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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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I tried to find this topic, but think its long gone.
So lets start it again for us newbies
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Moderator
United States
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"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
Edited by Spence
12/27/2018 2:48 pm
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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Thanks Spence. I did see some of those. Did you see how old the replys are? I say reboot time
Edited by Keith67
12/27/2018 3:01 pm
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New Member
South Africa
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Im new. I want to collect coins as recently iv become fascinated with the designs on them and also, before the earth starts swiping cards and going online for all transactions, I want in on the awesomeness before our pockets are weightless and the zombie Apocalypse threatens mankind to extinction, or werewolves force bullion collectors to melt the silver to make bullets. Whatever the case, I'm finding coins interesting and hope this is not a fad, Heaven knows, I'm not dealing with the Zombie Apocalypse.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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A family member did and I kind of got into it - no reason to stop now.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
745 Posts |
To me they are little pieces of American history
Tim Hughes
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
8938 Posts |
My tech teacher got me into it, I lead myself from there
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Pillar of the Community
United States
6524 Posts |
I should reply to my own topic. my oldest coin is from 1773. and there is nothing like holding that piece of history in my hand
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12/27/2018 5:23 pm
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Moderator
United States
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To me they are little pieces of American history I agree, but would expand on this as many of the pieces in my collection are not from the US: "little pieces of world history". "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I think the urge to collect has been engrained in humans since the beginning. Collecting coins, antiques, or classic cars is an extension of the hunter and gatherer mentality of our ancestors.
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Valued Member
United States
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I have a small collection by accident. I was a kid before 1964, and ended up saving the silver coins I happened to have before they stopped minting silver coins. Then about 20+ years ago, I bought "junk silver coins" from a dealer for the bullion content, but I recently discovered that a bunch of the coins are more valuable than that, such as Barber dimes and quarters in decent condition. I just started looking through these coins again, and ended up here to find out more. Edited by Pauldog
01/06/2019 03:11 am
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Rest in Peace
United States
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I think as a kid (9-13) you either have an interest in coins or you DON'T . With me I was fascinated with wheat cents ,still am . So yes the interest of coins had been in me right from the beginning and will always be in me to the day I pass .  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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The history behind them and the challenge of the hunt to find those I like.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I think as a kid (9-13) you either have an interest in coins or you DON'T My story is the same as many others that I have heard. Interest when I was young, then forgotten, then re-ignited as an adult. |
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Valued Member
United States
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That happened to me with razors, too. I remember watching my dad shaving, and my mom took a photo of me using his razor after she had removed the blade.
I kept using old razors like that, and ended up as a moderator at a shaving forum where the main interest is older style (non-cartridge) razors - shavemyface.com.
Now it's a "thing," and small companies are making new versions of these old razors, such as the Supply injector razor or the Phoenix slant bar razors.
So my best bet for getting more coins might be swapping vintage razors for them. :)
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01/07/2019 05:06 am
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Posted 12/27/2018 3:00 pm
