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Message:: [QUOTE="Bing, post: 3272810, member: 44132"]I remember those days.  In fact I was thinking on this topic just a day or so ago.  But a $5 coin had a major impact on my budget back then.  My first real job as an adult (and married), I was paid $3.26 per hour and that included a shift premium.  If you do the math, that came to $130 per week before taxes and union fees.  I think I brought home about $95 per week.  My rent was $130 per month and my car payment was $85.  That took about a little more than half my monthly income and didn't include insurance, food, gas, utilities and whatever else one needs for a married life.  I remember budgeting $20 per month for gas ($5 per week).  So I think you get where I'm going with this.  There just wasn't much disposable income, so any coin was a luxury. My first serious coin came in 1981 and, you guessed it, a Marcus Antonius Legionary, Legio XI.  I don't recall exactly what I paid, but I do remember thinking I was being foolish with my money.  I still have the coin:[ATTACH=full]863472[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]