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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ozland tiger, post: 349810, member: 3168&quot;]I remember being thirteen and what I wanted to collect. I read a book, The history of U.S. coins and I saw pictures of Morgan dollars and I said to myself, I will own some of them someday.&nbsp; I used to mow grass during the summers and weekends to make money. I used that money to buy uncirculated Morgans. My best friends mom would travel and hour and a half away every six weeks to visit family and I would go with her. On the way home we would stop at a small coin dealers shop and I couldn&#039;t wait to see what Morgan dollars were available for sale. My first purchase was a 1878-CC Morgan dollar choice uncirculated. I paid the handsome sum of fifteen dollars for this coin.&nbsp; I was thirteen at that time.</p><p>I kept notes on my coin purchases and I had the good sense to store them properly. </p><p>Fast forward forty years later. </p><p>I started sending these Mordan dollars off to NGC and PCGS for Grade and VAM attribution. The 1878-CC now resides in a NGC holder, graded MS 64.</p><p>I started reading my old notes...Wow! In most cases I remember buying the coins and why. What a wonderful treat to see myself at that age (in a detached way) and see what attracted me to buy these coins. </p><p>Coin collecting is a wonderful and satisfying hobby. It also tells us a little about ourselves in that we can take the time to appreciate the beauty, artistry and historical significance of these coins.</p><p>Also, it shows a little of the tresure hunter in all of us. </p><p>In the final analysis, we are but brief caretakers of these wonderful historical artifacts and you (we) should enjoy them while we can. If it makes you happy, go for it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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