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Valued Member
United States
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What I mean is there one coin that you have an extra special attachment to, like " Hey this was my first coin I ever collected" or " My Great gransfather gave me this as a kid", ect. Lets post some stories and picts telling why it's so sentimental. I will have to post a pict when I get home but mine is a 1986 ASE that belonged to my Father in Law. It just reminds me of him and his passion for coin. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Another easy one for me. My first coin for a collection was a 1943 Lincoln Cent and I still have that one. Got it from my Dad so just can't part with that one. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3540 Posts |
1914 D in XF & 1911 S in MS63/64 Lincolns. Purchased them in 1988. The funnest coin - 1877 Indian Head cent - bought out of a coin dealers junk box. Took it back when I figured out what it was. They said, maybe, but you keep it. Traded it for silver, then, six months later, silver jumped quite a bit, and I bought the first two coins listed above. |
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Valued Member
United States
244 Posts |
My 1800 Half Cent, mostly because it's the oldest US coin I have. Not quite from the time of the country's birth, but as close as I'm ever likely to get on my budget. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3345 Posts |
1866-S half with Motto
Got it for my birthday when I started collecting
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Moderator
 United States
16677 Posts |
My avatar, a 1786 Vermont Copper. This may sound "out there" but I feel this particular coin was meant to be found by me 220 years later. I picked it up in 2006.
swcoin.ecrater.com
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Valued Member
United States
499 Posts |
1982 small date zinc DDR-001 Discovery Coin. Found it in a bank roll and ended up putting me in all the major coin magazines. First shown on this site.
Richard
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1801 Posts |
1854 arrows at date Seated quarter VG raw, but I don't have it any more. It was given to my dad (born 1916) by the "tooth fairy" (his dad) for his first tooth, given to me for my first tooth and I gave it to my son for his first tooth. He has it saved for when he has a child. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7187 Posts |
A 1921 s cent found in circulation that got me started 40 years ago.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
565 Posts |
My favorite coin is a 1924 Saint-Gaudens Double eagle. I won this in a coin raffle at a coin show. I paid $5 to get 6 tickets. It was a raw coin so I sent it in to have it graded it came back MS64 ANACS.  |
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Rest in Peace
United States
1729 Posts |
1869 nickel three-cent piece. I used an odd, brown-colored stock pic from here as my av for a while. My dad had it along with some IHC's, a 1939 Mexican 1 centavo piece, and a 1944 Philippines one centavo piece, and as the "eldest" son (and the only one interested in coin collecting) I was the one who inherited them. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1064 Posts |
BU 1944 Mercury dime given to me by my wife on my 50th birthday, with a photograph of the side door from Boston's old Federal Reserve Bank. Now a luxury hotel, the building has beautiful brass 1920's era coin images on all the exterior doors. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Mine is an 1857-O Seated dime that my Grandfather gave to me in the early 70's shortly before he died. I was around 10. I think of him everytime I look at it. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
651 Posts |
My first coin, a 1916 Mercury dime given to me by mother when I was about 6 years old, and I loved this hobby ever since then. Thanks Mom! |
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United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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My first two coins, a 1943 Walking Liberty half and a 1929 cent my father gave me, my first silver found in circulation, a 1958 D dime, and my first US mint purchase, a 2006 proof ASE. |
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Posted 04/15/2011 4:53 pm
