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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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the first coin I bought was when I was a kid and the SBA dollars came out, I would go to the bank and buy rolls every week but I wasn't really collecting I just put them in a safe deposit box. The first coin I bought when I started collecting was a 1878 Morgan (surprise surprise) |
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Valued Member
United States
303 Posts |
First coin I bought were several in one purchase. 1889 Indian cent, 1912-D and 1937Lincolns, 1937 Buffalo nickel, 1912-D Liberty nickel... and I believe that was it. That was when I was 10 years old, and that was 12 years ago. Unfortunately, I would bring them to school and I lost or had them stolen. I still have the 1912D Lincoln in my collection. Good thing I didn't loose the scarcer one. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1882 Posts |
I was probably 13 years old, and it was rather unspectacular. I believe it was a proof Lincoln...not even a wheatie. Still have it, of course.
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Valued Member
Poland
392 Posts |
The first coin which I bought was 1 mark from II Deutsches Reich, 1875....
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1083 Posts |
It was an 1828 Coronet Large Cent. I bought it in 1970 at a Joske's Department Store in San Antonio, Texas while on a vacation trip. They had a numasmatic Dept at that time. I had it professionally graded by a firm before slabs and the certificate was XF-40. I think I paid $17, a fortune to me at the time. Wish I still had it.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1840 Posts |
1976 Cook Islands 50 cent piece. It was the start of my fish themed collection.
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Valued Member
United States
314 Posts |
I don't remember which dates, but I bought one of every coin from the 20th century to put in a album that I had recently bought. Doing this gave me the coin collecting merit badge in Boy Scouts.
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 United States
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Doing this gave me the coin collecting merit badge in Boy Scouts. I got the same merit badge!  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I believe that the very first coin was a blank large cent, with a lettered edge, back about 1965.
(yup, in the dark ages.)
Probably cost about 25 cents.
but I though that it would be cool to have a large cent.
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Valued Member
United States
74 Posts |
My first coin that I ever bought was a 1914-D cent that I found in a coin grab bag. The D was really worn down and maybe weakly struck, so I guess that's why it was missed. All my previous coins were either gifts or inherited. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
764 Posts |
1909 VDB VF20: 75 cents back in 1992. my dad is either regretting or very pleased about taking me to a coin shop that day because he had no idea I would be the way I am today. yikes
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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When I was as young as 3, my Grandfather was pulling silver from circulation and giving it to me. I remember a 58 Franklin really well from that time... about 73-74 time frame. One of the first I ever bought was an 1840ish large cent. Maybe not the first, but darn close and the first I remember. Around 81... I was 11. I was also very fortunate that the local coin dealer was only a short distance down the same street I lived on at the time. The first coin I had the smarts to pull from circulation on my own was a 38D Jefferson. About the same time period. The day I found it and was showing it off, I dropped it in the yard and never saw it again. I looked through a 6'x6' patch of grass everyday for a week.  |
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Valued Member
United States
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Waaaaayyyyyy back in the early 50's I bought a 1909SVDB from B. Max Mehl for, if my memory is right, around $3. Sent for his greyish/green small book of coins from an ad in the back of some comic book. Sure wish I could have bought more at the time. I hoed 1/2 mile long rows of beans on the family farm here in Michigan for 3 cents per row and saved up all summer to buy it. My dad said I simply was nuts paying more than a penny for it.  |
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Great story Jerryb. By chance do you still have the book?
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United States
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I think I still have the book somewhere as I am a save-a-holic in general. I've looked for it a few times but it is still eluding me. Someday I'll run into it when I'm looking for something else.  |
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Posted 11/10/2008 6:18 pm
