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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 1177840, member: 26302&quot;]I got interested in coins as a child. My mother had an old plastic &quot;safe&quot; that I learned to pry open to see how to unlock it. Inside it there was some 2 dollar bills, some ikes, and a magical WL half. I used to open that safe once a week just to stare at that beauty, (a 1943 d in VF, nothing now, but the most beautiful thing in the world back then). I started collecting what I could, saving up allowance for IHC and the like, while finding wheaties, buffalos, and war nickels in change. I figured out early I like type coins, as rare wheaties and other &quot;keys&quot; never interested me, as I could buy a ton of coins I didn&#039;t own in exchange for one 14d. </p><p><br /></p><p>I liked silver a lot, and was lucky winning a $500 bingo, so invested all of it in silver in the late 70&#039;s. I sold when it got to about $33. I still hung around coin shops after that, but didn&#039;t buy too much. I got back in the late 80&#039;s, starting when silver got lower and I could afford rolls of LW halves and Mercs. I gradually got more and more, then moved into SL halves and Bust halves as my &quot;real&quot; coins I collected, along with higher grade type. It was off and on for the 90&#039;s, but then around 2000 found out that ancients were affordable and offered MUCH more variety than US coins ever could, so I have been down that path ever since.</p><p><br /></p><p>TYVM for having this contest. It should be fun to read how everyone got started. If your daughter happens to pick my name, please pick out a YN here to give them to, as they are the future of this hobby.</p><p><br /></p><p>Chris[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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