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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gilbert, post: 2318264, member: 73104&quot;]My Dad got me interested in coins.&nbsp; During WW2 he collected coins and currency from the countries he passed through.&nbsp; These coins were kept in a very cool hand-carved box sitting on top of his desk.&nbsp; When I was very young I would empty the coins on the floor and using a magnifying glass, look at each, amazed at the varied designs.&nbsp; My Dad also had a few US coins, among them a silver three cent piece that he found as a young boy while turning over a garden for his Dad.&nbsp; When I turned ten I helped my brother with his paper route.&nbsp; Taking the money he gave me for helping, I bought the 1909-1940 and 1941- Lincoln Cent albums.&nbsp; Although we lived in a smallish town, there were three coin shops.&nbsp; I spent a lot of time in them pestering the shop owners, but I learned a lot.&nbsp; At twelve I got my own paper route and bought Buffalo and Jefferson Nickel, and Mercury and Roosevelt Dime albums.&nbsp; Back then there was a lot of Buffalo nickels and Mercury dimes in circulation so many of the slots got filled.&nbsp; Some of my paper customers after a snow storm, paid me to shovel their driveways and walkways, and in the summer I worked for an older couple doing whatever needed doing for fifty cents an hour.&nbsp; That is when Standing Liberty and Washing quarter albums were added.&nbsp; At sixteen I got a job as a dish washer and then at 17 pumping gas.&nbsp; I pretty much forgot collecting at this stage due to girls.&nbsp; After college, the military, working &quot;real jobs&quot;, marriage and finally retirement, my dad passed and his collection came my way.&nbsp; This renewed my interest and my collection has grown every year since.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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