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Where did you go to College and did you collect then?
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I really enjoyed occupation thread so I had to start this one. Where did you go to college/school and were you collecting then??
Me: B.S./B.A.: Heidelberg '89
M.S. :University of Rhode Island '91
I collected cards back then.....what a waste of $$$
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Me: B.S./B.A.: Heidelberg '89
M.S. :University of Rhode Island '91
I collected cards back then.....what a waste of $$$
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M.Div. Oral Roberts University '84
I collected antique bottles. I still have them stored in boxes somewhere.
A.M. Harvard University '04
Been collecting since I was 7!!
I catalogued auctions free-lance from a dorm room and wrote my major thesis (History and Religious Studies) on the development of In God We Trust on coins and currency -- does that count??
Nice to see another Cavalier here!
Betts medals, colonial coins, US Mint medals, foreign coins found in early America, and other numismatic Americana
I have been a collector since I was 12.
I completed my undergraduate work at Syracuse University. I then went to Medical School in Buffalo, NY, and that is when I started collecting high grade Lincolns. Back then (1980's), it was possible to chase these coins as many could be had for a few hundred bucks. I'm pretty sure I have told this story before on the boards, but I can remember bidding against Stewart for a 1913-P in 67RD(which was a pop 1 or 2 at the time). As we approached the $1000 I can remember thinking "this is crazy". Of course Stewart won the lot at, I think, $1100. You'd be lucky to buy that coin today at ten times that amount. It would be very difficult for a college student today to try to put together a Lincoln cent set in 65RD or better.
Been collecting since age 12, but not seriously until the last year or so, so I may have bought a few coins while in college, but I doubt it since most of the time I could only afford to have crackers and water for dinner
"Exactly."
MBA Rutgers University – 1979 – Took 24 a credits a semester to graduate as quickly as possible and was so strapped for cash that I let my subscription run out on the Coin Dealer Newsletter. I never sold a coin to finiance my education or anything else, however.
M.S. Alfred University '99
Ph.D. Alfred University '02
I began collecting after the state quarters came out in 1999, so it was during my masters studies.
MBA - Central CT State University - Expected graduation next month!!
Started seriously collecting as a Freshman at Albany (I discovered Ebay), and now I'm in it way too deep to stop!
MBA University of Chicago
I collected as a kid and picked it up again 5 years ago. Not in college. Who had the money then?
Greg
MD - Univ. of Washington
First year Univ. Alaska, Fairbanks
Residency - University of Minnesota
Have been collecting since a kid but didn't have the money during the above 13 years to collect. I collect now!
Coin collecting had to take a back seat to tuition.
Top 10 Cal Fractional Type Set
successful BST with Ankurj, BigAl, Bullsitter, CommemKing, DCW(7), Elmerfusterpuck, Joelewis, Mach1ne, Minuteman810430, Modcrewman, Nankraut, Nederveit2, Philographer(5), Realgator, Silverpop, SurfinxHI, TomB and Yorkshireman(3)
MBA Northeastern University '96
I've collected since I was a kid, but from undergrad through the 2002 I only "collected" interesting coins from pocket change.
Brian
M.S.- New York University
J.D.- Brooklyn Law School
Edited to add- been collecting coins since '02. Collected other things before that...
Chicolini: Mint? No, no, I no like a mint. Uh - what other flavor you got?
California State University, Long Beach.
Tom
University of Kentucky
University of Louisville
Collected the entire time.
Ph.D. (Economics) Tulane University
I started collecting when I was about 12. I still remember the thrill of occasionally finding an Indian head cent in circulation. My biggest delight was receiving a 1910-s Lincoln cent in change. In college and graduate school I was far too poor to collect anything but homework assignments. I began collecting again in the 1970's when I worked for Xerox in Rochester. The first auctions I participated in were the Gilhousen and Ruby sales conducted by Superior around 1973. I recall buying several pattern pieces for around $250 each. I later sold them for 10 times that amount in the 1995 ANA auction sale, when I disposed of half of my pattern collection. I still own the other half, consisting of half dollars and dollars dating from the early 1870's, which I acquired between 1974 and 1979.
