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  1. dwhiz replied to the thread What's the coin that pulled you from "buying silver" into actually collecting?.

    I started as a collector and had some random silver that I didn't pay much attention to. But when silver spiked I did trade it for a...

    Aug 15, 2026 at 5:45 AM

  2. dwhiz liked Eduard's post in the thread What's the coin that pulled you from "buying silver" into actually collecting?.

    I was a collector from the beginning, starting in my early twenty's. What drove it was my love of history.

    Aug 15, 2026 at 5:42 AM

  3. dwhiz liked Pickin and Grinin's post in the thread What's the coin that pulled you from "buying silver" into actually collecting?.

    I was a hoarder before I was a collector, then Varieties caught my eye. I like silver varieties.

    Aug 15, 2026 at 5:42 AM

  4. dwhiz liked Clawcoins's post in the thread What's the coin that pulled you from "buying silver" into actually collecting?.

    I should add, when I was a youngster I didn't "collect" pennies, dimes, nickels, etc But I basically rolled many of them and just kept...

    Aug 15, 2026 at 5:42 AM

  5. dwhiz liked mark_h's post in the thread What's the coin that pulled you from "buying silver" into actually collecting?.

    Well I was I did about the same - in late 60's early 70's it was pulling wheat cents and older nickels out of circulation with dad and...

    Aug 15, 2026 at 5:42 AM

  6. dwhiz liked Clawcoins's post in the thread What's the coin that pulled you from "buying silver" into actually collecting?.

    I collected coins first, before stacking which started after the US MINT started making ASE and AGEs. I don't stack bars.

    Aug 15, 2026 at 5:41 AM

  7. dwhiz liked rte's post in the thread What's the coin that pulled you from "buying silver" into actually collecting?.

    I started retaining/collecting circulated coins as a kid. I graduated from random to old pour silver, old silver and gold coins....

    Aug 15, 2026 at 5:41 AM

  8. dwhiz liked Mr.Q's post in the thread What's the coin that pulled you from "buying silver" into actually collecting?.

    My father's career took him to several different countries. He would bring me a coin from his travels and that started my life long...

    Aug 15, 2026 at 5:41 AM

  9. dwhiz liked ldhair's post in the thread What's the coin that pulled you from "buying silver" into actually collecting?.

    I have a hard line between collecting and stacking silver. Neither have an effect on the other. Silver is just a play ground for me....

    Aug 15, 2026 at 5:41 AM

  10. dwhiz liked ToughCOINS's post in the thread What's the coin that pulled you from "buying silver" into actually collecting?.

    Like many others, I was a coin collector first, and a only became a buyer of silver about a decade later when I felt I could make money...

    Aug 15, 2026 at 5:41 AM

  11. dwhiz liked KBBPLL's post in the thread What's the coin that pulled you from "buying silver" into actually collecting?.

    I guess the poll is restricted to those that were ever a silver stacker, which is not me. Like other replies, I've only ever been in it...

    Aug 15, 2026 at 5:41 AM

  12. dwhiz liked Mr. Numismatist's post in the thread What's the coin that pulled you from "buying silver" into actually collecting?.

    I've always been a coin guy first. I got started when I found a U.K. Six Pence in my coin bank. A few years ago I discovered exonumia...

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