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<p>[QUOTE="tommyc03, post: 2316079, member: 17665"]I feel inspired for this based upon tonight threads ( two to be specific). How did you get started collecting coins? I started work at 10 years old, getting up at 5AM every morning to help my Dad on the farm. This started with shovel the manure and dosing out the silage, no pay. When I was 11 I went to the main farm he worked at and did the same for 50 cents a day. When I was 12 I was driving a tractor bringing in hay for $1.00 a day. When I turned 13 I bought a lawnmower and towed it behind my bicycle to mow neighbors yards-$3.00 a pop. Now I was getting somewhere. I went and purchased my Lincoln Cent & Jefferson Nickel folder and started to fill the spaces, meanwhile selling seeds door to door for 10 cents a pack and the Grit newspaper for 10 cents a copy. "maximizing my profits" ( hint, hint) I stepped up to dimes and quarters and filling those spaces. Turning 14 I rode hay trucks delivering to the horse farms for $15.00 a load. At 16 I got a state tax permit and was selling Amway products, again still on my bike, so now I'm collecting silver halves. At 17 I bought and paid for my first car, a 1965 Pontiac Catalina and was manager of the automotive dept. at W.T. Grants. At 18 I joined a top 500 company and stayed there for 38 years. I now am retired and have a wonderful collection to look back on. As you can see, I was not raised on a silver spoon. So sad those who want it all now or else refuse to work. So what is your story?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="tommyc03, post: 2316079, member: 17665"]I feel inspired for this based upon tonight threads ( two to be specific). How did you get started collecting coins? I started work at 10 years old, getting up at 5AM every morning to help my Dad on the farm. This started with shovel the manure and dosing out the silage, no pay. When I was 11 I went to the main farm he worked at and did the same for 50 cents a day. When I was 12 I was driving a tractor bringing in hay for $1.00 a day. When I turned 13 I bought a lawnmower and towed it behind my bicycle to mow neighbors yards-$3.00 a pop. Now I was getting somewhere. I went and purchased my Lincoln Cent & Jefferson Nickel folder and started to fill the spaces, meanwhile selling seeds door to door for 10 cents a pack and the Grit newspaper for 10 cents a copy. "maximizing my profits" ( hint, hint) I stepped up to dimes and quarters and filling those spaces. Turning 14 I rode hay trucks delivering to the horse farms for $15.00 a load. At 16 I got a state tax permit and was selling Amway products, again still on my bike, so now I'm collecting silver halves. At 17 I bought and paid for my first car, a 1965 Pontiac Catalina and was manager of the automotive dept. at W.T. Grants. At 18 I joined a top 500 company and stayed there for 38 years. I now am retired and have a wonderful collection to look back on. As you can see, I was not raised on a silver spoon. So sad those who want it all now or else refuse to work. So what is your story?[/QUOTE]
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