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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 2670099, member: 51347&quot;]I started collecting when I was 9.&nbsp; I had a Great Uncle who collected coins, but I realize now he would collect from circulation.&nbsp; He would also hoard Silver when US Coinage changed in 1964.&nbsp; My grandmother, like many other people, collected her change into coffee cans.&nbsp; She would let my brother and I dump it out and go through the change for odd coins.&nbsp; Beyond-bizarre, I found this &quot;cent&quot; in the coffee can.&nbsp; (I suspect my Great-Uncle had left it on the kitchen table when he visited my Grandparents, and my Grandmother had no idea what it was and scooped it up as change):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]594333[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>US Civil War Token Cent 1863</b></p><p>I was excited as it was cool different, and asked if I could keep it.&nbsp; I even gave her a cent to replace it.&nbsp; I went on that summer in Arkansas to buy odd-type US coins (1/c, 2c, 3c Nickel, 3c Silver, 20c, Trade Dollar) with the money I made all summer.&nbsp; Parent AND Grandparents thought I was crazy, so I spent another $50 on FIREWORKS.</p><p><br /></p><p>Like everyone else here, I love History, and I focus on Ancient MILITARY History... My 6th Grade English and Literature Teacher (2 hours of classes) was extremely strict mean-ole witch, but loved Roman History.&nbsp; She was also personal friends with my Parents, so I could never get her out of my life at 12-14 years old!&nbsp; I could never get above a &quot;C&quot; grade in her class, but somehow her love for Ancient History sloughed off onto me.&nbsp; University (poor-man-budget, but I got some cheap Ancients, just to &quot;have&quot;). Starting in Early 80&#039;s - Graduated, got married, started up a business (Self-Employed), house, kids, Corporate moves all over the US and overseas - sold my collections except the original purchases when I was a 9yo. Early 90&#039;s came back into collecting coins, but steered from US and Moderns, and fumbled my way into Ancients.&nbsp; Just History from my memory, my reading, and several courses from University guided me into my first foray into Ancients.</p><p><br /></p><p>As to World Moderns, since I traveled overseas extensively for 30 years, I have a few kilos of coins and currencies from my travels.&nbsp; All in jars, waiting for the Grandkids to &quot;Discover&quot; !&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp;&nbsp; (My 8 year-old Granddaughter, whose father is of Korean descent, has already discovered and was gifted a Korean 100 Won coin from the jar...)</p><p><br /></p><p><b>My Ancient Firsts:</b></p><p>[ATTACH=full]594336[/ATTACH] <b>Alexander III Drachm</b></p><p>[ATTACH=full]594337[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>(and 3 other Athena/Owls)</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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