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Pillar of the Community
United States
1327 Posts |
Do other people in your family collect coins, THe only one in my family that does is I guess I can say my 4 year old son, he has a 1940-1970 cent book almost done that we work on together, other then him my father use to collect but he passed away. my wife has no interest what so ever. she doesn't know how I can spend so much on A dime or cent when they are on 10 cents or 1 cent not 5-500 dollars.
So who in you family collects coins.or are youi the only one
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Valued Member
United States
85 Posts |
Well, the only other person I can think of would be my great great aunt. lol. Sounds like a distant relation, but we're pretty close. We talk about coins every now and then. She LOVES to search for coins. She will spend hours going through coins!
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Forum Mom
 United States
5877 Posts |
My 12-year-old son, Thomas, started showing interest in the middle of last year. I still don't know if he's going to continue with it or not. A good friend in the WINS club sent him a Dansco Kennedy half dollar album and that got him excited, so hopefully he'll stick it out and start filling that. Right now, he has a smattering of US coins with some world coins. He has a monster toned Morgan that looks really cool, too.  |
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Valued Member
United States
346 Posts |
my sister 12 year old sister collects a little bit but its mainly just me. Ive been getting my sister into it a little at a time. She mite stick with it but I'm not sure other than that I think I'm all by myslef
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Rest in Peace
United States
3730 Posts |
Wife: However, she is more into scrapbooking.
Oldest Son: Mainly U.S. Mint products.
Youngest Son: Avid collector.
Daughter: Mainly U.S. Mint products.
Only three of the six grandkids are into collecting, but they are young, ranging in age from five to nine.
The collectors are:
Ali: Avid collector, loves U.S. circulated coins.
Christiaan: Avid collector, loves foreign stuff with animals pictured.
Daniel: Just getting started.
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
1262 Posts |
Yeah well, my wife likes collecting but not coins. She collects anything that takes her fancy, old funiture, chamber pots, ivory carvings (not politically correct these days)and Lilliput Lane ceramics. No wonder I have no money to buy coins!  |
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Rest in Peace
United States
2884 Posts |
I am very lucky in that my Daughter is an avid collector. I also have a Brother in Law that is a major "hoarder " of coins. My Father in law collected for 45 years with a coin club from Brinks Armored Car Service. He was the Silver Vault Manager for many years. He still has some neat stuff and helped me a lot with Buffalo nickels many years ago. I still have not seen his entire collection! Mike |
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
9381 Posts |
No zippo, only me. No one else interested at all. The coins are all mine, all mine I say. Steve |
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Australia
16810 Posts |
Everyone in the family collects something "geographic" (must be a genetic thing...  ) but no-one else does coins. Dad does seashells, my brother does stamps and my mum does teaspoons and fridge magnets. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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Forum Kid
Kuwait
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My Brother(9 years) collects notes and my mom collects masks(antique and modern)
I continued the generation of coin collecting.
My granddad collected them.
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Valued Member
United States
393 Posts |
Nope, just me. My father-in-law collects a lttle bit though. Maybe there's hope for grandchildren when I get some. Rick |
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Valued Member
United States
79 Posts |
My 7 year old grand niece is starting to show some interest in coins , so I have been giving her a lot of my coins to help engender her interest.My nephew has a fabulous collection of Lincoln cents,mercury dimes ,Washington quarters with all the key dates.
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Pillar Of The Community
Turkey
1205 Posts |
My cousin is the only one I know who collects coins in the family.
He was the one that got me into coins but he's in a standstill nowadays, just the spare coins I give him.
Now my collection is larger than his and I use that to tease him so he can get back into action:)
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Pillar of the Community
United States
867 Posts |
My dad is a collector, and so is one of my mom's brothers. Several of my cousins used to fill "penny" books, but I don't know if they still do or not. My grandfather was a hoarder, you should have seen the size of the box of cents my dad and I inherited when he passed away! [:0] Rachel [:p] |
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Valued Member
United States
123 Posts |
My father and my grandfather accumulated some coins many years ago, but they aren't actively acquiring any more coins. My grandfather, noticing the recent price increases in precious metals, is thinking of selling a few. I'm the only person in the family who actively collects.
Heather
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
3831 Posts |
It's funny how I got affected by my parents as they used to keep the coins that they went abroad. That was how I started collecting coins. Of course, they weren't as serious as I was, as I paid money to buy coins, whereas, theirs was just mere changes.
I guess their altitude changed as I started hoarding Russian silver coins and they had to admit it was quite something :D
What suprised me was when my mom ACTUALLY bought a coin just this week! *lol*
I can't help to stop laughing that collecting can be a highly infectious hobby :)
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Posted 03/13/2006 9:12 pm
