I Started Collecting Coins Because....

I don't see any answers to this question I can relate to so I will give you mine. Back in 1956 or 57 coin collecting was rather popular with a lot of kids even in this little town. There was little else to get excited about. My dad did not give me a stash of old coins. He barely had new ones. Maybe that was where I started to understand money. I found coins in circulation from the last century, and wondered who might have had them in their hand. That alone still keeps me going. I like to imagine George Washington once held the 1794 cent that I can now hold. I guess the reason I would pick is "Its just fun.'

lou b, You used the date 1956. That's interesting because that was the year I became truly interested in coin collecting.

I started when I found my first silver quarter in circulation. As a 1978 model I had no idea that coins at one time used to be 90% silver! After that I searched for more and more information and the "habit" stuck!

I got my first coins, including my avatar from my uncle, that pretty much started it off. But now I am starting collect coins for historical reasons, many coins are also political statements either through what language used or symbols or just the style.