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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cpm9ball, post: 1903645, member: 24633&quot;]Welcome to the neighborhood, &quot;Ibby&quot;!</p><p><br /></p><p>Geez! You would ask that question. Everyone else will start to moan when I tell this story again for the umpteenth time.</p><p><br /></p><p>I became interested in coins when I was 10 years old in 1957. No! I didn&#039;t have anyone in the family who collected coins. I wasn&#039;t left a collection by a distant relative. I actually got my start in a poolroom.</p><p><br /></p><p>I started playing pool in 1956, and I had a natural talent for the game. That next year, I was gambling at the local poolroom with another kid, Joe, who was 16. We were playing &quot;nickel &amp; dime&quot; 9-ball. In those days, gambling was frowned upon, so we always kept score on the wire. When he finally quit, he owed me $5, and he gave me four dollar bills and a Morgan silver dollar. I didn&#039;t know what it was, so I went to the bank where I had a savings account and asked one of the tellers if she had any more of these, holding it for her to see. She spread a bunch of them across the counter, and I picked out four more with the rest of my winnings.</p><p><br /></p><p>After that, it pretty much became a ritual. I would win at the poolroom (I rarely lost!) and go to the bank to get more Morgan dollars. By the early 60&#039;s, I had accumulated more than 800 Morgan dollars. Unfortunately, pool was taking up so much of my time that I decided to sell that collection, and I got $4,000 for them.</p><p><br /></p><p>I took a 20-year hiatus from the hobby and returned in the 80&#039;s. By then, coins were being certified by the grading services, and I had to learn all about the Sheldon Scale. Naturally, I started all over again with Morgan dollars. Although I did branch out to other denominations and even French medals, Morgans will remain my first love. I&#039;ve had to sell some of the raw specimens and most of my CC&#039;s, but I still have 140 or so certified Morgans which are worth a WHOLE LOT MORE than those first 800 coins from the 50&#039;s &amp; 60&#039;s.</p><p><br /></p><p>The downside to this story is that I wish that I could go to the bank, today, and buy Morgan dollars at face value.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie15" alt=":arghh:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Chris[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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