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Message:: [QUOTE="Clinker, post: 694835, member: 6229"]Hi and Good Luck with your coin Collection. I'm still trying to collect those elusive 1935 (my birthyear) silver coins. The ones I still need are beyond my purchasing ability unless a lay-a-way plan is available. From time to time other coins (silver and non silver) have gotten my attention therefore I acquired some Canadian $5 Silver Maple Leafs, Canadian Silver Dollars (business strikes, some P-Ls and some proofs) and a few Aureate Dollars. I also have some Mexican Cap & Rays 8 Reales, Cap & Rays 1 Pesos, some 5 Pesos, some 100 Pesos commemoratives, all the Balance Scale Onzas and a few Libertads. Then Chinese Silver Dollars enticed me. Since I feel close to the Philippines people I've added a handfull of silver Pesos, 1 Pisos, 5 Pisos and 25 Pisos to my holdings. Researching the coinage of Panama, I bought all the silver 1904s plus the early Balboas ('31, '34, '47 and ;53) I fell in love with Bhutan's silver Ngultrums.Over the past year and half I've added the Sacagawea P & D mints. I have all the Presidential Dollars so far in Select BU plus all the Proof Sets in Gem BU and Cameo. What American coin collector could refuse owning the three Flying Eagle Cents, a dozen Indian Head Cents, ten Wheat Back Lincoln Cents, the '43 steel Cents, the first Lincoln Memorial Cent ('59), the 8 piece set of '82 Lincoln Cents, semi-key Washington Quarters, common and semi-key Walking Liberty Halves and 55 common Silver Dollars (Morgan and Peace)? The Maui Trade Dollar designs are to my liking so I have a complete collection of them from 1992 to date. In July I began wondering about what the new 2010 Maui $2 Trade coin will look like. I thought to myself, "I'm glad to have them. And those older Maui and other Hawaiian Trade Dollars sure enhance my Hawaii Collection." Then me opined, "Hey, in 2008 the Statehood Quarters series included Hawaii commemorative Quarters." As I studied about them I found the Quarters were struck in BU by Philadelphia and Denver. Proofs were minted at San Francisco in two varieties (clad and silver).I purchased the 2008 Hawaii P & D in Select BU and both proofs in Gem BU. While looking at them I thought to myself, "Boy, these are really nice. Maybe I should get more Statehood Quarters." "Yeah, but 50 states times 4 coins each state equals 200 quarters. I don't want that many." "What about collecting all the Statehood Quarters pertaining only to the states I once lived in?" "Let me ponder this. I was born and grew up in Ohio. In 1961 I moved to Florida. In 1968 I relocated to Texas. After my employer went bankrupt I inched my way to Missouri, but ended up returning to Florida. Couldn't find work, so took family to Indiana. Back to Florida. Then to Arizona, California, and Illinois. Back to Florida where I still am. That's it: Arizona, California, Florida, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Ohio and Texas. Eight in all!" "I feel like there's more than this. Hmm. Oh wow! My Army years: Kentucky (Fort Knox, New Jersey (Fort Monmouth) and Berlin Germany (Military police).Three more; a total of 11 states. (44 coins)""Okay I can handle that." All I need are the silver proofs featuring Kentucky, Missouri, and New Jersey plus the clad proof and the P & D BUs honoring Missouri. I'll think about the time I lived in Berlin later... Thanks for letting me share my thoughts Clinker[/QUOTE]

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