What Was Your First Coin, And How Did You Get It?

i found my first official coin close to the end of may, It was a 1816 George III silver sixpence, it is a bit beaten. I found it when counting change for my father in law. Still have it in my coin folder.

My dad got me a 1966 Kennedy half dollar when I was born (in 1966). I'm not sure what happened to it.

The coins that started my interest in collecting were 2 Whitman penny tri folders, one Indian head one Lincoln. I was a 9 years old paper boy and for good delivery service to a disabled vet he gave them to me.Now all coins interest me but the beginning was Mr John Voits gift to me. The Pennies.

My first coin is an 1866 Isabel 2 one peso gold. It's a a very small coin. My friend sold it to me, at that time I have no idea about it's background, mintage etc... What I am interested then was it's being a gold coin.

Grandma gave me an SLQ in 1956, don't remember what year, but do remember it was a beauty. Traded it to a friend for some of his paper customers - D'oh!

My first old coin was an 1890 IHC that my grandfather gave me when I was a kid, it is now sitting in my IHC album. But, what really got me started collecting was a bunch of Wheats my grandfather gave me a few years later (including my 1914-D), along with a couple of Whitman cent folders.

I have 2 kids, and their first coins are a 1998 and 1999 ASE, respectively, that I purchased when they were born. I believe in starting them young

1925 Standing Liberty quarter. It is in G-VG condition, and I bought it from a department store (Woolco's) back around 1980. I still have it, although it is not in the original cardboard 2x2, I did clean it back then as well (I know, I know), I should post it for all to see what "not to do". It has a tone (tarnish) ring around the rim and motto from where I had it in a Whitman 20th Century Folder.

First coing was a FEC that my grandfather found while gardening in probably the late 1980's, early 1990's. It was the first coin I ever saw that didn't look like the standard change and hooked me since. Still have it, unsure of the date due to corrosion and being in the ground for over 100 years.