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Message:: [QUOTE="Inspector43, post: 4509583, member: 89213"]I think I may have had a distinct advantage. I started at 5 during a time and in a place where everyone was trusted until they proved that they were not trusted. First, it was just after WW II and money was tight. People spent whatever they had. We had 5 or 6 Mom & Pop grocery stores in my neighborhood. I knew the owners and they let me search their change anytime I wanted. The local bank let me sit in the vault every Saturday morning and roll change for the tellers. The local amusement park let me help close out at night. Roll all those coins. I had many other outlets. At 13 I started working almost every night and some afternoons as a pinsetter at the local bowling alley. Good job, I made about $8 a shift. That is a lot of money to gather coins with. We had a small coin club for us young collectors. We got together frequently and traded. We rarely sold. You may have to trade several semi-scarce to get a more scarce coin. We didn't trade, or even find the 09svdb, 16d, etc. We saw IHC, V nickels, Barbers, and such very frequently. If you had a dollar you could pick up a Morgan or Peace at the bank in an even trade. It was a good time to be a collector[/QUOTE]