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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 4985039, member: 19463&quot;]As a child whose parents were divorced in 1953, I spent a lot of time alone at home (&#039;latchkey kid&#039;) while my mother worked.&nbsp; Sometimes, to keep me occupied, she loaned me money to buy a bag of coins from a local vending machine servicer which I would sort and roll after removing ones I needed or could sell at a local coin store.&nbsp; I never paid more than face value for a coin but I would trade in a better date one I had as a duplicate for ones I lacked.&nbsp; One day I noticed that the store had a dish of Romans on the counter.&nbsp; They were 50 cents for AR and $2 for denarii.&nbsp; I stopped trading for dates I lacked and started buying Romans.&nbsp; When I was in high school and got a job, I bought more and stopped searching vending machine coins.&nbsp; In 1974 when my daughter was born, I sold my ancients except for three that were special to me.&nbsp; Financially, that was a big mistake.&nbsp; To this day I wonder what ever happened to the coins I sold.&nbsp; Some I would recognize from foil pressings I made back then.&nbsp; I got back into it in the mid 1980&#039;s when I was making enough more to support a hobby.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1197657[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1197658[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1197659[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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