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<p>[QUOTE="Speedy, post: 137078, member: 705"]What got me started---one word......COINS!</p><p>My dad had some coins---some times he had gotten good deals and sometimes not so good deals....I had always seen them and had a few myself but they were more of an investment I guess you would call it---and for a little guy it was a large investment.</p><p>Then about 6 years ago I got some coins at a coin shop just so I could look through them....then I started getting rolls of Wheat cents---the dealer would let me bring home bags of wheat cents and go through them and pull out any I wanted....all I had to do was to put back one for each one I took out.</p><p>Then as time went on I wanted to complete a set so I went to Franklins....a good friend that I met online offered to send me a coin and it was a PF66 Franklin graded by ICG---that coin is still in my PF66 Collection.</p><p>After about 3-4 years grading and such were more of an interest with me and I started to look for the harder coins to complete sets....</p><p>Now I'm where I am....and I see no turning back! coins have me hooked....</p><p><br /></p><p>Speedy[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Speedy, post: 137078, member: 705"]What got me started---one word......COINS! My dad had some coins---some times he had gotten good deals and sometimes not so good deals....I had always seen them and had a few myself but they were more of an investment I guess you would call it---and for a little guy it was a large investment. Then about 6 years ago I got some coins at a coin shop just so I could look through them....then I started getting rolls of Wheat cents---the dealer would let me bring home bags of wheat cents and go through them and pull out any I wanted....all I had to do was to put back one for each one I took out. Then as time went on I wanted to complete a set so I went to Franklins....a good friend that I met online offered to send me a coin and it was a PF66 Franklin graded by ICG---that coin is still in my PF66 Collection. After about 3-4 years grading and such were more of an interest with me and I started to look for the harder coins to complete sets.... Now I'm where I am....and I see no turning back! coins have me hooked.... Speedy[/QUOTE]
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