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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;davdo, post: 3538663, member: 8157&quot;]I started collecting in the mid 60s with my Dad when I was around 6 years old. He had a collection that he had been working on for years but it was quite modest--probably only what he found in change. He kept everything in Whitman blue folders and I got the same for me to use. We kept all the wheaties we found as well as all of the silver coins we found. I remember putting all the wheaties before 1940 in 2x2 flips. I still have them in there. All the other wheaties we put in a wooden chest that he made that I need to go through. One day!!!!???? He also would go to his credit union and purchase rolls of S cents that I still have--late 60s and early 70s. </p><p>Sometime in the 70s I started collecting stamps and backed away from coins. I&#039;d keep any coins (wheaties, silver) I found in change but not much else. The 70s, 80s and 90s were for stamps if I had any extra money. But then the USPS ruined stamp collecting for me with the sheer volumn of stamps they put out. In the late 90s I got interested in coins again and started updating my books. Sometime in the 2000s I decided Danscos were better than Whitman folders so I started getting them and upgrading my collection. Dad did the same and he actually purchased coins for his Danscos. He has since passed away but I still have his collection. Unbeknownst to me he also had several 1800s coins that he kept in a small safe. Still enjoy coin collecting and still upgrading!! Unfortunately I don&#039;t have any pictures. If I get a chance I&#039;ll take some and post them. </p><p>Interesting thread![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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