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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;goossen, post: 35660, member: 1545&quot;]When i was a child my uncle had painting made with coins, i mean coins in a frame forming a spiral. Sorry i don&#039;t know how to explain, my english isn&#039;t very good.</p><p><br /></p><p>Well, i liked it a lot and ask him how he made it. He told me he saved some coins from each country he visited and asked his friends to save coins from their travels.</p><p>And he told me to save coins and when i have enough he will make one for me.</p><p><br /></p><p>That&#039;s how i started to save foreign coins, asking my friends, relatives, etc.</p><p><br /></p><p>Finally got enough coins to make various of that decorative objects; during that time i noticed some interesting things, for example the letters on the US and Germany coins, later i learned that they were mintmarks.</p><p>I had coins from Japan, Brazil, Argentina, Germany, Egypt, Uruguay, etc. And started to think about the story of each coin, where it was before, how it came to me, what things were payed with it, how many people use it, a lot of things.</p><p><br /></p><p>I had my so wanted &quot;painting&quot; made with coins and had a nice lot to start my collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now i really enjoy this hobby, learned A LOT of history, geography, culture.</p><p><br /></p><p>I can&#039;t be more thankful to my uncle who introduced me to this worderful world!</p><p><br /></p><p>I believe each coin has a story, now i have 1.502 (and counting) stories to hear. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Hope you will understand my narrative, as i mentioned before, my english isn&#039;t very good.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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