JD - USC '92 (The real BS)
Collected since I was about 7, with a hiatus for much of the '90s
Specializing in 1854 and 1855 large FE patterns
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I didn't collect from about 15 to 28. I was busy rocking the free world.
Clankeye
three bruins in a row!
Liberty: Parent of Science & Industry
McNeese State University (MSU) - BS in Computer Science
I started collecting at the age of 12 when my Grandfater gave me a silver dollar for mowing their lawn. I've been hooked ever since.
I think I am addicted. I used by Tax return to buy 5 double eagles. ha ha.
Computer Science
Western Washington University
Collected Indians back then, before I saw the light...
Dave
09/07/2006
BS - Oregon State University
MD - Oregon Health Sciences University
Residency - University of Minnesota
Started collecting at about 9. Had a hiatus from about 12 to 32. Been going for a few years again.
University of Michigan graduate school and teaching fellow.
Didn't start collecting until 1973 when I met a numismatist at a bridge game.
We've got a well educated group here.
School of Hard Knocks 1981-present
Didn't collect in college...what money I had went to drinking beer and chasing babes on weekends when they let us out of the monastery...
Like BillJones I went to Rutgers, unlike Bill I did sell all my coins
Look like we got a lot of B.S. here.
San Diego, CA
Knowledge is the enemy of fear
Collected throughout undergraduate.
Currently in grad school out of the country, coin collecting on hold.
I saw you UC Bruin guys!
Isn't there anyone here from USC?
BA - 1983 - University of Redlands (Go Bulldogs)
AA - 1979 - Columbia Community College (Go Claim Jumpers)!
High School - 1977 - South Pasadena High School (Drop out)
Spent a lot time at Harvey Mudd, Cal Tech and at Pasadena City college while I worked for Vivitar Cameras out near Pico and Supulveda Blvd.
I have had little collections since I was a kid but only really got into the coins after college. Nothing like am involved with now though. While going to school in the middle of the California "Mother Load" county, I caught the gold bug real bad! I still have a placer claim up in the Sierras. I never went anywhere with out my pan!!!
Larry
Dabigkahuna
I collected all throughout college. I used to go to shows, flea markets, and estate sales to cherrypick, then I'd sell my finds to buy Ramen. Just before I graduted I sold a cherried 1922 Plain to buy an interview suit.
Sean Reynolds
"Keep in mind that most of what passes as numismatic information is no more than tested opinion at best, and marketing blather at worst. However, I try to choose my words carefully, since I know that you guys are always watching." - Joe O'Connor
Coin collecting since ageof 6. been doing my best collecting work during my college life
I started collecting at about 13 years old with lincoln cents (1975) and there were LOTS of them still in circulation around here.
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Re-discovered coin collecting in 1998
...but I'm back, with a vengeance!
BA (Business) Univ of Washington '94
Nope...stopped collecting around 12 years old as I got rooked on things from Ron's Coin and Books in Yakima, Wa. Just started up again last year when my son turned 1 year old so that I could give him a "legacy" and have something to spend time with him on as my health (back mainly) is failing in some areas and I probably won't be able to be as "fun" for him to play with as he gets older
I've been told I tolerate fools poorly...that may explain things if I have a problem with you. Current ebay items - Nothing at the moment
Residency in Pathology: University of Michigan-Ann Arbor.
Began collecting around age 10 and had hiatus during college and residency. Didn't sell anything, but didn't have much besides a few proof sets and BU rolls Lincoln memorials and a few other odds and ends. Picked up more serious and expensive collecting in about 1989.
MA International Studies from University of Wyoming
Got into the business about 8 years ago...
chris
Collecting since early '80's.
I started collecting at age 6 in 1955; haven't stopped since. While in college, I thought I might be spending too much on coins, but they sure helped when buying a house, but I kept and still have the best ones.
Jim
MBA Seattle University
Did not collect during Central years. My employer paid for my MBA, I collected extensively during this time. Coin collecting was a great stress reliever back then!
It is 2004 and there are still al lot of lincoln cents in circulation where I am....if you want some, just stop on over
"....I started collecting at about 13 years old with lincoln cents (1975) and there were LOTS of them still in circulation around here.
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I've been told I tolerate fools poorly...that may explain things if I have a problem with you. Current ebay items - Nothing at the moment