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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;panzerman, post: 3282127, member: 77704&quot;]I&nbsp; guess my story is different. I was kinda dragged into the hobby by my Dad. He at the time collected Canadian coins/ and World gold/ silver coinage. As I was more fascinated by the gold coins in his collection, I started getting them for Birthday/ Christmas presents at 10. By the time I finished highschool and got my first &quot;job&quot; working for you guessed it a lawn maintenance firm<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie50" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> So, I hoarded all my $ and bought (stupid me) modern proof sets/ gold proof coins from the Franklin Mint<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie80" alt=":shame:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Thank God, a saw an ad from NFA in a coin magazine, so I wrote them, for their auction catalogues. The rest is history, I finally with my meagre coin budget back in 1980 ($2500) was able to score some mintstate gold solidi. From there I started my own &quot;Army of one&quot; business doing lawns and never looked back. However, I went from ancients to all periods in history, and now even got 30 US high quality gold coins<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie50" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />! Now, I have surpassed my Dad in my collection, but he is darn proud about that. My New Year&#039;s Resolution is to work even harder in 2019, and add at least 50 coins to my collection, including a mintstate Ptolomaic AV Octodrachm.</p><p>John[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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