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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jim sullivan, post: 3374624, member: 100154&quot;]Great thread!! Really cool to learn about the folks that roam these here halls. So my long winded story starts when I was a kid in the 80s. I was just always curious, would go dig old bottles, loved history and old stuff and had a grandfather that collected coins and would show them to me when Id go over. A coin store opened in town and we would go agitate the owner over indian cents and foreign coins for hours. By the way, that store was Coins n things in Whitman Ma. I guess they are now a multi BILLION dollar company that supplies most of the countries gold or something. Crazy. Anyways, lost intetest in my teens but held onto the knowledge and collection I had. Got intetested again in my 20s and inherited the remains of my grandfathers collection. Sadly for me he had sold all those sweet trade dollars and other high end pieces i remembered, but there was still a good bit left of the usual and a lota canadian. This is where I could inflict pain on myself. Mid 20s, money problems, sold a lot of it. Familiar story. I get nauseas now thinking about it. Beautifully toned raw high mint state stuff with rainbow rings in albums that were breathtaking. He aquired a lot when they were new in the 50s!! Coin shop told me was worth scrap, silver was $6.50, and I needed gas. Have never forgiven myself. So now, got a nephew that is my clone. Thats good and bad. I was getting active again with coins and asked him if he wanted to start a collection. I could never have dreamt the enthusiastic response. Kid is smart and learnin fast. Now we&#039; re not rich and Ive made a few vows this round. 1) Re assemble the best representation of my grandfathets collection I can. ( mostly complete or semi complete 20th century silver) 2) Aquire wisely. Quality over quantity. Aquire pieces that will retain or increase in value. 3) Coin roll hunt for errors and keepers. Both me and the kid love them and the best part is you can find them for free by looking and knowing what to look for. 4) Stack that silver!! Hitting the banks to find silver for face and hold onto it till silver rises OR sell it to buy pieces to add to the collection. Thats basically it. Hes in love with wheaties and indians and im focused on mint sets, Franklins and toners. Seriously LOVE this hobby though and what it has to offer. Just recently reaching out in the &quot;community&quot; and attempting to get as active as I can. So, collecting with the kid with a focus on quality 20th century pieces. Thanks yall!!![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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