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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jim Dale, post: 25523821, member: 100459&quot;]Over the years since I started coin collecting, I had a strategy how I should collect.&nbsp; I looked at the Mint&#039;s new coins (gold and silver) I knew they were high, but it seemed like the price was high at the time.&nbsp; I paid about $1,500 an ounce then.&nbsp; I spoke to other collectors and their advice was to buy what I like and what I could afford.&nbsp; Based on his advice, I bought all the gold that I could afford.&nbsp; I was told that gold would go up, and we needed to wait.&nbsp; I bought gold coins that I liked and accumulated quite a bit of gold and silver as well as other coins.&nbsp; I have also found I liked dimes and quarters as well. Every once in a while I buy a coin that&#039;s not gold or silver, but I like them.&nbsp; I bought out all I could get of Apollo coins as I had just got out of the army and I celebrated.&nbsp; My favorite is the 5 Ounce Apollo coin.&nbsp; I got the basketball theme coins and baseball theme as well.&nbsp; I buy what I like and what I can afford.&nbsp; There has been quite a few theme coin that I collect.&nbsp; I especially like the theme coins that are silver or gold.&nbsp; The Mint has had quite a few theme coins lately.&nbsp; I especially like the military theme coins.&nbsp; I think I got them all in both sizes.&nbsp; If I had Elon Musk&#039;s money, I would have liked to buy the Statue of Liberty.&nbsp; My father&#039;s parents and some of his sibling&#039;s went with them.&nbsp; They left England after WWI.&nbsp; My great-grandfather was killed in England with the mustard gas (I think)&nbsp; They were travelling to Utah, but ended up in Indiana where my parents met.I love collecting coins that are in the era of WWI and WWII.&nbsp; My Great Uncle was killed in France as well.</p><p>Sorry for my longevity.&nbsp; I have a lot of history from my family and coins help me remember the great stories my family has told over the year.&nbsp; My father and brother were in Viet Nam at the same time.&nbsp; I served with the 82nd during that time.The Sullivan Act prevented my from going to visit with my family members.&nbsp; The army found out I could time, so I became a law clerk.&nbsp; I was a court reporter and transcribed them from my notes.&nbsp; It&#039;s fun to tell people that I was in the army during the Viet Nam war.&nbsp; My father collected his coins during his tour during WWII, Korea, and Vietnam.&nbsp; My brother got his Vietnam coins while serving there.&nbsp; He is&nbsp; a great help in identifying my coins.</p><p>Sorry for my longevity.&nbsp; I love to hear your life stories as well.&nbsp; Anyone serve in the 82nd at Bragg?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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