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<p>[QUOTE="PyrotekNX, post: 94480, member: 3918"]I have had a little interest since I was a kid. My father (b. 1946) showed me some of his coins he saved and told me to be on the lookout for a 1943 penny. He bought me a few Whitmans, Lincoln cents from 1959, washington clad quarters and I believe Jefferson nickels. As a kid, I searched through my father's junk change jar to fill the slots. I have to admit that I had little to no interest in money at all when I was a kid. I pulled the quarters out of my folder and spent them all. I also spent a small hoard in $2 bills. There wasn't really any intrinsic value in those items, but there certainly was sentimental value.</p><p><br /></p><p>I also was given $2 bills as gifts and my father claimed he would buy a proof set for every year since I was born. My parents bought an old restaurant and they would bring home silver coins and half dollars, etc. There was an old jukebox there from the 50s that sat in the restaurant for a year at least before we cracked it open and found a bunch of change that was sitting in there for a good 30 years. We also found a small handful for wheaties in the basement which were probably there for 75 years or more, a few were dated in the teens and most were in the 20s.</p><p><br /></p><p>I didn't really get the itch for collecting until I became a clerk and looked through thousands of dollars worth of change. I would bring home wheaties and halfs which I bought out of the drawer. I found an old dominican republic centavo in the drawer and it took me several days to identify it. Originally, I knew very little about coins before I was a clerk. I stumbled upon a few cool sites tring to ID my centavo including this one.</p><p><br /></p><p>I had so much fun researching coins that I researched the few wheats I had, along with the coins I inherited from my grandfather. I raided my father's collection as well.</p><p><br /></p><p>After going through his collection, I became upset about how poorly maintained it was. He had 2 morgans and they were raw and had turned completely black. His mercury dimes turned completely black and were covered in crud. The collection was either loose or in sandwich bags.</p><p><br /></p><p>He had a ton of kennedys which were in bags and in a 2x2 pocket page with some kennedys in there. He actually taped the pocket shut because he didn't understand that you had to 2x2 the coin before you put it in the pocket.</p><p><br /></p><p>I went on ebay and ordered $100 worth of supplies to organize both of our collections.</p><p><br /></p><p>To make a long story short, I have become a very serious collector over the past 6 months and it's been a lot of fun.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="PyrotekNX, post: 94480, member: 3918"]I have had a little interest since I was a kid. My father (b. 1946) showed me some of his coins he saved and told me to be on the lookout for a 1943 penny. He bought me a few Whitmans, Lincoln cents from 1959, washington clad quarters and I believe Jefferson nickels. As a kid, I searched through my father's junk change jar to fill the slots. I have to admit that I had little to no interest in money at all when I was a kid. I pulled the quarters out of my folder and spent them all. I also spent a small hoard in $2 bills. There wasn't really any intrinsic value in those items, but there certainly was sentimental value. I also was given $2 bills as gifts and my father claimed he would buy a proof set for every year since I was born. My parents bought an old restaurant and they would bring home silver coins and half dollars, etc. There was an old jukebox there from the 50s that sat in the restaurant for a year at least before we cracked it open and found a bunch of change that was sitting in there for a good 30 years. We also found a small handful for wheaties in the basement which were probably there for 75 years or more, a few were dated in the teens and most were in the 20s. I didn't really get the itch for collecting until I became a clerk and looked through thousands of dollars worth of change. I would bring home wheaties and halfs which I bought out of the drawer. I found an old dominican republic centavo in the drawer and it took me several days to identify it. Originally, I knew very little about coins before I was a clerk. I stumbled upon a few cool sites tring to ID my centavo including this one. I had so much fun researching coins that I researched the few wheats I had, along with the coins I inherited from my grandfather. I raided my father's collection as well. After going through his collection, I became upset about how poorly maintained it was. He had 2 morgans and they were raw and had turned completely black. His mercury dimes turned completely black and were covered in crud. The collection was either loose or in sandwich bags. He had a ton of kennedys which were in bags and in a 2x2 pocket page with some kennedys in there. He actually taped the pocket shut because he didn't understand that you had to 2x2 the coin before you put it in the pocket. I went on ebay and ordered $100 worth of supplies to organize both of our collections. To make a long story short, I have become a very serious collector over the past 6 months and it's been a lot of fun.[/QUOTE]
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