how many years have you been into coins.

Cam40

How old were you when you got your first collector coin.

Do you plan to sell all someday or will it all be willed to family.

How long do you expect to hold your collection before sold or willed.

LucyBop

around 30 years, i started very young.

jonesy

I started collecting coins after finding a silver dollar in a crowded parking lot in my hometown of Louisville,Ky. It was at Miles Park Racetrack on opening day in 1968. Someone had it mounted as a keychain. It was a common, but I don't remember the date. I was eleven years old at the time. Since then I have collected coins on and off. Right now with a little more income, I'm building my dream set.
Glenn

Lakesammman

40 years. Loved mercs as a kid.

Sell.

30 years, Lord willing!

jonesy

HepKitty? You started coin collecting at 2 years old???
Glenn

LucyBop

smooch!

Dog97

How old were you when you got your first collector coin.
In the late 60s when I was 6 or 7.
Do you plan to sell all someday or will it all be willed to family.
I'll probably sell them off and buy different ones because my collection is always changing. When I kick off my kid gets whatever is left.
How long do you expect to hold your collection before sold or willed.
Unless something drastic happens I'll have my ever changing collection as long as I live.

copperhead

I started when I was 12. That makes it 36 years now!!!!!!! I have no plans of selling my entire collection. It will be willed to my children.

ConstellatioCollector

I started at 16. That's approximately 29 years. My son will inherit my collection but, he'll have to pry my fingers from my favorite coins.

ccr

How old were you when you got your first collector coin.

About 5 years - 3 when I was a kid and now for the last 2 years.

Do you plan to sell all someday or will it all be willed to family.

Unless my nieces and nephews enjoy collecting, they`ll more then likely be sold. My siblings are bored senseless with my coin collecting. One of my brothers really freaked out when I paid $60 for a nicely orange-purple toned Buffalo Nickel with nice luster coming through ( 1938 - D NGC MS66 ). So they don`t see the enjoyment in collecting like I do.

How long do you expect to hold your collection before sold or willed.

Honestly I don`t know. Hopefully it won`t be for a long time.

Lakesammman

Forgot to mention - every one else in the family is blond - will definitely sell it myself!

jonesy

Dammit Boy!!

FatMan

Filled coin folders as a kid. Been collecting almost 4 years as an old man.

TONEDDOLLARS

Started when I was 10 years old with the paper route. Have sold and restarted a few times due to different circumstances. I have no imediate plans to sell at this time, but who knows whats around the corner. I would sell my collection if it could help someone in my family and would solve a problem that We were not able to deal with any other way.

tjkillian

Very late '60's when I was seven. Loved those wheaties and indians. Now I love all 18th and 19th century coins and 20th Century Indian cents.

Tom

barberlover

I was 9 years old in 65 when my dad gave me his linoln cent and Jefferson nickle whitman album collections. I have collected on and off ever since. Les

itsnotjustme

I started with wheats, roosies, jeffs, etc in 4th grade about 30 years ago. I fell away and collected no more than occaisionally for the next 26 years. About 3 years ago I became seriously interested again, to include the purchase of my first slab. An ANACS Bust Half.

airplanenut

I started in 3rd grade... it's now 10th grade... 7 years

I'll sell them unless I have a coin collecting kid (first, that requires a wife... and kids...)

I think I'll be holding it for quite some time...

GDJMSP

Since 1960 and still counting.

jbsteven

little over 2 years for me! I am a newbie!

jdimmick

Started when I was about 10, collected sets, but with a lot of the key-dates missing.
Continued to collect till Iwas about 17, sold my collection for car stereo equipment, and for chasing women.

Got back into it seriously about 7 years ago, after settling down.

I Never plan on selling out? (If I pass, will just go to the kids I imagine)

Barry

Filled coin folders as a kid in the 60s. Got back into it about 5 years ago.

Legend

Too many! I was a collector when I was about 10. I did my first show when I was 18 years old. So I've been doing this full time for the past 26 years!

Sounds like I need to retire!

python1

I started at age 6...now 37 years later, with a little more time and funds, it is real fun!

dddangerousdan

Stsrted when I was 9, in 1965 looking through my parents card playing pennys. My youngest son will get the bulk of them when I die, in 40-50 years.

DAN

Julian

I started collecting in 1957or 8 with all the series from Lincolns thru Roosevelts and Canadian. As I got older and got the ability to earn money by working (cutting grass, shoveling snow), I expaned into the higher denominations. I bought my first two expensive coins in 1964, an svdb and 55 dd.

I am still a collector at heart, now satisfying myself helping others work on their collections. I consider myself part of those collections.

Collecting is great. Numismatics is great!! Put them both together and you have the World's Greatest Hobby!!!!!!!!

JOHNandBEA

1958.........I was 12, it was a couple of days past Valentines Day, I remember because I made my first penny album from a heart shaped box of chocolates my mom received from my dad. As soon as it was empty I wrote in all the dates............the "blue" albums were about 39 cents then, too much.

I guess everything is relative, I have a we bit more money, but I still "make" my own! ( Can't stand to put my slabs in a box...)

And I'm having as much fun now as I did then...

John

Conder101

I started reading everything I could lay my hands on about coins iin 1966 at the age of five. I continued doing so until I started actually collecting coins in 1972. unlike many I never stopped collecting so I am now at 31 years collecting and 36 years studying. I have no intention of selling my collection and if I live as long as the norm in my family I expect to enjoy collecting for another 40 years. What to do with it then is a problem as there is only one person younger than me in my family and that is my 13 year old nephew who has no interest in collecting. So it will either get dumped on the family and they can get whatever they can for it. If they don't want to spend any time researching the material and get ripped so be it. On the other hand I may just decide to will it to some other young collector that would appreciate it.

koynekwest

The quest started in 1961. (see my icon.) Have been active continuosly ever since. My "core" collection (Buffalo nickels-regular issues in Mint state and proof plus varieties; major Washington quarter and Walking Liberty half doubled dies and major doubled dies on type and obsolete coins) will probably be handed down.

coincollector1989

I started in 1989 when I found a few wheats in some pocket change, I will try not to sell if I dont have to, and I will give the collection to my boys when I'm gone.

KlectorKid

3/4 of a year. Although I am currently taking a break.

09sVDB

I was 6, I am now 40. Until the last couple of years I had sold nothing. Over the last three years I have gotten rid of all my duplicates and U.S. mint stuff. I have bought high quality certified with the profits. From this point on I will probably only buy higher grade slabbed stuff. I have no plans to sell the core of my collection, but you never know.

cladking

1957. I had noticed them sometime before I started a collection, but already
had started sets well before the wheat cent came out. I was quite young.

DSH1963

10 Years in my youth 8 to 18
0ne year as an adult
the difference is as a kid I collected change
now I buy coins with my change
boy do I spend a lot of change
they will be left to my daughter she is the reason I
started back Ilove this cHILD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!