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Happiness Is?
Broadstruck
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When your Kiddo texts you a photo of a coin he just bought in school! 
Just a circ crusty 1950's silver Egyptian Piastres with Sphinx on the obverse, but he bought it for 50 cents and did well.
To Err Is Human.... To Collect Err's Is Just Too Much Darn Tootin Fun!
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A chip off the old block.
I experienced the same joy after finding my kiddo "reading" Coin World in her room a few years back
And people say the hobby is dead!
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"Coin collecting for outcasts..."
Great photo DCW... I bet she's thinking "My Dad has one of those and he should sell it to get me a Barbie Dream House"
Best part is I kinda tried to push my hobby on him when he was little and it just didn't stick.
I'd take him to shows and his attention span was about 10-15 minutes until boredom set in.
So this was his first doing the coin thingy on his own
Sometimes the coin bug bites early, sometimes much later. In my case, the coin bug has been chewing on me for most of my life.....
Cheers, RickO
Happiness is this forum on this morning. Because......there are NO discussions concerning parking lot find DDO 1982 pennies. What a relief!
That's great.
Here are my recent conversations with my son,
Zach do you want to go kayak fishing? Answer No.
Zach do you want to go kayak lobstering at night? Answer No.
Zach do you want to go gold mining? Answer No.
Zach do you want to look at some cool error coins? Answer No.
My 11-year-old son is smart enough to tell me that he wants to design video games as a job so that lets him play videos games all day long doing research. I am like fine. you need to learn coding, game theory, graphic design, and a buncha other stuff.
The coin bug has been chewing on me for most of my life.....
What was your first coin that you could really say started you off?
@ErrorsOnCoins I can relate to that very much
Me too
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@Onastone ....A Columbian half really got me going...had a couple of IHC's before that...Cheers, RickO
I love the stories and for those who wishes to be game inventors ...... that's probably the new money is
No bambini here yet but my Happiness is waking to peaceful CU .....
feel so Liberated to exercise my Freedom of Speech without any retaliation 
Happiness is going to the annual winter FUN show with ample funds for acquisitions. (Sadly, I don't see that happening again in my future, but ya never know)
"She comes out of the sun in a silk dress,
running like a water color in the rain...."
Happiness is getting a message that someone cares about you. I got a few
Pibble kissies
Collector of randomness. Photographer at PCGS. Lover of Harry Potter.
That made me happy this week!
And this:
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Happiness is a state of mind and a civic duty. It is our resposiblity to one another to act happy even when your having a bad day. Public faces are important. Smiles are infectious and help us all to get past things we otherwise would not.
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Cute thread, I like it !!!
...a warm gun?
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A cool coin
“Happiness is” always reminds me of this 17 second scene
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=N9JOUcd_GFk
https://www.autismforums.com/media/albums/acrylic-colors-by-rocco.291/
CU & its knowledgeable, generous members sharing their experiences here.
Quality time with my family. Doesn't matter what it is.
I blamed all my typo to this little guy ....... grammar is another story
I guessed ..... we better not visit
Waking up every morning and grinding the coffee beans.
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Me too. And then....a day with the 10 little Hydrants. Boys and girls, enjoy every minute! Things are looking up around here. I like it. It's a good thing.
Happiness is like the weather. Sometimes its great sometimes it isn't. But Joy, well that's a different matter..
The court jester does not play, but gently pulls the strings…
A warm gun.
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She's into dinosaurs now. Hard to believe this was 25 years ago.
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Did you mean older men or actual dinosaurs?
Actual dinosaurs, thank you. She's in Niger at the moment digging some up.
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Very Cool... Oh & thanks for clarifying it!
That's awesome.!.! I would be SO proud.!.!
The bird would probably eat my cat.
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Being able to occasionally reap a little bit of rewards from this hobby (which can be sort of like a store of value) to use in other adventures.
God bless her!
But no.......I still have children (4) around 30 years old who are still having major difficulties sorting garbage waste from cardboard, plastic and glass alone from being anything numismatic in any way. Well......one does have an eye on silver and some gold when he thinks he's got a good deal but that's another story..
Leo
The more qualities observed in a coin, the more desirable that coin becomes!
My Jefferson Nickel Collection
My granddaughter loves bust halves.
Lance.
Yeah, it's all about the Busties at that age.
Keeper of the VAM Catalog • Professional Coin Imaging • Prime Number Set • World Coins in Early America • British Trade Dollars • Variety Attribution