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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jason Istvan, post: 3233996, member: 67981&quot;]I&#039;ve seen variations on this before, but I&#039;m infinitely curious.&nbsp; What made you start collecting?&nbsp; Did you come across something odd in your change, did a relative or friend turn you on to it, or did you see one of the &#039;$9M COINS IN YOUR LAUNDRY&#039; nonsense youtube videos?</p><p><br /></p><p>I found a heavily worn mercury dime in my lunch change during my sophomore year of college.&nbsp; Curious about <span style="color: #ff4d4d">edited</span> IS THIS WEIRD THING, I did some research and was instantly hooked.&nbsp; I spent a good chunk of that year hunched over my dorm room desk, inspecting and researching and learning all about coins, everything I could devour.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here I sit, well over a decade later, having learned that it was a bug that ran in the family (ancestors were collectors, even found out one was president of the ANA at one point) and that it&#039;s a passion that will last my life.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve only ever found one more merc in circ though.... And it was just a few months ago![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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