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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Paddy54, post: 8340266, member: 19250&quot;]I started collecting at 7 y/o , my father spent his entire life working for the Federal Reserve bank. </p><p>He actually quit H.S. as he was offered the position as a bank runner...collecting bills from city businesses and banks.</p><p>He was paid one day with an 1812 bust half to cover a bill he was collecting. That was the early 1930&#039;s .</p><p>Now if you do a search on a inflation calculator one will realize that in the early 30&#039;s that 50 cents was a lot of money...as he most probably made &lt;$1@ day.</p><p>He gave me that half..which I still own today....along with a few other coins he had managed to save over the years.</p><p><br /></p><p>Some how Im guessing that a 118 year old coin was worth saving by him at that time&nbsp; As 50 cents had the value of $8.66 in todays money. I was also fortunate to have an uncle who collected coins. Uncle Bill always gave me coins.</p><p>Unfortunately in those days cleaning coins wasn&#039;t taboo....and I did clean the half in my youth.</p><p>But that was the seed that got me into coin collecting....its another reason why I offten give kids coins....As I love the hobby ,and what it offers to the collector. History,Geography, Science,and Math...etc.</p><p>As for some kids it affords an interest in learning more of the subjects&nbsp; listed above making them better </p><p>And smarter students.</p><p><br /></p><p>Oh I also had a paper route delivered and collected for daily news papers.</p><p>One need to know...that in my collection money bag was silver coins,war nickels, buffalo nickels, the notes were silver certificates, Red seal US notes...so I would go though my bag buying any date or mm needed.</p><p>Unfortunately living onnthe East coast S mint marks were hardly ever found...Denver and Philly were not hard to find...but air travel in the 60&#039;s was more for the rich and famous...not the every day Joe.</p><p>Thus money traveling in pockets seldom made it east to west or west to east.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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