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Message:: [QUOTE="Jim Dale, post: 5424910, member: 100459"]I was never a coin collector growing up.  My downfall was after my mother died and found out that she had inherited all of my Dad's stuff, which included a couple of large jars of pennies, nickels, and dimes and boxes of silver coins.  She lived in California and I live in North Carolina.  My brother lives in California, so he got the stash of my fathers.  We were to share my father's coins, so, since my brother was in California, it was easier for him to get the coins and do an inventory.  My job was to equitably divide the coins from his inventory.  I had an "A" and "B" list of coins.  I let him pick which list he wanted.  My brother put his share in a box and it's sitting in the box of his closet.  I offered to by it from him and never got an answer on that, although we call each other a few times a month.  Anyway, I started my coin collection from my share, then I discovered ebay and bought quite a few items as well as buying from the mint.  I keep a list of my coins and I keep a special list of coins I bought from the Mint.  One evening, I went into the den.  My wife was sitting in her chair with a sour look on her face.  She told me she went into my office and found my list which also lists how much I paid.  I won't tell you how much I had spent with the mint from 2008 to 2020, but I have been put out to pasture.  I can look, but no buying. ($25K+)[/QUOTE]