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Message:: [QUOTE="jamesicus, post: 3106899, member: 14873"]Thank you, [USER=79167]@Johnnie Black[/USER]. I should add that WWII really played havoc with hobbies such as coin and stamp collecting etc. - at least it did in Europe for obvious reasons. For six years (1939 to 1945) it seemed most youngsters I knew were involved with replica model soldiers, aero planes and battle ships. They were not available in shops - everything was committed to the war effort in Britain - so we cast thousands of our own lead soldiers using homemade plaster of Paris copy moulds. Hand painted them too - it is a wonder we all survived those molten lead fumes, asbestos fibers and lead paint! Collecting shrapnel from the streets after Air Raids was a wartime hobby also for school kids - made good trading fodder! The aftermath of WWII seemed to have a liberating effect on all leisure activities including such things as coin and stamp collecting in general. For me, that was the start of my dedicated Ancient coin collecting and it has remained one of my favorite pursuits to this day. I hope Ancient coin collecting does not die out.[/QUOTE]