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Message:: [QUOTE="Nuglet, post: 1804266, member: 44816"]I got into collecting coins by way of having a "lucky" cent that I carried around for years in my wallet. It was a 43 Steelie and was in really good shape, I didn't know it back then but it was nice compared to the many I have seen now. Having looked up why it was steel, because of the war, I thought that was so cool to have remnant of history, since I was also heavily into WW 2 documentaries at the time (the British one "The World at War" was the best).      One day I left my wallet at a 7-11 and when I returned for it the gangsta guy at the register said it was found by the back of the store. He gave it to me and it was emptied out, along with my lucky cent. I remember leaving on the counter so I suspected him of taking it. Anyway, after that I wanted a new Steelie, so my friend and I went to a coin shop to get one. At the coin shop I saw a Mercury dime among others there and it made me fascinated with the older designs and how their art was much more interesting (although I like modern coins too) than newer ones. I was pretty much instantly hooked since then, collecting U.S. and World coins. I still keep a Steelie in my wallet.[/QUOTE]