Hi everybody, When I was 5 my father would occasionally take out his coin collection and show it to me. We started the State Quarter collection to increase my interest in coins, to no avail. Nothing seemed to work until I was 13 and saw a 1909 S VDB and that was the spark that started the wildfire. At the same time the local coin dealer closed, so my buying options were basically limited to Ebay. I fueled my collecting habits by buying and selling coins and from silver found in roll searching. I also bought 2 1/10 gold coins from the bank, spending as I sold. In 2009 Google directed me to the greatest leap in my coin collecting and interest, Cointalk. Cointalk has provided me with almost everything I know about coins, and has increased my interest tremendously. I attended my first coin show in March of 2010 at the Baltimore Coin Exposition. I was only there for 4 hours, although I accomplished everything I wanted to and it exceeded my expectations. I had bought a copy of Mr. Snow's book on Flying Eagle and Indian Head Cents, and met him there. He autographed the book and was very encouraging to me. I sold my 2 1/10 Gold coins and purchased a 1883 CC Morgan graded by ANACS MS65. I have been collecting coins throughout high school and around my other activities, such as cross country and soccer. I have been very successful with selling coins on Ebay and I have several clients who have trusted me in liquidating their coin collections. Yesterday, I joined the American Numismatic Association and will be submitting coins to NGC in no time!
