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<p>[QUOTE="Chuck47, post: 2316533, member: 72634"]All these stories have brought back some good memories for me. I got started in collecting in 1958 while working in a corner grocery store, delivering groceries on a bicycle in a small town in North Carolina. </p><p><br /></p><p>The owner was a collector himself and gave me an old worn Whitman Lincoln folder and included a 1909 VDB cent. I had to promise never to spend it and in return, he would help me find the coins to go in the folder. Each Saturday I was paid $5.00 for my weeks salary. I would peddle the bike with the huge basket on the front like crazy to get to the bank before it closed and exchange my $5.00 for 10 rolls of pennies to search though later.</p><p><br /></p><p>With the owner's help, I was able to fill a lot of holes in that old folder. I was always surprised that I was able to find some early coins in the teens and twenties whenever I would get rolls from him! </p><p><br /></p><p>I went on to collecting other US coins and have enjoyed the hobby off and on for almost 58 years. </p><p><br /></p><p>I still have that 1909 VDB because of the promise I made and in a separate holder and it means a lot to me.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Chuck47, post: 2316533, member: 72634"]All these stories have brought back some good memories for me. I got started in collecting in 1958 while working in a corner grocery store, delivering groceries on a bicycle in a small town in North Carolina. The owner was a collector himself and gave me an old worn Whitman Lincoln folder and included a 1909 VDB cent. I had to promise never to spend it and in return, he would help me find the coins to go in the folder. Each Saturday I was paid $5.00 for my weeks salary. I would peddle the bike with the huge basket on the front like crazy to get to the bank before it closed and exchange my $5.00 for 10 rolls of pennies to search though later. With the owner's help, I was able to fill a lot of holes in that old folder. I was always surprised that I was able to find some early coins in the teens and twenties whenever I would get rolls from him! I went on to collecting other US coins and have enjoyed the hobby off and on for almost 58 years. I still have that 1909 VDB because of the promise I made and in a separate holder and it means a lot to me.[/QUOTE]
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