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neildrobertson

A 1906-A German Empire Mark got me started. I overpaid for it and have since sold it.

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Stork

My adult/non-US collecting branched out from an interest in bullion.

I was living in Japan and though 'geez, how neat would it be to get some Japanese bullion'. Found out about the 1986 commemorative and found a guy (Satootoko/Roy for those who have been here awhile) on the message boards who had posted about it and started communicating about the coin, and other Japanese coins. Eventually I started collecting my pocket change, then gradually expanded into a type set, and other world coins.

I didn't get one right away, but this was the coin I was looking for (scuffy slab):

One of my biggest dislikes of this dang new board is the utter inability to paw through my old messages like I used to. It would be nice to go back and see all that old correspondence.

AuldFartte

This one got me started:

These got me hooked:

asheland

I couldn't say which coin got me started, but I drifted away from world coins for a while and this one renewed my interest:

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OrlandoGrandefiglio

This was the first really nice world coin I bought. There was a small coin auction in LaPorte County, IN that had photos of all coins on Auctionzip. All the world coins were sort of photographed together in a very blurry fashion, but I could see that the one marked "1912 Germany" was nice. When I got there, I decided I wasn't leaving without it, but ended up paying only $34. Off it went to PCGS. MS-63. That's a little lower than I like but I don't see myself selling it.

worldcoinguy

Russian roubles were my first pull into world numismatics in mid 1990s. I lived in Chicago at the time and the CICF (Chicago International Coin Fair) got me hooked in world numismatics. It was held downtown in the Merchandise Mart back at that time. Most of the pieces I bought turned out to be cleaned or damaged, but there were some good ones over the years..... even a blind squirrel finds a nut sometimes. When ebay caught momentum and I realized the demand for Russian roubles 10 years later, I sold everything and pivoted to german states material. I have never looked back or questioned the change in direction; my current focus is still much to my liking and there is still much to learn.

ZoidMeister

I think this was the one that did it for me.

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Cocoinut

I had collected Canadian coins out of circulation for years, but when I saw this 1806 half penny for $19 in 1972, I had to have it, even though I knew nothing about it. The first edition of the Standard Catalog came out about the same time. I purchased that, and studied it for many hours, making notes of coins that I would buy if I came across them. I enjoy foreign coins for their history and diversity of designs. I eventually had the 1806 slabbed in 2012, and it was graded MS65BN.

ZoidMeister

Of course, after my first above, this one didn't hurt either . . . . .

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