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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 8211307, member: 51347&quot;]<b>First Coin:</b></p><p>I started collecting when I was 8 or 9. Started with Moderns. Believe it or not, I found a US Civil War Token in my Grandparent&#039;s change jar. I asked my Grandmother if I could have it, and gave her a dollar bill so I felt that It was mine. We went to a local coin shop, Mr LLoyd Fudge’s Coin Shop in Mountain Home, AR. He explained the coin and all the history behind it. I WAS HOOKED! In fact, I would spend my summer&#039;s savings from working (farm work, cutting grass, cleaning out barns, etc. to make money), on other US Modern Coins. In fact, I gravitated to the Odd Denominations (1/2c, 2c, 3c Ni and AR, 20c), Trade Dollars chopped or not, Fractional Currency, Civil War Tokens, Hard Time Tokens, several Feutchwangers cents, etc. as it was cool HISTORY. Yes, of course, I collected some of the other denoms, but that was boring. No real HISTORY.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is my COIN #1 for my Coin Collecting Hobby:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/upload_2020-7-2_7-9-23-png.1139869/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>US Civil War Token, 1863.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>First Ancient Coin:</b></p><p><br /></p><p>After 25 years, I dumped 90% of my Modern Coin collection, and really pursued my passion of Ancient History. I captured 4 Athens Owls and an Alexander III Makadonwn Drachm in one transaction.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/makedon-alexander-iii-336-323-bc-ar-drachm-2-obv-rev-jpg.594336/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <b>Alexander III Drachm</b></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/athens-owl-16-8g-22x6-5mm-obv-rev-jpg.594337/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>(and 3 other Athena/Owls)</b></p><p>Purchased from a friend on mine who regrettably passed a year later from Bone Cancer.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Latest Ancient Coin:</b></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1440691[/ATTACH]</p><p>KINGS OF MACEDON. Philip II, 359-336 BC.</p><p>Æ18, 6.7g, 2h; struck 359-336 BC.</p><p>Obv.: Head of Apollo left, hair bound in tainia.</p><p>Rev.: ΦIΛIΠΠOY;Youth on horseback galloping left, head of lion right below.</p><p>Ref.: SNG ANS 872-4; SNG Alpha Bank 371-3.</p><p>Ex:&nbsp; [USER=42773]@John Anthony[/USER]&nbsp; JAZ Numismatics Auction 200 <b>(I believe that I started buying from his auctions very close to the first one he started Auctions on CT...)&nbsp; I see [USER=74712]@FitzNigel[/USER] captured #1 from John&#039;s same auction!</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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