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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;PlanoSteve, post: 5004128, member: 91609&quot;]Wow, some great stories here...<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie83" alt=":singing:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />... [USER=109473]@Derrick Combs[/USER], thanks for starting this &amp; for an excellent 1st story.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie50" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I can&#039;t say what my first &quot;collected&quot; coin was, because when I started, I thought I was &quot;saving&quot; coins.&nbsp; No one in my family or circle of acquaintances &quot;collected&quot; coins (but stamps were a thing).&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I &quot;saved&quot; certain coins that attracted me (usually, shiny &amp; new) but I remember my interest really being piqued when I acquired my first new &#039;59LMC (I was 10) &amp; the fact that you could actually see Abe sitting inside <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie7" alt=":p" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.&nbsp; I suppose that is when my &quot;savings&quot; turned into a &quot;collection&quot;.&nbsp; Soon after, I discovered I could actually go to a bank &amp; trade a paper dollar for a silver dollar!!!&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I guess I could say the &#039;59LMC was the first to kick off my &quot;collection&quot;, &amp; I&#039;m certain I still have it, but I have several &amp; I&#039;m not sure which was first.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie6" alt=":cool:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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