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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;umtrr-author, post: 787866, member: 5719&quot;]The veterans out there already know my story, but there&#039;s a lot of new folks here...</p><p><br /></p><p>I had the &quot;typical&quot; start in coin collecting as a child... Whitman folders, inexpensive foreign coins.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>After a time I &quot;hit the wall&quot; not being able to afford what I needed to complete sets, so I lost interest and went dormant for many years.</p><p><br /></p><p>Then, our daughter Thalia Elizabeth discovered a certain monarch on the Canadian Cent, and the rest is... history?&nbsp; No, but it is a good story I think...</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.irwinsjournal.com/ijonline/ijqueen.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.irwinsjournal.com/ijonline/ijqueen.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.irwinsjournal.com/ijonline/ijqueen.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Her interest in coins got me back into the hobby.&nbsp; I joined a local club and was an officer for two years.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I give presentations (it&#039;s a key feature of our club&#039;s twice-monthly meetings) on topics of interest.&nbsp; They tend to lean toward the &quot;story&quot; behind the coin, which has always been fascinating.&nbsp; Holding an Elizabeth I 1/2 groat, for example, I wonder who else has had it.&nbsp; Looking at an inexpensive coin from the Seychelles Islands, I wanted to know where they were.&nbsp; For me, that&#039;s the fun part.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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