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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;koen, post: 1383556, member: 35636&quot;]Dont know if you consider me as a young person or as a new collector <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie7" alt=":p" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>But if you do, here is my story:</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><font face="verdana">When i was about 10 years old i collected Belgium stamps.</font></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><font face="verdana">When my grandfather (who also was a stamp collector) passed away, i got his collection to.</font></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><font face="verdana">It had some old Belgian stamps in, the oldest was one from in the 1860&#039;s</font></span></p><p>[FONT=verdana, sans-serif]<font size="2"><span style="color: #000000">About 15 years ago there was a fire in the house where i lived, wich destroyed the whole collection.</span></font></p><p><font size="2"><span style="color: #000000">I always wanted to start a new collecton but it never had a good start.</span></font></p><p><font size="2"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></font></p><p><font size="2"><span style="color: #000000">A few moths ago i was looking for some information about hobby&#039;s for a website i started (a dutch forum about hobby&#039;s) and i came across some sites about collecting stamps and collecting coins.</span></font></p><p><font size="2"><span style="color: #000000">At first it gave me a small boost to start collecting stamps again, but then i saw some realy beautiful coins on the internet and i became more intrested in coins.</span></font></p><p><font size="2"><span style="color: #000000">Then i got on this forum to search some info about US coins (for some reason i like US coins more then other coins <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie7" alt=":p" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> ), and i recieved some pm&#039;s from people who wanted to help me to start my collection.</span></font></p><p><font size="2"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></font></p><p><font size="2"><span style="color: #000000">With looking for info about coins, i also came across info about tokens, so now i also started a small collection of US Transit tokens, and i got into US paper money to.</span></font></p><p><font size="2"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></font></p><p><font size="2"><span style="color: #000000">At this moment my collection exists out </span></font>[/FONT]<p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000">155 coins, </span><span style="color: #000000">15 notes and </span><span style="color: #000000">12 tokens</span><span style="color: #000000"></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p>[FONT=verdana, sans-serif]<font size="2"><span style="color: #000000"></span></font></p><p><font size="2"><span style="color: #000000">My favorite coin at this moment (i like them all verry much, but there is always a favorite) is the 1923 Peace Dollar.</span></font></p><p><font size="2"><span style="color: #000000">There is something about the design of that coin that always makes me smile when i look at it.</span></font></p><p><font size="2"><span style="color: #000000">Dont ask me wath makes me smile about it, because i cant even answer that, but i like it verry much.</span></font></p><p><font size="2"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></font></p><p><font size="2"><span style="color: #000000"></span></font>[/FONT][ATTACH]164442.vB[/ATTACH]&nbsp; [ATTACH]164443.vB[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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