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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Spark1951, post: 3192761, member: 90692&quot;]I carry $1 and $5 bills with me to make small purchases everywhere...Post Office, Grocery Store, Recycling Center...&nbsp; this gets me coinage in my change from those transactions.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I once asked the proprietor of an antique store if I could look through his leave-a-penny-take-a-penny tray.&nbsp; I was careful not to take all of his coins as he was using these in daily transactions, and only pennies in the tray.&nbsp; The tray held several hundred coins, I found a few wheats from pulling about a hundred out.</p><p><br /></p><p>Getting friends and relations to snag coins for you is another great source for coins.&nbsp; I had one friend take a cruise to the UK and they talked the local cruise agent out of all of her change in her purse, including some Russian coinage that they, the Russians, do not export (or, so I was told).</p><p><br /></p><p>The big thing is to not overwhelm yourself and to <i><b>learn.</b></i>&nbsp; Take your time to read about what you want in your collection.&nbsp; By all means, go to doubleddie.com and read about &quot;Worthless doubling&quot; and the section on &quot;How dies are made&quot;.&nbsp; It will take you lightyears ahead in the hobby.</p><p><br /></p><p>Spark[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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