Old-Fashioned Coin Collector

I'm just an old-fashioned coin collector. I began collecting coins around 1963 when I took on a paper route and my dad introduced me to his coin collection. I wouldn't know the difference between an MS-67 and an MS-62, but I do like old coins.

 

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Good to have you here centsdimes. My history is kind of like yours as far as coin collecting goes. I also had a paper route and used to find some pretty interesting change. I got started from my father who was a collector. I've been at it for a little longer than you but I guess you could call us both "seasoned collectors".Welcome aboard!

Bruce

 

Welcome aboard centsdimes!

 

Thank you. When I was a boy I collected Mercury dimes and silver dollars. They were still in circulation, though there weren't many silver dollars left in my little city. Every Saturday I'd go to the bank and see if they had any new ones in. Once I got scolded by one of the tellers for this.

 

Welcome centsdimes :welcome:

 

Thank you.

Here's another:

In the 1960s there was no ebay, internet, or personal computers. I ordered three
Morgan silver dollars from an ad in a magazine, though.

 

What did you pay like $3.50?

 

I'm sure you're being modest and would easily recognize the difference between a 62 and 67.

My past is similar, and we're about the same age. I had the bad habit of pulling coins out of my Whitman albums and spending them at an amusement park. They were just circulated coins, but in those days Mercury dimes, Standing Liberty quarters, and wheaties were commonplace. I wish I weren't such a dumb kid.
Lance.

 

I'm not sure I could even make an educated guess. I doubt if it was more than that. In the late 70s I bought a 1909-S Indian head cent for $150 at a coin store. It's worth $675 now.

 

My coin collection contains 372 coins. Only one of them is uncirculated. I call it "MS-60." In those days half dollars were actually used, and the walking liberty half was a beautiful coin, as were the standing liberty quarters, Mercury dimes, Morgan dollars, and buffalo nickels. Why did they start putting presidents on coins?

 

I traded away a beautiful trade dollar back when the price of silver sky-rocketed in 1979-80.

 

Welcome centsdimes from another "old-fashioned coin collector"... sometimes I think there's not too many of us left.

 

You sound like myself. I usually prefer a circulated piece over an uncirculated piece. It tells a story and was used for what it was made for. I've always collected for the history, not the grade.
Guy

 

I suppose everybody has their individual tastes. I have my dad's Indian head cent collection and mother's large cent collection, along with my Mercury dimes. (I had to sell my silver dollars.) So I guess I like those coins best, along with anything that is old.

 

Yeah, the older they are, the better, though I like all my coins.

 

I think everyone starts out that way and then as everyone gets older and has more money they guy "nicer" pieces. Not too many people stay collecting the same way they started.

 

What I am trying to do is fill empty slots. Once I do that (if ever), I might like to start a Morgan dollar collection--more empty slots.

 

Welcome to cointalk, I like your avatar. What year is it?

 

Thank you. It's 1795.