My Father is the reason that I collect Coins
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Happy Father's Day!
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My Dad had an interest in coins...but was not a collector... except for a few old Morgan Dollars and some large German silver coins... Which I inherited and still keep. Cheers, RickO
My 2 older brothers collect also. My Dad would keep all the silver collected from customers of our Neiborhood grocery store we owned and started us on wheat penny albums.
My grandfather on my father's side, and an uncle on my mother's side both got me interested as a kid—very thankful for both of them. My grandfather has long passed but this hobby helps me feel closer to him.
Happy Father's Day to all the great dads out there.
Nothing is as expensive as free money.
Back in the 60's, my dad did everything but kick my ass when I told him what I bought. He said: YOU PAID 50¢ FOR A PENNY?!?!?!? !&#%$&^$%! 😂 🤣
Disclaimer: I'm not a dealer, trader, grader, investor or professional numismatist. I'm just a hobbyist. (To protect me but mostly you! 🤣 )
Happy Father's Day! My dad owned a Mom & Pop Variety store so my dad would put aside some coins he thought were unusual or collectible. He started several thumb buster albums and left them to me. I made it my goal to complete all those albums and I did. That was the beginning for me
For me, it was my grandfather, Charles Whittlesey Hart, a.k.a. Whit. He had a random assortment of indian and flying eagle cents and some large cents, 2-and-3 cent pieces, shield and liberty nickels, and a nice half cent. I always wondered how it came to be that among the indians was a G-VG 1877. I still have all of those coins, as well as his 1964 Red Book.
I also have his log book of flight training in Americus, Georgia, 1917. He was an early flyer of the Curtis Jenny for the U.S. Army.
Here, I call myself .... Whit
Happy Father's Day to me, I got this 2019 W roll hunting this AM....
My father was a collector and we used to go to coin shops together. My adult children are not interested in coins - at least not yet. They don’t even use cash…!
I wish all the fathers out there the very best — you are blessed
LOL, mine too. He had some old coins in a jar in the top drawer of his dresser and told me not to touch those. I was hooked!
Empty Nest Collection
Matt’s Mattes
Not my Dad, or my Grandfathers, but my Grandfather's brother ... Uncle Tony. He's the one that planted the seed the year he came across country to visit and check on my Mom and her two young boys. His Brother had passed the year before and my Mom and Dad had just split a few months prior.
Happy Father's Day to all the Dad's and Grandfather's ... and the Uncles who were also Dad's and mentors to their family's children.
“We are only their care-takers,” he posed, “if we take good care of them, then centuries from now they may still be here … ”
Todd - BHNC #242
Mine too.
My dad gave me a Whitman Roosevelt dime album in 1963 when I was 7. He let me look through his pocket change to fill the album. He also ordered proof sets from the mint.
I became a collector because of him.
My children have no interest in collecting.
Nice score ricko
My dad, definitely, influenced me and supported my collecting efforts, early on.
He gave me A LOT of constitutional silver and circulated collector coins.
He also gave me an 1882-CC GSA Dollar that he purchased, when they were first offered. He bought one for me and one for himself.
I kept the silver, etc. for many years before selling it, when silver hit $50, in 2011.
I will always cherish the GSA and never sell it.
Sometimes, it’s better to be LUCKY than good. 🍀 🍺👍
My Full Walker Registry Set (1916-1947):
https://www.ngccoin.com/registry/competitive-sets/16292/
At the beginning of the baby boom there were all sorts of things that were published as advice to new and prospective parents. Even Dr Spock's book came out in 1946 at the very beginning of the population explosion. My parents had a pamphlet that encouraged parents to interest their children in hobbies and specifically suggested coin collecting as an option. I haven't see it since the '50's and have little memory of it but I was a collector of buffalo nickels by 1957.
Happy father's day!
Same here. My father got me started when I was about 8 when he handed down his collection of Mercury Dimes to me.
Looking for Top Pop Mercury Dime Varieties & High Grade Mercury Dime Toners.
Me too ❤️
I went to Dempsey & Baxter or Breakiron Jewelers in Erie, PA with my dad every Thursday and found a coin in my little budget for my album.
Some of the best memories I have.
BHNC #248 … 130 and counting.
My Dad is also the one who got me started with collecting coins in junior high. The Whitman folders started at that time were put on the shelf until he was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer. During his brief illness I asked him about his plans for his collection and in the last revision of his will I was given the first opportunity to purchase his collection from his estate.
In the months immediately following his death, I picked the hobby up again and found this site. The hobby has been a huge part of my life for the last 14 years. When I take the time and reflect on what my dad would think of the course my collecting has taken and the joy it's brought me...I feel a bit closer to him.
Lots of great stories! Thanks to all for sharing!!
My (adult) kids are interested in coins either, but today after lunch, my daughter let me show her Lincoln cent collection and tell her the history, I enjoyed that!!
I concur. I've dedicated my MPL set to him.
https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/half-cents/lincoln-cents-specialty-sets/lincoln-cents-basic-set-matte-proof-1909-1916/publishedset/50462
https://pcgs.com/setregistry/showcase/2819
My father R.I.P. started my now 59 year collecting interests with a Whitman folder in 1964. Took me well over a year to find that elusive 55 S. I still have that completed folder. Priceless.
My grandfather (father's side) would go through change at the hardware store he worked with his father in law. Had a nearly complete set of Indian Cents (including the 1877) just from checking change. He would never actually BUY a coin for over face value.
When he passed almost 30 years ago, my father inherited the collection. The selfless man that he is, my father then handed me the whole thing and said, "I know you'll enjoy this more." And boy, did I. I was always interested in coins, but this brought it to a whole new level. And for that, I thank my father.
Dead Cat Waltz Exonumia
"Coin collecting for outcasts..."
My ‘old man’ father, Chief Master Sgt. In the Air Force, Collected Crown Royal bags which held marbles, and eventually coins for me.
So yeah, I can give him credit!
In the mid-1980s, my dad let me have a McDonalds sundae for dessert after dinner. It was maybe 69 cents and he gave me a dollar and told me to pay for it and give him the change. I was 7 or so and got a wheat cent in change. I had never seen one and my dad was like that’s just an old cent but he let me keep it, and I was hooked ever since. Then every couple of months he would take me to the coin dealer and I remember binders of coins for sale (no slabs on those days). I remember my first coin purchase for $21 - an 1889 AU Morgan and an 1893-O dime in VG. Happy Father’s Day to all the dads!
My Dad did not get me started, but he did support my collecting and loaned me money when I was a little short when something came along that I needed.
My Dad first showed me his coin collection when I was 12. It was in a metal picture slide box that fit 2x2's perfectly. He got the bug from his Uncle. We bonded over coins and would visit the local coin shop in town. His favorite series was Indian Head Cents. We got to know the owner of the coin shop quite well and my Father helped him start up his mint. I was offered a job when I turned 15, but over time my Dad grew concerned about the owner's character and wouldn't let me go to work for him. It took a few years, but Pops was right.
https://justice.gov/usao-wdwa/pr/pair-who-went-run-after-being-found-guilty-fraud-now-defunct-precious-metals-firm
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