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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;silentnviolent, post: 2133725, member: 8797&quot;]Good question. Better than the standard &quot;what got you started?&quot; because most collectors who don&#039;t grow up learning from a family member who collects, instead find their beginnings in gifts or inheritances. The first purchase made is interesting especially in relation to current interests.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think my first coin purchase was at a now defunct B&amp;M. I walked in (with my parents, around ten y/o or so) wanting to see a 1916 d merc. I asked the owner to see a 1916 dime. I&#039;ll never forget the response: &quot;You&#039;re not going to say &quot;D&quot; are you?&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Well, not now!&nbsp; I was too apprehensive to confirm his suspicion. I think back today in wonder; for all that guy knew I could have had parents that satisfy every whim of their little schmoopsy-poo and wouldn&#039;t have blinked an eye.</p><p><br /></p><p>I ended up buying the &#039;16 merc and a Chinese cash coin I kept in my wallet for many years until it eloped to continue its journey...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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