allowance for the sole purpose of buying coins. She even bought me my first Red Book (1981). |
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United States
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When I was a little kid my dad would bring home a bunch of pennies every Friday after work. Mom, dad, and my brother and sister and I would sort through the cents to fill holes in the old blue books (Dansco?). We filled a lot of books. I'll never forget it. I took a break from collecting for 45 years, now I'm back at it.
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United States
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Hello,well my story is kind of a sad one,JUST KIDDING.Anyway when I was about 5 years old my father and mother divorced and then when I was 11 years old my brother and I visited my father and he showed us his coin collection but he didn't want to share any with us so what I did was look in a boy's life magazine and I saw a Littleton coin company advertisement and I ordered Indian head pennies for my brother and myself and I've been collecting eversince.I'm 30 years old now and still love coin collecting.
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My dad brought home pennies each week from work. They were change inside a pack of cigarettes. Those days .23 per pack...2 cents change.
Notice the common starter>>>>>>>DADS!
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United States
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My dad had some Indian heads, an 1869 3-cent piece, and a Philippines one-cent piece that I eventually inherited. But now that I think of it, my grandmother sent me the first Whitman album for wheat cents when I was about 8 or 9, and nearly all the cents I have in it now were filled with coins in circulation - except for the 1909-VDB, which I sent off for and got for around $4.00, probably from Littleton. I also had a stamp collection at the time, but that's long gone. Sporadically I've come back to coin collecting; it hasn't been a steady hobby, I'm afraid. But except for the dollar coins (that I mentioned in another thread) that were stolen, I still have practically every coin that I've collected from the beginning. |
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United States
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My family got me started in coin collecting. I remember being a young kid and seeing my grandfathers coin collection. I was in awe at what I saw. Indian cents, Buffalo nickels, and Mercury dimes, were all foreign to me. I remember seeing Morgans, Liberty head nickels and many others. Once I saw his collection, I was immediately hooked. About a year later my grandmother gave me a heavily worn Mercury dime and I haven't stopped collecting. Its been over 20 years since I saw that collection, but I won't forget the impact it had on me. |
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United States
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My uncle got me started. When I was around 7 or 8 he was sent to China by the Southern Baptist Mission Board. Before he left he showed me his collection which consisted mainly of Lincolns (there were a few odd War Nickels and mercurys). I was fascinated. I have the feeling he knew I would be. He asked me if I would be willing to help him by "holding" his collection for him until he got back, and if I wanted to maybe add to it here and there. I still have the coins he gave me as well as a whole slew of others that I've picked up over the last 30 years. |
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i was really young and only remember a tiny bit about when I started. I got whitman folders for lincoln cents when I was four years old, and I even remmeber the first 1991 penny I found one day at preschool. then when I was 5, my dad took me to a coin shop and I filled some holes in book number one. I got a 1909VDB in VF for 75 cents! although I now have a red uncirculated one, I still kept that coin as a sentimental piece, but that 1991 cent is probably in some jar or bank vault now.
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United States
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I'm not the newest kid on the block (or forum) but I started late in life. In March of 2005, I saw an ad from Littleton for all the uncirculated State Quarters (P&D) that had been minted up until then for short money. That was the bait - I started getting coins on approval after that (always read the fine print) but I ended that after a couple of shipments. Then, I discovered the wonderful world of ebay, and many of my coins have come from there. I still check my change when I get home (and anyone else's who'll let me) - I've found quite a few of the coins I have that way, too. So, I guess Littleton got me stated with their State Quarters offer, and it's been full speed ahead ever since. Ralph |
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United States
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My grandfather started coin collecting when he was a kid in the early thirties and his collection has grown up until about the year 2000 which is when he stopped renewing his subscription to Coin World. Once he stopped getting the magazines, I knew it was over. But when I was young he used to show me morgans, peace, flying eagles, mercury's, barbers and tons of other types. I never got to see his ENTIRE collection though. He very well could have some rare coins in his collection that are stashed in his room and closet. I am leaving for colorado in 1 day to see him and I will finally see his collection in its entirety. Sorry for the long story, but it was all his "fault" that started my passion and Thats one of the many reasons I love him. |
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United States
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An armored car dropped a bag of coins, I picked it up, took it home and started going through them. Afraid to take them to a bank for depositing since all banks were warned about the missing bag of money. So just kept them all. Still following armored cars in hopes of finding more coins.  In reality my Dad gave me those new shinning, Silver looking cents that just came out when I was a kid. That started me with all those 1943 cents. |
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