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<p>[QUOTE="Robert Ransom, post: 4798508, member: 97872"]In my fifty plus years of collecting coins, the vast majority of fellow enthusiasts I have met, started this hobby in their mid 30's or later. A significant number attribute their interest to coins they inherited.</p><p>I began collecting coins in my 20's in a haphazard fashion, randomly buying coins at flea markets, garage sales and asking bank tellers if they had any loose coins available. I never had the urge to attend coin shows and rarely purchased coins, however, when I did, it was to fill a hole in one my Whitman coin folders. Wheaties, Buffalo's, Mercury Dimes and Morgans were my choice.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ps. During the past few years, I have sold 99% of my accumulated coins. The remainder will be given to the one relative who shows interest in the hobby. So far, there are zero candidates even though most know of my interest in coins as a collector.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Robert Ransom, post: 4798508, member: 97872"]In my fifty plus years of collecting coins, the vast majority of fellow enthusiasts I have met, started this hobby in their mid 30's or later. A significant number attribute their interest to coins they inherited. I began collecting coins in my 20's in a haphazard fashion, randomly buying coins at flea markets, garage sales and asking bank tellers if they had any loose coins available. I never had the urge to attend coin shows and rarely purchased coins, however, when I did, it was to fill a hole in one my Whitman coin folders. Wheaties, Buffalo's, Mercury Dimes and Morgans were my choice. Ps. During the past few years, I have sold 99% of my accumulated coins. The remainder will be given to the one relative who shows interest in the hobby. So far, there are zero candidates even though most know of my interest in coins as a collector.[/QUOTE]
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