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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;midas1, post: 2854055, member: 21309&quot;]&quot;My gateway drug was free prizes that came inside cereal boxes and stuff you could get with boxtops. I moved on to non-sports cards, wooden nickels and Hot Wheels cars, then coins -- like wheat pennies and any silver I could find in change. My Dad gave me his childhood stamp albums, leading into all kinds of sub-collections&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Amazing collections Greg.</p><p><br /></p><p>I got hooked on collecting starting with Quaker Oats in the tall round paper containers.</p><p>I built up a collection of genuine (?) Confederate bills from Quaker Oats and </p><p>Quaker deeds for one square inch of land in Alaska.&nbsp; Where are they now?</p><p><br /></p><p>MY mother collected coins as far back as I can remember.&nbsp;&nbsp; she got me involved in collecting coins at a very young age.&nbsp; Problem was I discovered Ziggy, the owner of the local hobby shop would accept collectible coins for model airplanes and such.</p><p>She got very upset when key coins stArted disappearing from our collections.</p><p>I still own the Whitman coin folders minus the key coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>THERE IS NO CURE FOR THE COLLECTING DISEASE[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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