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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Noah Worke, post: 25195196, member: 115032&quot;]I figure it won&#039;t be a bad idea to share my CT origin story, which isn&#039;t quite well-known (aside from the numerous posts in which I deem it necessary to do so) and now I have an excuse to give the long version. I joined Cointalk when I was in my Freshman year of high school, but I had been lurking for a year prior, since I was 14. My best friend at the time told me about the (at the time) mythical wheat penny, and strangely enough, a week later I found one on the ground. Now because I was 14, I thought I would be rich, which wasn&#039;t true. Luckily I didn&#039;t start here asking if my &#039;44-D would retire me at age 14. I learned from reading these posts, and for my first two years of collecting was an avid CRHer, finding war nickels, wheat cents, silver quarters, et cetera. Then I would move on to collecting 19th and 20th century US silver coins. In my Junior year of high school, I took a world history course, which spurred on my interest in Roman coins which continues to this day. That&#039;s my collecting journey anyway, now that I&#039;m in college I put a halt to my collecting of Antonine denarii and am trying to piece together a better picture of the tetrarchy and beyond with late Roman bronze coins. That&#039;s my collecting journey.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; My personal life is much less interesting. I was raised in southeastern Minnesota, in the Great Plains, and had a normal American life growing up (aside from a significant lack of televised sports). Now I&#039;m in Phoenix studying for a Business Administration degree. Presently, I am 19 years old and in the middle of my second semester. My other hobbies include powerlifting and military surplus collecting, and I used to collect action figures and LEGO Star Wars but I had to drop those since they became quite expensive. I have a pretty respectable collection of both, though. I recently went to a powerlifting meet and hit 195 on the bench, 325 on the squat, and 395 on the deadlift, though I think 405 was possible. My military surplus addiction began last year when I ordered an Austrian Kampfanzug 75 BDU shirt, it&#039;s treated me well since then. Personally, I love writing essays (weird, I know) about a range of topics including history and politics. My humor is drier than the Mojave Desert and is mostly propped up in my posts by the use of parentheses. I&#039;m also a video game addict, and lately have been playing Fallout: New Vegas and War Thunder, as well as owning a Minecraft realm for some of my friends. I&#039;m also a bit of a military history nerd and like to collect guns when budget permits (which it usually doesn&#039;t) but I&#039;m trying to save up enough money to buy a CETME-C, which is essentially an HK G3 prototype built by German weapons designers in Spain post-WWII. It&#039;s a heavy, roller-delayed Semi-auto in 7.62 NATO with a 20-rd. standard detachable magazine, it&#039;s a machine for sure, with that classic German over-engineering. I&#039;d definitely take it over a SOCOM-16 even if purely for aesthetic reasons. Presently, all I&#039;ve got is an M24/47 with an M48 bolt in it for some reason, I&#039;m looking for a correct bolt for it, though. Here&#039;s a photo of me firing it: [ATTACH=full]1604473[/ATTACH]</p><p>This rifle for me has a dual purpose: Deer hunting and fun. I love heavy-caliber guns, and I&#039;d say 8mm Mauser fits the bill. Lately I&#039;ve been listening to some folk music, with Stan Rogers being one of my favorites. I&#039;m also learning how to sing with some of my friends. I&#039;m an outdoorsman, I love hunting, fishing, camping, and hiking when I get the chance. Typically I fish for northern pike and walleye, but bass are my favorite to catch. My last couple of jobs have been in a kitchen, outside of the fast-food industry thankfully. It&#039;s hard work, but beats talking to people in the drive-thru. here&#039;s my very favorite denarius, and the one that started it all: [ATTACH=full]1604474[/ATTACH]</p><p>COS IIII (145-161), Rome. bust right Rs.Liberalitas l. with abacus and cornucopia.</p><p>This is a pretty barebones description, I should probably add some detail in the future. And here is one of my first US coins from before I even started collecting: [ATTACH=full]1604476[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1604477[/ATTACH]</p><p>I got this when I was <i>very </i>young, probably 9 or so. This could be considered the beginning of my coin collection.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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