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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;WingedLiberty, post: 1177888, member: 26030&quot;]I started collecting coins back in 1967 when I was 10 years old.&nbsp; There were a two catalysts for me.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>First was stumbling on the blue whitman folders for Lincoln Cents in a drug store and also finding and buying a Red Book in the same store.&nbsp; Lincoln Cents was the first series I started collecting and I found a lot of the dates and mints by roll searching.&nbsp; I was able to eventually find almost all the dates and mints from the mid 1930s on ... and even filled some slots (mostly P mint) from the 1910&#039;s and 1920&#039;s.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Reading the Red Book really opened my eyes to the rich world of coins -- especially the different coin types -- and rare dates and mintmarks.</p><p><br /></p><p>Second, was the realization that 90% silver coins could still be found in change and they were no longer being minted -- so I started making trips to several local banks to get rolls of dimes, quarters, and halfs and searching for silver coins.&nbsp; It was like my own little treasure hunt, which was really fun for a 10 year old, and I was eventually able to accumulate $80 face in 90% silver coins.&nbsp; (I was definitely slowed by the limited budget of a 10 year old).&nbsp; The oldest coin I found in roll searching was a Barber Quarter.&nbsp; &nbsp; Funny I didnt save the 40% silver Kenney&#039;s at the time because they were still being minted and didnt seem valuable (funny!).&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I remember my dad telling me that banks gave away bags of Morgan silver dollars at face value in the early 1960&#039;s.&nbsp;&nbsp; It made me sick hearing that and realizing that I missed that opportunity by only 5 years.&nbsp; However where would I have come with $1000 for a bag of 1000 (probably UNC) Morgans?&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Maybe I could have convinced my parents?&nbsp;&nbsp; I do remember thinking ... why weren&#039;t my parents (who had money) interested in getting a bag or two of Morgans back in 1962?&nbsp; &nbsp; After all, there was zero downside as they would always be worth face.&nbsp; My family used to make fun of my obsession with coins and called me k.k.k. which stood for &quot;kooky koin kollector&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>Funny, thirteen years later in 1980 my father told me that I had the right idea about saving silver coins and he should have been doing the same -- of course this was during the huge hunt brothers boom where my silver stash had a value multiple of 50x.&nbsp; By 1981, silver prices came back to earth and my coins had a multiple of between 4x and 8x, which is where it stayed for the next 20 years.</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: red">I also concur with the previous posters ... &quot;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.&quot;&nbsp; &nbsp; </span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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