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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Cucumbor, post: 2862931, member: 4298&quot;]As some of you may have noticed, I&#039;m not <i>really </i>a cucumber (I&#039;m not a potato either <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> )</p><p><br /></p><p>My mother must have swallowed a coin while pregnant, as I think I was born with a coin&nbsp; in my hand : I don&#039;t remember ever <i>starting </i>to collect.</p><p><br /></p><p>In my formative years, my godmother used to gift me with those for my birthdays and/or for Xmas (this one is my birth year)</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://img.colleconline.com/artefactimg/209e062469c946fc9c84a69229693703/7712224eb7cc4467b67d9604b1c1c0a2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Until I was 18 I would just hoard coins from people travelling abroad (in those years they would visit Spain, Italy, Yugoslavia, etc...) and buy the occasionnal french modern</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve shown many times my first roman that my grand father gifted me with that he found at Verdun battle in AD 1916. That&#039;s the real start of active collecting for me.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11724/normal_0160-310np_noir.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I also collect coins from the Dombes county, much more in a comprehensive way.&nbsp; As there&#039;s not a lot of reference books about them, I created a website some years ago and am now considering writing a book some day.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11724/D-023-086.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>And because my best friend, british citizen, passed away four years ago and his partner gave me the british coins he had inherited from his mother, I also collect coins from the UK</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://img.colleconline.com/artefactimg/209e062469c946fc9c84a69229693703/9fc060fc6c01421b9d7578dc0fff2890.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I would say my eyes collect roman, my brain collects Dombes and my heart collects british.</p><p><br /></p><p>I joined CT twelve years ago, primarily as I wanted to improve my reading and writing of english combined with the pleasure of coining with people showing interest in numismatics. I&#039;m very glad the ancient section went the way it has the last few years, as it&#039;s now a very fun and friendly place to visit every day</p><p><br /></p><p>Q[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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