I started collecting coins when I was about 14 and my dad and I went to colorado and during our time there we visited the denver mint. He bought me the 18th edition photograde book by James F Ruddy and I just poured over its pages. I don't remember the exact time I started collecting but I do see this as the time I started getting "serious". Even before our trip to Colorado I remember falling in love with the Mercury dime. I don't know why,when, or how this happened or what drew me to ...