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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;panzerman, post: 3270919, member: 77704&quot;]I started as a kid, when my parents gave me a gold coin for Christmas/ Birthday. Nothing special, sovereigns/ 20 Franncs/ egad....Austrian restrikes. All where about EF/ except for those restrikes. Well, when I hit 20 and had my first job,, I started collecting in ernest.</p><p><br /></p><p>so, I started buying Franklin Mint Proof sets/ coins. My first serious buy was a 1969 Biafra 5 piece gold proof set Valcambi Mint, it cost me 900US (4 weeks pay) back then. Then my quality standards changed, so I got rid of all my stuff/ except for the Biafra Set. Then I started getting high grade collector coins from Stacks/ NFA/ Paramount.....full steam ahead since that time. I never sold anything and never will. I am know at 840 gold/ platinum/paladium coins<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie50" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> I still have those Austrian/ Hungarian restrike gold coins, since they are FDC, and are listed in Krause/ Friedberg. I just consigned a slew of banknotes with Heritage Auctions, put that $$$ into some MS Aurei<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> We are blessed to have such a passion for coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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