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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zach24, post: 1369999, member: 29975&quot;]Like many here, my collecting interests were inspired by a relative, that would be my Great GrandFather. He started giving me coins at a young age, he gave all of his grandchildren coins, mostly just world coins he had picked up throughout his 22 years in the Army. I remember, one of my first true memories, at maybe 3 or 4 years old, searching through a tuppelware jar of European coins he had given me, I found quite a few cool ones, but I wasnt really interested in collecting them. </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; The next step forward came when I was 9 years old, for my Brithday I was given a group of American coins, there was one of everything, or just about- most were problem coins, but they were still so very interesting! There was the typical coins- Wheat cent, buffalo nickel, etc. but then there was also the coin which I found to be most interesting, a 1922 PEace Dollar... I swear I didn&#039;t put that thing for a month! But even at that point in time, I still hadnt become &quot;serious&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Then at the beginning of sixth grade, I stumbled across my collection of coins, I began to research them and rapidly learned much about coins, I was mostly interested in the world coins. Even then I was not very serious. When I really, really started out hard was the end of 2010. I began making purchases, learning about grading, I focused my area of interest onto American coins. And then, in March(2011), I stumbled across CoinTalk, and that really marks the beginning of my <u><i><b>Serious </b></i></u>collecting!</p><p><br /></p><p>Thank you for the contest, Koen![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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