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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;NSP, post: 2281549, member: 74849&quot;]I was around 6 or so when I started. My mom took me to a doctor appointment, and in the waiting room they had one of those coin donation containers. I asked for some change to put in, and when she gave me some, I noticed a very odd straw-colored penny from 1941. Since this was the first pre-1958 cent I&#039;d ever seen, I was surprised to see the wheat ears on the back. </p><p><br /></p><p>Being a 6 year old, I was pretty excited by this find and was still excited once we got in the exam room and the doctor came in. I told her about my find, and to my surprise she said that a member of her family collected coins and she told me about 1943 cents and why they&#039;re steel. She even said she&#039;d mail one to me once she got home! </p><p><br /></p><p>About a week later, the 1943 came in the mail. These two wheat cents are the first two in my collection and currently reside in my Dansco album. The 1941 is also my avatar picture, by the way. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I guess you could say that wheat pennies are gateway drugs that ushered me into the world of coin collecting. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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