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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtis, post: 8257549, member: 26430&quot;]I like this idea for a thread! Gives me the nostalgia feels...</p><p><br /></p><p>I think my <i>very first </i>ancient coin was an Alexander III Herakles / Bow &amp; quiver AE that was stolen along with the rest of my collection in a burglary... when I was 8 years old... But I still have most of the coins from my &quot;current collection&quot; which I re-started 35 years ago. Unfortunately, I sold one of the coins I bought from that period (still wish I hadn&#039;t), but I have all the rest below.</p><p><br /></p><p>After the burglary, my parents gave me $300 of insurance money (mostly for U.S. proof sets / mint sets I&#039;d gotten as Christmas presents from my grandma) and I completely readjusted my collecting strategy, buying only ancient coins ever again, and (until about age 13) only one coin per year, usually while traveling with my parents in Europe (we lived in the US, except for one year in Nederland).</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are the ones purchased c. 1986 or so to ~1991, roughly in order (the last one at a coin shop in Tucson, 2nd to last from a Colosseum Coin Exchange mail bid catalog):</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Paris, 1986</b> (or so, maybe as late as 1988, possibly Claude Burgan/Maison Florange, maybe a neighboring shop on the same street, the guy was very charming). Athens Tetradrachm</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1455998[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Florence or Rome (?), c. 1988</b> (purchase by CSJ, my father). Hadrian Sestertius.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1455999[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Colosseum Coin Exchange, ca. 1990-1992</b> (possibly MBS 53, 22 Jan 91 -- I need to add some CCE to my FPL collection so I can double check). Aegina Drachm (possibly described there as a Stater? maybe I just didn&#039;t know the difference).</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1456000[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Tucson, AZ, Glass Shoppe Coins, 1991</b> (but not from Halden Birt, owner; instead possibly from Tony Tumonis, future owner?).</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1456002[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The one that I foolishly sold.</p><p>Probably Paris 1987-1989, probably also Burgan/Florange.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1456003[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Honestly, that burglar did me a huge favor 35 years ago. I wish that I had maintained by 8-13 year old discipline into adulthood. If nothing else, my collection would consist of much finer quality coins if I stuck to the save-every-penny-all-year-and-buy-one strategy![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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