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Message:: [QUOTE="dimeguy, post: 651677, member: 19855"]I thought this would be a fun and interesting post. So, here's the question, does anyone remember, back when they began to plant the though of coin collecting, what was their very first coin admited into their "collection?"  My story is simple enough. My grandfather was a huge coin nut. I remember him showing me the coins he was looking through one night when I stayed the night. The next day I helped him go through a couple bank rolls of nickels. From there I was sort of hooked. My collection goal, get one of every coin. Next weekend I proudly showed off what I had accumulated, penny, nickel, dime, quarter. He laughed then told and showed me the Kennedy Half and the Eisenhower Dollar. He also showed me the dates. After rummaging through a lot of bank rolls that day I was so proud to have every penny from 1969-1992. But of course, he had to deepen the rabbit hole and told me about mint marks. We spent all day completing as much as possible, then several weekends after. I'll admit, though not to him, that I eventually gave up the pennies, but I do remember that is how the addiction started. Any one else have more interesting or similar stories please feel free to share.[/QUOTE]