DMPL

My name is Rick and I am a long-time collector of over 40 years.

To be quite honest, I sat out collecting for awhile, when we went away from 90% silver coins, and I still have terrible memories of the 1965 Special Mint Set.

I am a believer in buying only quality coins in the highest grade possible.

My main interest to see the next generation of collectors appreciate the hobby as much as I have.

Hopefully, I can share what others taught me many years ago.

fastfun1111

Hello Rick,
Glad you joined. I am a collector of a few years but have learned a lot from this sight. I try to help when I can but to be honest I get a lot more help than I can give but I am learning.
Welcome

Hobo

Welcome back to the hobby and to CoinTalk.

What do you collect and where do you live?

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kidromeo

Hello Rick....
Welcome to Coin Talk...

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mikenoodle

hi Rick. You have been gone from collecting far too long. Welcome to CT. I think you'll find it to be a very diverse and knowledgeable crowd here. We welcome your thoughts and insight.

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De Orc

Hi Rick and a warm Welcome to CoinTalk

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DMPL

First, thanks to everyone for the warm welcome to the CT forum. Good to be back with both feet into the hobby again.

Just because I have collected since the 60's doesn't mean I know any more than anyone else. Truth is, I probably know much less.

The old days were good, and prices were much cheaper ... you could buy a gem proof Barber half for $75, an entire 1941 Proof Set in the original packaging was $110, a proof 1895 Morgan sold for $5000, and the list goes on.

Can almost guarantee that today's prices will look cheap years from now as long as you buy Quality.

Am looking forward to getting to know many of you on a first-name basis and exchange ideas in the months and years to come.

Daggarjon

Hello, and welcome

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Howdy DMPL, Welcome to Coin Talk, drop by again soon,

Harryj

Welcome.

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snaz

welcome rick

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Catbert

Hi Rick! Please tell us about some of your favorite coins. I bet you have some nice gems to share.

DMPL

Well at one time I had a fantastic type set and a couple of rolls of uncirculated 1946-D Walkers. Then Viet-Nam came along (two tours), got married, went back to college, and had two children. You can imagine what was the priority at that time, and the coins were sold to private parties for what was a nice profit at that time.

Never owned a twenty cent piece or a bust quarter ... never could find one that met my standards.

So gone is a group of coins that today would probably bring no telling how much money today. I have no regrets, but I am sure that I saved back a Gem BU 1892 Barber Quarter. Don't ever recall selling that coin, and every now and then I start looking into storage trunks to see if my mother might have put it in there for safe-keeping while I was overseas.

Another thing that I miss and was unable to retrieve was my old ANA number. Started out as a junior member and then progressed to regular membership, keeping the same number without the J prefix. Contacted ANA about reinstituting my membership, but to keep that number would require back payment of almost 40 years. Could have bought several life memberships at that price.

My classic favorite today is the Morgan series. Those coins just stand out among all the others series ever minted IMHO. Did have the opportunity many years ago when I was home on leave to see a friend's complete Morgan Dollar Set in several Capital Plastic holders. He had hand-picked these coins for many years. Most were Gem DMPL, and he included all of the Proof coins as well. What an impressive set that was! Several months later while I was overseas, I received a letter from a fellow collector, informing me that this set which he had displayed on a mantle in his home was stolen. I am still sick about that and have since forever kept my coins locked in safety-deposit boxes at the bank.

I think the State Quarters and Presidential Dollar series will do wonders to get new collectors into the hobby, but the coin designs look terrible to me. Collectors used to say the same about the Peace Dollar series.

Bottom line ... collect whatever you like and enjoy one of the greatest hobbies there is.

Catbert

Rick - thank you for sharing some history of your collecting. It truly is a shame about your friend's collection.

I look forward to your posts on the forum!

jloring

Welcome Rick, from another "new" collector getting back into coins after 40 plus years. I joined the USAF in '64 and managed to stay out of Viet-Nam, but sold my collection when I got married in 1969. In the early fifties my uncle gave me a cigar box full of coins ... almost all uncirculated. Besides a three dollar gold piece there was a gem 20c piece. I can still see it... it was heavily rainbow toned... really beautiful. I regretted selling my collection, and it's bothered me all these years. So now, like you, I'm back!