do you remember your first coin?

1957joe

I do! It was an 1853 cent in xf. I got it from my dad and he found it with some of his grandmothers belongings when she passed away.

BillJones

My first two were an 1838 half dime and an 1846 large cent that I bought from my mother's cleaning lady. I still have both pieces. The half dime is a G-VG and the large cent is a Good.

mintluster

A 1973 Ike Dollar, got it from my Dad as a kid back in '79
I could not believe how big it was for a coin. I was used to seeing all of the little nickels and dimes and quarters.
I just sat there and looked at it for days. The shiny silver luster. Beautiful.
Then I bought candy and a comic book with it.

XpipedreamR

Ditto on the Eisenhower dollar. A couple of Kennedys, too. I was given them together and was fascinated.

tjkillian

An 1899 indian cent in good. I was about 9 years old.

Tom

mgoodm3

My first was a 1943 P wartime Jefferson. I found it in my box of money when I was probably 6 or 7. In retrospect it may have been planted by my father. I think I still have it in my old nickel book.

WACoinGuy

First coin I bought was an 1854 VG large cent -- paid $9.45 for it. Had some folders of modern coins before that, but that's the first one I bought.

k10

1917 merc dime, when I was a little lad. Still have it in a Littleton album. Man, that was some fun, going to the coin shop when I was a kid...

MadMonk

Yep! a 1921 Morgan from my Grandmother. She got it from the Bank!

Baley

my first coins i had were a handful of silver coins (a morgan, a couple of peace, some pre-64 dimes, quarters, and halves) from my grandmother.

the first coins I bought were 20th and late 19th century type coins from the local coin shop, circulated buffs, v nickels, barber coins, etc.

since then I've been moving backwards in my type collecting, boy, things get tough pre-1808!

JRocco

My first coin wasn't a coin at all. It was a damaged (a fingerhole poked thru one of the years) Whitman lincoln cents folder that my friend was going to throw out that I begged him for. I took it home and raided my parents penny jar and stayed up all night searching the pennies trying to fill up "my penny board". That was in the early to mid 60's and I have been collecting since.

Shamika

1926-P Lincoln cent graded MS60BN. It was in a jar full of circulated wheat pennies given to me by my grandparents 30 year ago and I still have it.