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Message:: [QUOTE="yakpoo, post: 4678575, member: 18157"]Hi Gunner...When I was young all I could collect was pocket change. At the time, I preferred the more worn examples. My interest in coins at the time was a connection to history. I would hold a well worn 1942 Mercury dime and imagine it being in the pocket of a new recruit heading to Europe. I would try to imagine what was going through his mind as he handed his dime (my dime!) to a cashier for a bottle of pop. My Father would call all us kids into the living room after Sunday dinner and quiz us on school and chores just before handing out our allowance. My allowance at the time was 25¢/week. When I got my quarter, I would put it in my bank coin savings holder, then look up the current events of that particular year. One particular Sunday, my Father gave me a 1932P Washington Quarter. It was worn, but my earliest quarter. I recall reading about the Great Depression and how grown men would sell apples on the corner for a nickel. To this day, I still have that 1932P quarter...and it's "hands down" my favorite! Circulated coins have a character that no Unc coin can match. They've been places![/QUOTE]