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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;looksbothways, post: 183782, member: 7420&quot;]So, y&#039;all mind if I make myself cozy and stay awhile?</p><p><br /></p><p>Now that we&#039;ve got the authenticity of my boyfriend&#039;s mecury dimes all settled, I&#039;ve decided to start collecting a bit myself (along with my daughter, of course) Who knew this was so fun?</p><p><br /></p><p>My daughter&#039;s collecting all foreign coins she can find regardless of value (she loves foreign money), the state quarters, and likely the walking liberties. For her it&#039;s all about how pretty the coin is, not about completing a set or having something valuable. She&#039;d rather have a pretty 2006 canadian cent than a rugged looking 1943 copper wheat penny (not that I&#039;ve found one of those!)</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m more of a completer. I&#039;ll collect things I think I can finish and I love to find things. I&#039;m the type that takes pleasure in hunting down a bit of troublesome code in hundreds of lines of code. Nothing is as exciting as finding that misplaced comma! Well, I&#039;ve found that sorting through coins and finding something interesting gives a similar thrill, so yeah...I&#039;m hooked.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve started on pennies and jefferson nickels just because it gave me an excuse to buy rolls of change to search through and &quot;kick start&quot; my collection <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie7" alt=":p" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I bought five rolls of nickels and seven rolls of pennies. Out of the five rolls of nickels I found 4 pre 1961 nickels, with the oldest being a 1940. Amazing! That was definitely my thrilling find of the day, a 67 year old circulating coin! Out of the pennies I found a 1954D wheat penny (another fun find), three canadian cents (my daughter will be thrilled) and 8 other pre 1970 pennies, oldest being a 1959D</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m not sure where it&#039;ll go from here, but I&#039;m having a great time so far <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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