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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 7318000, member: 75937&quot;]A brick and mortar shop got me started in the hobby. I used to frequent coin shops when I was a kid, but became interested in philately as a teen and young adult. I sold my coin collection (mostly US coins in Whitman folders with a few nicer coins) and delved deeply into stamps. </p><p><br /></p><p>I used to frequent a good general coin and stamp store with coins and stamps from all nations of the world. They had a glass case of ancients as well as some antiquities. </p><p><br /></p><p>I got into a situation in grad school where every stamp I needed was out of my budget. I was looking through the cases for something different one day and was struck by how inexpensive many of the ancient coins were. That started me thinking about taking up the hobby. </p><p><br /></p><p>One day, this coin showed up in inventory and I bought it. Cheesy, I know, but I bought it because it was a tribute penny.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1279063[/ATTACH] </p><p>In retrospect, I overpaid, but I have no regrets -- it introduced me to a hobby I love. </p><p><br /></p><p>Every month or so, I added more coins, such as these three ...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1279064[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1279065[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1279066[/ATTACH] </p><p>I bought coins at shows from such firms as Jonathan Kern, Bill Rosenblum, and Pegasi, and got on mailing lists of various auction houses and fixed price dealers. </p><p><br /></p><p>It was a fun time. The brick and mortar store is long gone, as are many of the dealers I met at shows back then.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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