Question: What was the First Coin-Related Item You EVER Bought?
RichR
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Here's mine...a paperweight purchased at Gimbel's coin counter (in Yonkers, NY...don't know how I still remember that?) in the mid 1970s...or at least an image of it...the real one is in a storage bin!
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My first coin I bought with my money, is probably a 1883 no cents.
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I got crs as well. I believe it was a whitman folder 📂 1941 on if I remember right
The first coin I remember buying was a 1900 Morgan Dollar with subtle rainbow toning that probably grades about MS63. I still have it somewhere.
I got tired of looking for 1980 and 1981 Susie Bs in change, LOL. Finally, I ordered a set from the mint.
A few VGish early 40s walkers in 1990ish
I vaguely remember buying older US coins and foreign paper money in plastic capsules out of gumball type machine in front of a small coin store in South Hills Village mall outside of Pittsburgh when I was about 8 years old so it would have been about 1969.
I remember it was a quarter per capsule and I got some worn down wheat cents and very folded foreign bills out of that machine. I was already collecting and filling a Whitman folder for the cents that my older brother had given me.
Mr_Spud
Lincoln Cent and Jefferson Nickel Whitman coin folders.
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If I remember correctly I’m pretty sure this $2.50 Indian Head was my first coin purchase. That was roughly 2008-09.
A 10% off center Connecticut state quarter.
1994 or so as a YN, 1878 Morgan in XF. Nice original coin - still have it.
Same here. Probably the old Whitman Lincoln 1941 folder. I remember very distinctly (back in the late 60's) the first coin I bought. Came home and showed my dad and told him how much I paid. He said: YOU PAID HOW MUCH FOR A PENNY?!?!?!? 😂 🤣 I couldn't find a 55-S to save my life, to complete that folder. So I finally bought one. I think I paid 40¢. The shiniest one with mint luster in the album. Amazing how prices for this coin haven't changed much in 55 years!
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This was one easy, although I no longer own it, my dad got me a Whitman folder for my Lincoln cents, while the folder broke apart over the decades, the coins are still mostly the original set.
My current registry sets:
20th Century Type Set
Virtual DANSCO 7070
Slabbed IHC set - Missing the Anacs Slabbed coins
That was one of the first that I bought, too.
Probably got some Whitman folders and a Red Book before that, though.
This is not my first coin-related item, but I happen to have a sibling of your paperweight sitting right next to me at my computer desk.
IkesT,,,does your cube have a worn edge from rubbing on it? Cool!
Your embedded coins are also a bit older.
Just like a few others, I started with the 41 to present ( at that time ) Lincoln cents. I still have mine. A gift from my late father. It's priceless to me. I to looked for that elusive 55 S. Of course it was the last one needed to complete the set. I did find it in circulation after close to a year. This was in 1964 so I can't remember the 1st coin or coin related item that I bought.
It looks that way, but is actually an artifact of the photo - there is glare on the top edge from the light I was using.
Mine also has little feet at the bottom, which I don't see on yours. The overall shape looks the same, though (including the beveled corners).
I cannot remember that far back, maybe some 2X2's or my first Dansco album were the first non coin numismatic items. The first coin had to be something inexpensive, a worn 3CN perhaps.
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Ikest...
I wish mine had the little nubby feet...it might have reduced the scratches over the decades!
Speaking of back in the day....did anyone else spend way too much time as a kid looking at the rotating coin cabinets...with the 3 buttons...to change direction or to stop the moving trays?!?
The coin counters in Woolworth's, McCrory's, and Grant's usually had them...usually right next to the goldfish and parakeet department!
Remember buying a red book,to find those rare treasures in my pocket change
Levittown or Hempstead?
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[Levittown or Hempstead?]
HA!!! Levittown Shop-a-Rama and Hempstead A&S!
A 1956 Franklin Half Dollar in 1971 to complete the birth year set requirement for the Boy Scout Coin Collecting Merit Badge. Still have this coin.
Are these Islander colors or Mets colors?
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I have no idea.... Way too many years ago... Collected from change well into the late sixties. I did buy a Redbook somewhere in that period. Cheers, RickO
I can't remember back that far but it was probable a blue cent folder type album. The first significant coin that I bought was when I was in high school in the mid-1960's. I bought a BU Saint Gaudens gold double eagle from a small ad in the back of Coin World for $47. It was a nice 1927 that would grade today as a MS63. I wish I still had it but a few years later I sold it to help pay for a new car. I have many other Saints now in much higher grades but you always remember buying your first gold coin.
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A large British penny and a worn out liberty head nickel.
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Oakstar...I was born literally walking distance from the site of both the 1939 and 1964 World's Fair...and that is the flag for '64
But personally, Mets & Islanders (and the green and white Jets...at least until they moved to New Jersey)!
I used to passed a coin shop on my way to school when I was a young boy. I would stop in and look in the one case that contained large cents in fine to better condition. I’d save my monthly allowance and purchase 1 every month for $3 or $4. I ended up selling them years later for about $10. each. I remember having 20-30 of them. That was fun then.
My first ever true coin shop purchase was at Mel's Coin and Stamp in Johnson City, TN 55 years ago. It was a 1932 D and 1932 S Washington Quarter in Fine and Very Fine condition(Mel's grade) and completed my collection, spending $75 for the pair took 2 trips to make the plunge. The entire remainder of the collection was from change, bank rolls and my Grandfathers cash register. He let me go thru the quarters and cents every chance I had for helping clean up the store. Those were the days.
Jim
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First "coin related item" that wasn't a coin... probably 2x2 holders for Lincoln Cents, or a Whitman folder to put them in...
I'd have been about 10 or 11 years old and spending allowance money.
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jesbroken...how did "Mel's grade" stack up to current grades?
For me, it was a roll of mixed date wheat cents at a little flea market when I was 8 or so. As I recall it cost me 2 of my hard earned dollars!
RIP Mom- 1932-2012
A Whitman Buffalo Nickels folder ... late 1961. I had a 1959 Blue Book but that was bought by my parents as a gift.
My first item was a coin I bought in 1987. It was a well worn 1884-CC Morgan that I bought in Filene's Basement in Boston. I wish I still had it, but I gave it away about 10 years before I got back into collecting coins.
Donato
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Wow! There are some old dudes on this forum!
I feel young being born in 73
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[I feel young being born in 73]
I have underwear older than 1973...you punk!
But seriously...the car in which I learned to drive was a maroon 1973 Buick Century...boy was that a boat!!!
It also literally got 8 miles to the gallon (either leaded or unleaded!) when new!
My buddy in highschool had a 75 cadillac. I know what ya mean by boat. Seemed as we watched speedometer go up you could see the gas gauge dropping.
The backseat was basically a couch.
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