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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Vess1, post: 599443, member: 13650&quot;]Wow!&nbsp; Great contest! </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; The first coin I purchased as a kid was probably a buffalo nickel.&nbsp; Back either in the late 80s, early 90s.&nbsp; &nbsp; I was putting a set together and that&#039;s all I was working on and I can&#039;t remember buying any other coins back then.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; I was into collecting only briefly during that time so I don&#039;t remember a whole lot about it.&nbsp; I remember I needed about 13 more Buffalo nickels to finish the set.&nbsp; I eventually sold it during my teen years to help buy something else, non-coin related.&nbsp;&nbsp; I really wish I would have kept the set.&nbsp; I&#039;ve started a new set but have not focused on it as much as I&#039;d like to.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; When I got back into collecting last year, after a 14 year break and as an adult, the first coin I bought was a &#039;VG&#039; 1820/19&nbsp; curl base 2&nbsp; CBH at an antique mall for $70.00.&nbsp;&nbsp; Somebody scratched some X&#039;s on it but I had to have that one.&nbsp;&nbsp; It felt good to buy it and get back into the hobby.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; I&#039;m really glad I bought it.&nbsp; There were a total of 751,122&nbsp; 1820 CBH&#039;s made and there&#039;s 6 different varieties of them.&nbsp;&nbsp; I knew that at the time of purchase and it&#039;s probably one of the rarer coins of my collection to this point.&nbsp; If not the rarest.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Here it is:</p><p><img src="http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f203/vessxpress1/Coin%20Album1/FCB002.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f203/vessxpress1/Coin%20Album1/FCB001.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f203/vessxpress1/Coin%20Album1/FCB004.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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