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08-23-2008, 11:15 PM
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| | Senior Citizen
Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: New Jersey
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My Mood:  | Back into coins after 50 years!
Hi... my name is Jim and I'm back into coin collecting after 50 years (well, maybe it's 45... I started around 1953 and stopped around '63). I sold my collection when I got married in the late 60's, and how I regret that move. I try not to think about about the three dollar gold piece (BU) that my uncle gave me or the 1909-S-VDB (XF) my grandmother bought me for $60. Or the near complete run of walkers (pulled from circulation), standing liberty quarters, etc., etc. So now, in my old age, I'm trying to recapture the feeling I would get trying to fill those old whitman folders. There's a few coin shops in my area, plus the internet... so maybe I can replace most of my old collection (though I think the gold and the S-VDB might be a little pricey). Anyway, I've been trying to get up to speed.. the last red book I bought was around 1960. Hope you guys can help an old collecter!
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08-23-2008, 11:19 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2006
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welcome. just dont buy albums anymore its not the best move. ask us what ever you like and best of luck hope you make a greater collection than the first time around  | |
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08-23-2008, 11:21 PM
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Welcome to CT , I was born in '53 , sounds like you'll be teaching some of us a thing or two , good luck .
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08-23-2008, 11:22 PM
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| | King of Hearts
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Originally Posted by rzage  Welcome to CT , I was born in '53 , sounds like you'll be teaching some of us a thing or two , good luck .
rzage | he said 1953 not 1853  | |
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08-23-2008, 11:57 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Alberta, Canada
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oh boy... another old guy.. phoenix, we need to do some recruiting!
just kidding man! welcome to CT. hope you can work up another collection just as good as the first!
Rzage... 53?! I was thinking more like.. 83
Im an '88 myself.
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08-24-2008, 12:04 AM
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| | King of Hearts
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Originally Posted by snaz oh boy... another old guy.. phoenix, we need to do some recruiting!
just kidding man! welcome to CT. hope you can work up another collection just as good as the first!
Rzage... 53?! I was thinking more like.. 83
Im an '88 myself. | arent you a senior yourself?
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08-24-2008, 12:04 AM
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Originally Posted by spock1k arent you a senior yourself? | lol....
no sir. only 20
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08-24-2008, 05:41 PM
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Originally Posted by snaz oh boy... another old guy.. phoenix, we need to do some recruiting!
just kidding man! welcome to CT. hope you can work up another collection just as good as the first!
Rzage... 53?! I was thinking more like.. 83
Im an '88 myself. | Quote:
Originally Posted by spock1k arent you a senior yourself? | You young whippersnappers  age is only a state of mind
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08-24-2008, 12:20 AM
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Welcome Jim
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08-24-2008, 07:31 AM
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Welcome to Coin Talk jloring. Enjoy your stay here...
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08-24-2008, 06:12 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: New Jersey
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I guess I'm older than I thought! Anyway, it was great collecting coins back in the fifties when you could pull just about anything out of circulation; and checking our parents change was really a way of life for us young collectors. Not to mention my grandmother bringing home a bag of silver dollars (100 at a pop) from the bank for me search... as I found the dates I needed she would replace with bills and repeat the process. Plenty of Morgans mixed in with the peace dollars. Hard to believe that you could exchange greenbacks one for one. Anyway, thanks for all the support, and hopefully I'll be catching up with the hobby I left so long ago.
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08-24-2008, 11:40 PM
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| | Fast Eddie
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Originally Posted by jloring Not to mention my grandmother bringing home a bag of silver dollars (100 at a pop) from the bank for me search... as I found the dates I needed she would replace with bills and repeat the process. Plenty of Morgans mixed in with the peace dollars. Hard to believe that you could exchange greenbacks one for one. | 
...and welcome!
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08-25-2008, 12:13 AM
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