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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Only a Poor Old Man, post: 4984999, member: 111037&quot;]I got into this hobby back in February, and like most things in life, it was unplanned. I have the collecting bug since childhood (it started with comics) and while I was growing up it kept evolving to more serious stuff. For the past few years my main interest has been old swords (Japanese). Back then I attended a special event with my sword club where we got to study and examine some blades that are not on display, at the British Museum in London. It was a weekday, and on the way out I got the chance to visit a couple of the ancient coin shops that are located across the street. I was aware of these shops, but the few times I visited the museum before was always on weekends, and they were always closed. One of the shops I visited was Coincraft and I spent quite a bit of time there looking at coins. I was surprised that you can actually buy ancient coins for an affordable price. At a moment&#039;s inspiration I decided that I wasn&#039;t going to leave empty-handed. I knew this was an old and reputable shop, so I felt it was a safe place to get a coin. I decided to go for a higher end one, thinking that would be the only coin I would ever own. I ended up with an Alexander the Great Tetradrachm.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1197640[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>After I got home I started researching the coin and I was hooked! Looking back now, I don&#039;t regret it a bit. And another bonus is that I got interested into reading about history again. I still collect comics by the way. Mostly EC Horror and Carl Barks duck comics from the 40s &amp; 50s.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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