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Message:: [QUOTE="10gary22, post: 1178373, member: 23626"]I started collecting in 1957-58. While a Boy Scout in order to get the Merit Badge and advancement. My brother played ball in Little League and he was very good. I couldn't catch a ball no matter how hard I tried, much less hit one with a bat, so I gravitated toward more "nerdy" activities. My mother managed the Little League snack shack and was in charge of all the banking transactions. Every evening, when would pick up the receipts of the concession and I would count and roll the coins for her. Of course, I could buy anything I might find. Mom bought me the Whitman folders and I would search to find the coins to fill the holes. Mom loved the "searching" aspect and would make lists. She also like the idea of finding a coin worth more than it's face value. lol I was fortunate that my mother was involved in getting me started. My grandfather gave me some coins that I could never get today. Mom is gone now, but every time I sit at my desk and roll search, I am reminded of the hours we spent on the floor separating the piles of change then looking at every coin. The thrill of finding one we needed and so on. When the new Shield Cents came out, I took 2 brand new ones over and placed on her marker. I knew she would have loved to seen the new cents.[/QUOTE]