As a coin collector you sometime get that itch to just be like a kid that's kinda doing this And then even some of this lol praise and bath in the awesome collection.. right But here's my question What was the first coin you ever purchased?? What was the first coin that made you say I want more...??? From the hobby center and think tank of MTS.LLC
It was when I bought two vinyl sheet-pocket thingies full of world coins in 2X2s, because I thought they looked "cool." It was at my first coin show in a teeny-weeny VFW that doesn't exist anymore. The 2X2s seemed decades old, and had rusty staples in them and all that. I took them home and found out that almost every single one of the coins in those two sheets were key dates. Just a few realized-price searches online revealed that half of the coins would sell for $50 to $300 each. So, for the price of $25 on a whim, I soon sold just a few of those coins for a profit of over $800. I kept the rest, and still have them in my collection. That did it for me!
I was 13 and had a paper route. Every Friday I would collect from my customers and then stop at the local mom and pop store for an ice cream cone. One day "Mom" asked me if she could look over the change I had collected from my customers. She said she was a coin collector and wanted to check out my coins. I said sure and we looked together. She showed me a nickel that wasn't a Jefferson, it was a V nickel. She said she had that one, but I should start looking through the change I collected and pull out anything unusual. She said she would do the same with their cash register and we could then trade coins. The next week she had a Whitman album ready for me to put that V nickel in and that started me on collecting coins over 50 years ago. I still have that Whitman album, to this day, but it's still not very full. Those were the days when you could pull coins from change to fiil slots. Neither of my children are interested in collecting, but my grandson son is, he goes to the coin club meeting with me and just went, and made out like a bandit, at a coin show this month. Dealers like to see young teens at shows and the vast majority will take time to talk to him and it's rare that he doesn't walk away with a free coin and I walk away with a bargain on a coin I need myself. I'm blessed to have someone to share my hobby with, and he will inherit it when it's time for me to hang it up. He did the picture of me that I use on this forum.
Well not only is your Grandson artistically talented Grandpa but HOW NICE that he shares your enthusiasm and now you have a great friend to gad about the shows with...and the side benefit that you're gaining something that you want or need for your collection! NEAT
Well who's little who is the Princess in Turquoise? She's a Belle! To your question, when I was a Teen I went to the little store we had in town...mini grocery/candy etc. in a town of 1,500 and in change I got a Mercury dime...I had never seen one (it was the mid-60's before convenient stores I believe should I admit any of this?) Well I loved it...so while it wasn't my first buy, it was the impetus that started me on my journey...like some others I've had to sell in the past for financial reasons, yet once I'm back on my feet I just can't stay away
My first purchased coin was a 1924 st gaudens ms62. I decided to buy an ounce of gold with every other paycheck. The guy at my local coin shop pointed me in the right direction. I had been collecting coins from circulation since I was probably 8 years old. Things have never been the same since I realized I could buy nice coins, not just find them in change.
I forgot to comment, and thanks to you (Eaglefawn) for reminding me. A gem indeed. OP? If that is a daughter or a niece you should be proud.......
Sorry eagle didn't realize you asked a query, that is my princess she is 4 now , my pride and joy... From the hobby center and think tank of MTS.LLC
I started collecting with "unsearched" wheat rolls. But this is the first single coin I bought. After 30+ years it still resides with me, along with 2 upgrades of it.
I helped my Grandad in the garden, scrape and paint the fence, crack walnuts, rake grass... all kinds of things to earn money as a kid (1970's). That same Grandad took me to coin shows, the first coin I purchased with the money I earned was a Three Cent Nickel.. He asked me why I chose that coin, my answer was because they don't make coins like this today.
I have no remembrance of my first coin as a kid collector. As an adult it was an MS62 1878-s Morgan that, after I upgraded, I gave to a teacher who has a coin class for a bunch of elementary school kids. They had never seen a Morgan before.
Now that was a gooood move (not to mention generous) imagine how many of those children will grow up and whenever they happen across a Morgan will well remember the first one they saw in grade school...and how many might have been so taken with that coin...they too now share with the rest of us in the hobby... good move Santini
