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<p>[QUOTE="GoldFinger1969, post: 7400463, member: 73489"]<b><i>Great story, Sal.......<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></i></b></p><p><br /></p><p>I was given Mint Sets and coin rolls in the 1970's for birthday and Christmas presents. When I overpaid one year's college tuition a decade or so later, I had a refund and used it to buy a 1/10th oz. Krugerrand (still got it) a few years after the 1980 gold bubble burst. That got me and kept me interested in gold ever since (should have bought copper, would be much less expensive.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie7" alt=":p" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />).</p><p><br /></p><p><b>I have been on-and-off with coin collecting ever since.</b> Unfortunately, <i>it seems like when I have the time....I don't have the $$$. When I have the $$$....I don't have the time. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></i></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Anyway, I not only enjoy collecting and buying, but participating in the forums </b>which is good because the stuff I like to buy -- Saints, Morgans, bullion, modern commemoratives -- is usually anywhere from $100 - $2,500 or so, which means purchases are few and far between (esp. now job searching or working PT).</p><p><br /></p><p>But that lets me do research, improve my grading skills, and ask the vets here questions which they graciously will answer....and re-answer....and re-answer. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I've gone to local 1-day coin shows (10-40 dealers) for about 10 years now. Went to my 1st big show last January, FUN 2020 (good thing, Covid hit 2 months later and nothing since). Looking forward to hitting my LCS soon....checking out the local shows.....Whitman Baltimore in November...and FUN 2022 next January.</p><p><br /></p><p>In the words of Dennis Miller....<b><i>that's my story, and I'm sticking with it.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></i></b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GoldFinger1969, post: 7400463, member: 73489"][B][I]Great story, Sal.......:D[/I][/B] I was given Mint Sets and coin rolls in the 1970's for birthday and Christmas presents. When I overpaid one year's college tuition a decade or so later, I had a refund and used it to buy a 1/10th oz. Krugerrand (still got it) a few years after the 1980 gold bubble burst. That got me and kept me interested in gold ever since (should have bought copper, would be much less expensive.:p). [B]I have been on-and-off with coin collecting ever since.[/B] Unfortunately, [I]it seems like when I have the time....I don't have the $$$. When I have the $$$....I don't have the time. :D[/I] [B]Anyway, I not only enjoy collecting and buying, but participating in the forums [/B]which is good because the stuff I like to buy -- Saints, Morgans, bullion, modern commemoratives -- is usually anywhere from $100 - $2,500 or so, which means purchases are few and far between (esp. now job searching or working PT). But that lets me do research, improve my grading skills, and ask the vets here questions which they graciously will answer....and re-answer....and re-answer. :D I've gone to local 1-day coin shows (10-40 dealers) for about 10 years now. Went to my 1st big show last January, FUN 2020 (good thing, Covid hit 2 months later and nothing since). Looking forward to hitting my LCS soon....checking out the local shows.....Whitman Baltimore in November...and FUN 2022 next January. In the words of Dennis Miller....[B][I]that's my story, and I'm sticking with it.:D[/I][/B][/QUOTE]
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