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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;onecenter, post: 2726567, member: 8703&quot;]I have been a collector for 48 years.&nbsp; I fall into both categories, the 1964 and the 2011 classes.</p><p><br /></p><p>Long a collector from circulation, I began collecting from gifts and the pocket change my father brought home from his store each day.&nbsp; Wheat cents were always a favorite!&nbsp; It was a time when Kennedy half dollars actually circulated, the great majority being silver clad.&nbsp; My grandmother expanded on my budding collection with a small group of silver dimes, quarters and a pair of Franklin halves.&nbsp; Her older sister (aunt) gave me her Mercury dime folder when she collected in the 1920&#039;s, 30&#039;s and 40&#039;s.&nbsp; Living in upstate New York, Canadian coins could be found often in change, many of them 80% silver.&nbsp; Lots of variety.</p><p><br /></p><p>My collecting never waned over the next 40 years but after the year 2010, I had better means to expand and enjoy modern coins worldwide and to a greater degree than I could have ever imagined.&nbsp; I buy many modern sets I would have seen in COINage, World Coin News and reading the listings found in the Standard Catalog of World Coins, 2nd edition.&nbsp; It was a very expensive book back in 1974, $12.50 a copy.&nbsp; eBay is a daily search and I keep a watch list of 200+ sets and coins.&nbsp; My inventory is on a computer instead of handwritten.&nbsp; I do buy with an eye toward underlying and intrinsic value of precious metal.&nbsp; One area I have only delved into twice is certified coins.&nbsp; I own only two, both 1994D proof-like commemoratives.&nbsp; I am no fan of slabs.&nbsp; Those of us from the 1964 era still remember Brown &amp; Dunn grading guides.</p><p><br /></p><p>Of possible mention, the roll craze of the 1950&#039;s and early 1960&#039;s was passed over in the article.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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