Hey everyone I have been collecting coins since I was 9 years old, now I am a bit more than a novice now and I really enjoy this community (Numismatist) I am more of the traditional type of person and a Christian but thats not why I am here I am here for my love of coins and collecting. At first I started collecting simple silver eagles, morgans, proof sets when my grandpa would take me to the local coin shop and grew up going to the same coin shop for most of my childhood until I moved the last coin I bought there was a $20 gold eagle so a long ways from silver eagles and proof sets but the things I learned going there I will never forget and the coin dealer was more like a friend at that point and definitely the only friend who understood my hobby as most young people know nothing about coins. I now collect everything, gold, silver, copper but right now my focus is on silver crown size coins and other world coins, one of my favorites in my collection is an Elizabeth I and a Charles III crown but I have a quite large collection at this point. I am not interested in selling coins I only buy, and I really love the rare and odd coins some of my latest purchases are a Cuban silver Peso and I am getting the rest of the denominations even though Cuban coins are hard to source but with some luck I have found some reliable dealers. Anyways I am looking forward to interacting with this community learning new things, and helping others learn as well. If you need some advice with world silver and gold I am your guy. Nice to meet you all!