Life Changing Finds? Share Your Story! Would Love To Hear About Your Spectacular Find!

not a million dollar coin, but back in 2000 my store manager gave his management staff a 2001 W ASE proof in the box for christmas, anyway I tucked mine away in my gun safe and forgot about it, fast forward 22 years and I came across it and and thought aha, new hobby, so 30 ASE`s, 100 oz of bullion,a half dollar collection later I am enjoying a new part of my retirement, all because of finding that 2001 ASE

Never really found any life changing coins. Best finds were from CRH. Found a 1911 Liberty nickel a few weeks ago. That would have to be my best one.

Now you could buy a new Corvette, with a coin sale. Hotwheels are in the price range of a War Nickel.

If you think about life changing just what is that number if I was to buy a sum of coins at a auction for 50$ and in the pile I bought was a coin worth 10000$(very unlikely) would that be life changing not in my world and I am not rich by any means . It is so unlikely to find a coin worth a huge number without paying a lot for but I do understand let's keep dreaming right?

Almost exactly 25 years ago, I attended my first coin auction while living in Brussels.
I came away from that auction with a 14th century Hungarian gold florin, a 15th century double patard of Charles the Bold, and an early 16th century Polish groat of Sigismund the Old.

That day set a new course for my collecting that has lasted a quarter century, and was certainly the highest impact event in my collecting experience since my childhood..

I've never had a really life-changing find, but like many collectors I've bought quite a few coins worth between $25 and $100 from junk trays, including a 1925 Australian penny, 1865/3 British penny and a 1934 Palestine 20 mils. Plus of course an Edward VII half-sovereign found with my metal detector and the 'solid 6' $1 bill I received as a tip last year!

Sounds like you're defining "life changing" in terms of monetary value. I suppose for me, "discovering" as a kid that a few of my grandfather's coins were fairly valuable led me to a lifetime interest in collecting. A few discoveries in recent years led me to having a few articles published. I never thought I'd be a published author for anything, let alone numismatics, but that hasn't really changed my life. Otherwise I live vicariously through the other finds, like the 1652 New England sixpence found in a potato field.

AWESOME stories!!! Keep 'em coming!!!!