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Message:: [QUOTE="ldhair, post: 26141985, member: 11540"]I started almost 60 years ago when one of my uncles moved into our house. He was ill with no place to stay. We became good friends and he put me to work sorting a bag of wheat cents. We had a blast and I was hooked for life. Not long after that my dad started taking me to work with him. I was too young to be left at home alone. He ran a large department store called S. H. Kress & Co. Dad would park me in the cash office and the ladies there would watch after me. My job was to count and roll all the cents. They would not allow me to use the counting machines. My pay was a dollar per day in wheat cents and thought I was rich. I built almost two complete sets in folders and still own them today. When I was about 13, I would ride my bike to the local coin shop and search the junk silver. About 2X face was the going price at the time.  I was making good money mowing yards, paperboy and being given pop bottles to haul off. They brought 3 cents each. Fun times. Fast forward 50 something years. I let my collection get out of control. I'm paying for that now in the time it takes to break down and sell the collection. I'm using that money to put into just a few really cool coins.[/QUOTE]