I collected these when I was 12 I'm 35 now I gave them to my little brother 10 years ago and just the other day I asked do you still have them he said yes so he sent me a pic it's just a blast from the past hope its ok to post makes me happy to see them
It's funny cause I didn't know nothing about coins at that age I thought they were cool and the little knowledge I know now I'm thinking not too bad lol
You see, you had the eye then and apparently your brother enjoys them as well. Of course they are from you and the coins he must like.
Ooo my Lincolns always have my heart it's a fun fact I'm actually related to Abraham Lincoln some where along the line but I lived in bufflo new york so that was the reason i liked the buffalo nickel
When I was about 10 in 1986 my dad kept a baby food jar in the closet he would put change in. One day I looked up and saw a 1942 mercury dime showing from the side. I had never seen one before and asked him about it. He got it out and showed me and told me it was an older design they didn't make anymore. He gave it to me. It was the first coin I ever collected. I have a few more I bought when I was kid at a flea market that happened in my area once a year, and some Buffalo nickels. I ran across this very small collection a few years ago when I moved to New England. Had forgotten about it. I still have the dime. My father passed when I was 17. It was like finding a treasure. It is now in my safe in a holder in an envelope. The story about where it came from is written on the envelope. Although monetarily not worth much over spot, to me the coin is priceless as it is probably the last thing I have in my possession that he actually gave to me. I do intend to send it with a pcgs submission someday to have it encapsulated. Someday my kids will find it in my safe after I'm gone. And I hope that it means as much to them as it does to me.
It is always enjoyable to read someone's rememberance of coin colecting from a young age and family involvement .
