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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Paul M., post: 2305458, member: 73165&quot;]I don&#039;t actually remember my first coin, because I got hooked by an old Redbook in my elementary school library. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; From there, I started filling Whitman folders with Lincoln Memorial cents and Jefferson nickels from circulation.&nbsp; I found a nice 1968S nickel I was convinced was a circulated proof (but, in retrospect, probably not).</p><p><br /></p><p>My favorite coin from childhood days though has to be an 1863 Indian cent I dug up at my grandma&#039;s house.&nbsp; It was in roughly G4, but I loved that coin because of the history involved.</p><p><br /></p><p>I stopped collecting for a while, started up again, sold everything, and have recently started up again.&nbsp; My latest &quot;first&quot; coin is a raw Bay Bridge half, MS64-ish, which I love for the design and the history involved. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; Unfortunately, I don&#039;t have a picture of it. (One of my collecting goals for the new year is to get my coins professionally imaged.)</p><p><br /></p><p>And, I suppose I can talk about my first ancient coin, a rather common DIVA FAVSTINA denarius that spoke to me. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; Here&#039;s a seller&#039;s pic of her:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]463742[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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