New Member From Florida

Greetings all,

I received my first Numismatic piece in the form of a $2.5 Gold Indian Head piece...hand-crafted in a custom Gold Pendant with a Gold rope chain, for my Communion at 7. Unfortunately I wasn't as interested in it as I was with my Shogun Warrior, Transformer, Hot Wheels, Lego or J.I. Joe Figures. One of the few times, my Dad took me to a local Coin Shop, I grew up on Long Island, New York. The Store owner had a Tooth fetish, Fossils of long ago creatures jaws and fangs adorned the walls as did glass display cases filled with coins, sets and literature on numismatics. I remember my eyes focusing on a large Canadian Proof Gold piece, it had a Luster about it the Maple Leaf seemed to hover in like 3D, it was so Siiick!! I luv'd the Indian Head amulet I wore around my neck for a time but it wasn't as big or shiny as this piece. I must have lost the coin-pendant in the playground at school or local park, it just didn't interest me at that age.
Fast forward about 8 years, I had a growing excitement for Sports cards, Basketball and Baseball mainly but only if they had "Misprints"; Reverse Negatives, Off-Center, Misspelled or missing names, etc. I used to purchase boxes and packs at a local Hobby shop and enjoyed opening them hoping to find something that looked odd and different. I accumulated quite a few Misprinted cards including, my favorite pull back then, the Dave Justice Obverse with a Cecil Fielder Reverse card it was so Siiick!!
Long story short I began to dislike the fact that Trading cards weren't so durable and eventually evolved into collecting my Favorite hobby...Mint Error coins!