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<p>[QUOTE="daship, post: 1445505, member: 29362"]My Great Uncle passed away in 2002. He is the person that got me started in coin collecting. He bought me my first Whitman penny folder, a collection starting in 1975. I was about 8 years old, and remember not having the patience to start putting just a coin a year in the book, so I "back dated" it, starting in 1930. I wrote (in pencil) under all of the blank spaces - 1931, 1932, etc... so I could start filling the book right away with any old pennies I could find. The book goes on out to 2015 in this way. Since about 1976, I take the first new penny of the year I find and put it in that book. I just put in my 2012 penny the other day. Every time I do this, I think of my Uncle.</p><p><br /></p><p>Prior to his passing in 2002, he left me his collection of coins. </p><p><br /></p><p>My Unc was a member of the Warren Coin Club, in Warren, Michigan. I have gone through his collection many times, but never really paid any special attention to this token/medallion/medal or whatever it is - that signified his membership in the club. It is very well struck, and must have been given out to all of the members. It feels like it may be brass, though I am not sure. It doesn't seem like you see these kinds of things anymore.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]178736.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]178735.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I think the members of the club would send away for different foreign proof sets, as my uncle has quite a few of them. I also know that the different members would buy/sell/trade with each other at their meetings.</p><p><br /></p><p>I remember that my uncle would always look through his pocket change. He would save interesting coins he found in the 1940's and 50's. As a result, I have a very nice and extensive collection of Indian Head Cents, Buffalo Nickels, Mercury Dimes, Walker and Barber Halves, Standing Liberty Quarters and Morgan and Peace Dollars. I also have the coin wrappers with his writing, his notes and some info on where and when he bought some of his coins. </p><p><br /></p><p>This brings me to my favorite aspect of collecting. Bonding with members of your family over it. My unc would show me his new acquisitions and let me read his coin books. As a kid, I just loved it and thought it was fascinating. This collection of his probably started in the 1930's, when he was a teenager. I started my own collection in the 1970's and now our collections are combined. My uncle would share his interest in gardening and baseball with me and my brothers, but coins were ours only - as my brothers didn't show an interest in them.</p><p><br /></p><p>That makes it special for me even to this day.</p><p><br /></p><p>My own nephew has an interest in coin collecting, and one day I hope to leave it all to him, so he can build on it with the things that he finds interesting. It is odd, as coins are available to anyone, but the collection is based on the tastes and interests of members of my family over a very long time. That makes it special, and irreplaceable.</p><p><br /></p><p>Everytime I "roll-search", or add something to my collection, I think of my uncle. My greatest hope is that he would be happy and proud of my stewardship.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="daship, post: 1445505, member: 29362"]My Great Uncle passed away in 2002. He is the person that got me started in coin collecting. He bought me my first Whitman penny folder, a collection starting in 1975. I was about 8 years old, and remember not having the patience to start putting just a coin a year in the book, so I "back dated" it, starting in 1930. I wrote (in pencil) under all of the blank spaces - 1931, 1932, etc... so I could start filling the book right away with any old pennies I could find. The book goes on out to 2015 in this way. Since about 1976, I take the first new penny of the year I find and put it in that book. I just put in my 2012 penny the other day. Every time I do this, I think of my Uncle. Prior to his passing in 2002, he left me his collection of coins. My Unc was a member of the Warren Coin Club, in Warren, Michigan. I have gone through his collection many times, but never really paid any special attention to this token/medallion/medal or whatever it is - that signified his membership in the club. It is very well struck, and must have been given out to all of the members. It feels like it may be brass, though I am not sure. It doesn't seem like you see these kinds of things anymore. [ATTACH]178736.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]178735.vB[/ATTACH] I think the members of the club would send away for different foreign proof sets, as my uncle has quite a few of them. I also know that the different members would buy/sell/trade with each other at their meetings. I remember that my uncle would always look through his pocket change. He would save interesting coins he found in the 1940's and 50's. As a result, I have a very nice and extensive collection of Indian Head Cents, Buffalo Nickels, Mercury Dimes, Walker and Barber Halves, Standing Liberty Quarters and Morgan and Peace Dollars. I also have the coin wrappers with his writing, his notes and some info on where and when he bought some of his coins. This brings me to my favorite aspect of collecting. Bonding with members of your family over it. My unc would show me his new acquisitions and let me read his coin books. As a kid, I just loved it and thought it was fascinating. This collection of his probably started in the 1930's, when he was a teenager. I started my own collection in the 1970's and now our collections are combined. My uncle would share his interest in gardening and baseball with me and my brothers, but coins were ours only - as my brothers didn't show an interest in them. That makes it special for me even to this day. My own nephew has an interest in coin collecting, and one day I hope to leave it all to him, so he can build on it with the things that he finds interesting. It is odd, as coins are available to anyone, but the collection is based on the tastes and interests of members of my family over a very long time. That makes it special, and irreplaceable. Everytime I "roll-search", or add something to my collection, I think of my uncle. My greatest hope is that he would be happy and proud of my stewardship.[/QUOTE]
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