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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kaparthy, post: 4859, member: 57463&quot;]<b>Several first coins</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>First, when I was about 11 or 12, I bought three Austrian coins at a department store.&nbsp;&nbsp; That was about 1961 or 62.&nbsp; Back then department stores had coin and stamp counters.</p><p><br /></p><p>About 1975 or so, I bought an Indianhead Cent from a coin store.</p><p><br /></p><p>In 1992, I bought some tokens at a MichTAMs convention.</p><p><br /></p><p>It was not until the spring of 1993 at the Michigan State Numismatic Society convention that I saw that ancient Greek coins were affordable.&nbsp; I subscribed to The Celator and bought the first of many many ancients, a 1/12 silver stater from Miletos c. 550 BC.</p><p><br /></p><p>About the spring of 2000, I had enough of collecting and I sold off all but a few with sentimental value.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, I collect knowledge.</p><p><br /></p><p>Michael</p><p>&quot;Still filling in missing items&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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