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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Mainebill, post: 2317776, member: 44004&quot;]I started with the Whitman blue folders for Lincoln cents as a kid. Then my father who had some interest in coins got a 2c piece I traded for I also started hanging around some antique shops at age 7-8 (another interest) and worked for a lady cleaning stuff and moving stuff around. There was an older gentleman that stopped there on occasion that collected and sold coins. This was in the mid 80s. I bought a 1817 large cent from him for $5&nbsp; he also had coin auctions and if I could round up $40-50 doing odd jobs and selling stuff I&#039;d get my father to take me if he could. We&#039;d both buy stuff and I&#039;d spend every dime I had. When we moved at age 12 I didn&#039;t do much with coins as I had no access until I got to be 15 and moved in with my grandfather before that I was well acquainted with farm work as that was about all there was to do around there once I moved to my grandfathers I started doing more woodworking then I got serious again about antiques too and started going to auctions. I still have a few I bought in high school including a 1837 no stars dime&nbsp; after high school I started my own business and would pick up the occasional coin when I ran across them at auctions or estate sales. And I always had the passion for the stuff. About 5 years ago I got an iPhone and finally got online. I clicked on a ha coin auction ad bored one night and instantly saw all the stuff I always wanted and never saw. As my finances were better now so I started buying coins&nbsp; as I had no real focus at first I bought all over the place. Eventually I had so much and just liked buying stuff I like without needing for a collection I started dealing[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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