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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
1327 Posts |
I wasn't sure how to vote. since I first stated collecting in 1999 when the State Quarters came out but only collected for a year or 2.Then my dad got sick with cancer and passed away. He was only 50 so to young to pass away We collected coins together and once he passed away I stop it reminded me to much of him. But less then a year ago I restarted and I have learned about coin I never know that the US made since I was only a State Quarter and Stuff the US mint sold. So I am voting for 1-12 months since that is how long I have been serius and addicted to coins and the history of coins |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
14454 Posts |
I also picked 1-12 months because I guess it was about 9 months ago when I bought my first Morgan dollar and the fire has been burning ever since. I have just about completed a date set and close to completing the date/mint set and I have the #1 set in the collectors society B1 reverse Morgan set. Since joining this forum my knowledge has grown 10 fold and I found errors within my collection I never knew about and know what to look for better when buying other coins to take the spots that need filling/upgraded within my collection |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5362 Posts |
I actually started in second grade in school which would be 1954 - that would put me over 50 years. But I only had a half dozen coins until I began to collect in earnest when I was 10 years old in 1957. That si when I got my first part time job and had some money to spend. By then I had expanded to several hundred coins. So I date my buying to 1957 but my earliest interest in coins to 1954.
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Forum Kid
Kuwait
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Ive been collecting for 2 years...
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Pillar of the Community
United States
867 Posts |
I picked 18-24 years, because I started as a kid but I'm not sure exactly how old I was when I started!  Rachel [:p] |
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Moderator
 United States
23522 Posts |
I was fairly serious as a kid in the 60's, to the extent that I dug old sites and searched every coin I got my hands on for errors and the like, but then I drifted away from it for 30 years or so. The last couple years, I've gotten serious again.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7123 Posts |
Since 1969 ,,, seriously since 1976,, addicted since 1984,, in a dream world since 1991,, oblivious to most everything else since 1997.
Rick
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Valued Member
United States
346 Posts |
i have no idea when I first started off but I know I wasnt really into it untill within the last 12 months
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Rest in Peace
United States
3730 Posts |
I really got after it when I was starting into high school -- in 1956.
However, prior to that I had built up a small collection of foreign coins.
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New Member
United Kingdom
41 Posts |
I can't really tell, I was a teenager so I guess 15 or 16 y.o.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1267 Posts |
I guess since I was 8 or 9 years old. 1968 0r 1969...
Take Care
Ben
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New Member
United States
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My first coin books are from when I was a little boy. My father helped me with them. However, I have only been a serious collector for about the past eight years.
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Posted 04/15/2006 1:00 pm
