What got you into this trade?

coinshop

For me, it wasn't just finding a shiny quarter in my pockets.
I loved the handling of money. I love the history, I love the fact California is known for the Gold Rush and the history it brings!
I love exchanging money for coin. Vice versa. I love showing off my style of coin collecting.
What do you love, what brings you to this world ?
What gets you truly excited about this business? For me, it is to see a profit, but most importantly, exchange into the hands of someone more deserving than me!

coinshop

Don't be shy, I hope we can have a great talk on coins.

silverpop

Well the store I worked for got bought out and they shut the one I worked down, I then looked in a coin magazine that had some coins for sale and I told my wife I wanted to be a coin dealer she bought the coins for me that was in 2003 and after 21 yrs still in the hobby

coinshop

well thats good! doesnt sound like it really lights you up??
For me, the freedom it gives you is what I love.. not only the dollars we can maybe be lucky enough to earn!

coinshop

Btw nice little lineup. I've been collecting since 2004, 20 years. All started with varieties and the cherry picker's guide given as a gift at a local Connecticut show.

coinshop

total bump.

privatecoin

My parents bought a new fridge when I was 5. Underneath the old one was a buffalo nickel. I was hooked ever since.

coinshop

Really. I think it would be an interesting topic to discuss.

NeophyteNumismatist

My Mom called me in March 2020 and told me to look for "bat quarters" (she meant W quarters). It was COVID and I was looking for something to do with my kids. The "coin shortage" had me go to a coin shop to see if I could continue to get bank rolls (I had never been to a coin shop before). I was amazed by the old coins I saw. Large and Half Cents seemed particularly cool to me. I have been collecting and studying coins since.

coinshop

Great! for me, the rarities and hands that they traded amongst is so fascinating!!

starsandstripes

Grandfather gave me a keychain in the late 60's that I never used, just stored it in my wooden treasure box, taking it out occasionally to check out. About 12 years ago I gently uncrimped the 3 coins and sent the buffalo into PCGS for grading since it was in excellent condition. It came back MS64. Amazing!
Coins are 64-P quarter, 58-D Roosevelt dime and 1913-P type I Buffalo nickel.

JBK

@starsandstripes said:
Coins are 64-P quarter, 58-D Truman dime and 1913-P type I Buffalo nickel.

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starsandstripes

LOL did I say Truman, I meant Roosevelt, Thanks JBK, corrected for posterity

coinshop

good stories.

Barberian

@starsandstripes said:
Grandfather gave me a keychain in the late 60's that I never used, just stored it in my wooden treasure box, taking it out occasionally to check out. About 12 years ago I gently uncrimped the 3 coins and sent the buffalo into PCGS for grading since it was in excellent condition. It came back MS64. Amazing!
Coins are 64-P quarter, 58-D Roosevelt dime and 1913-P type I Buffalo nickel.

That's an odd group of coins for assembling a decorative key chain, particularly the nickel. The assembler had MS64 1913 Type I Buffalos lying around to add to common date silver?

crazyhounddog

My dad got me into coins when I was around 8 years old, I’m 72 years old now. I needed a hobby to earn a badge for the cub scouts. My good old dad suggested I start a coin collection. Collecting coins never left my bones. To this day I still collect coins and I don’t see that ever stopping.

starsandstripes

@Barberian said:

@starsandstripes said:
Grandfather gave me a keychain in the late 60's that I never used, just stored it in my wooden treasure box, taking it out occasionally to check out. About 12 years ago I gently uncrimped the 3 coins and sent the buffalo into PCGS for grading since it was in excellent condition. It came back MS64. Amazing!
Coins are 64-P quarter, 58-D Roosevelt dime and 1913-P type I Buffalo nickel.

That's an odd group of coins for assembling a decorative key chain, particularly the nickel. The assembler had MS64 1913 Type I Buffalos lying around to add to common date silver?

Wish I had taken a picture but didn't think of it at the time. They were in size order dime on top then nickel then quarter.
They were uncirculated coins. Came in a little box and that's the way I stored it away. Not sure where my grandfather bought it. In the 60's there may have been rolls of the 13-P or maybe my grandfather had it made, he was a coin collector.
When your 5 years old you don't ask a lot of questions

coinshop

Awesome responses!!

AUandAG

My best buddies were altar boys and were allowed to go through the collection plates after church. I was a member but not an altar boy so would give them a list of what I needed and they would pull out for me. They got me the "fever" and it's never left.
bob