BS, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), Troy NY 1986 MCIS, University of Denver, Denver CO, 1991
I started collecting in the mid seventies, but it was mostly in remission through the college undergraduate years. Came back in earnest about 4 years ago when I made my first e-bay purchase, an ANACS Bust Half.
BS in Business Admin. - Uiniversity of South Carolina '73'
My dad was a "hoarder" not a collector and when I retired and came home to take care of my invalid mom, I found his coins and became intrested in them '02'
I graduated from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville May 12, 1995 with a business degree in marketing. 9 years later I'm developing software and doing a good job of it, too.
Oh, and I didn't collect in college. I had no money.
B.S. Biomedical Engineering - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (yes, another from the 'tute!) M.D. - SUNY Upstate Medical Center, Syracuse Internship - Internal Medicine - Winthrop Univ Hospital, Mineola, NY Residency - Ophthalmology - Univ Of Pittsburgh/Eye and Ear Hospital
Collected as a kid in the 60s. Restarted in '99, first purchase - a bag of unsearched wheaties on Ebay
B.A. Clark University, Worcester, Mass., major in Sociology/Psychology 1971 Worked on but didn't finish M.Ed. there in Education 1971-3 J.D. from UC Davis School of Law, 1977
I did collect in college, mostly Lincoln cents at that time-- I bought and sold collections.
No college for me- I went to a technical school auto mechanics for a semester but I got tired of fixing the teachers cars for free and dropped out to get a paying job.
I collected back then but I remember selling a CC morgan to buy a starter for my 429 cobra jet. mike
Started in 1972 when I bought some original GSA's (still own them). Coins safely tucked away during college years (heh, got any beer money?) and pulled back out thereafter!
Craig If I had it my way, stupidity would be painful!
B.S. Pharmacy - University of Washington M.S. Pharmaceutics - University of Houston Ph.D. Pharmaceutics - University of Georgia (Medical College of Georgia) Post-doc - Oregon Health Sciences University
I have been collecting since 8, but had a slight "slowdown" during all that schooling!
Lane
Numismatist Ordinaire See http://www.doubledimes.com for a free online reference for US twenty-cent pieces
I was collecting and dealing long before college. Spent a year and a half "studying" business and economics at Lehigh in 1979-80 during the all-time hottest coin market. I got my greysheet every week and watched my inventory and net worth skyrocket. It made schoolwork seem very boring by comparison. I took off every few weeks to do a show and had a great time at it. Also got to do a couple of regional shows in nearby Allentown. Brought a bunch of dealers back to the campus and hopped from frat party to frat party. THAT was a fun coin show! By mid-80, I left Lehigh and opened a coin shop back home. Finished my undergraduate work locally on the side at a school that was not worth attending, a stupid waste of time.
Andy Lustig
Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.
Visit the Society of US Pattern Collectors at USPatterns.com.
I collected coins in Jr. high school (St. Peter, MN) and high school (Plillips Academy, Andover MA, '77 where I was the czar of the coin club) but lost interest at Oberlin College ('81). After a few years in Ghana, I started collecting coins again while working on a Master's at Indiana University ('86-88). Business kept me busy until it went bankrupt in 2000, but my collection has been growing nicely since then.
"Never attribute to malice what can be adequately explained by stupidity" - Hanlon's Razor
B.S. Material Science and Engineering from the University of Tennessee M.S. Polymer Science and Engineering from the University of Massachusetts Currently AWOL from Polymer Science PhD program at UMass.
BBA Management---Texas A&M BBA Accounting---Texas A&M JD--Harvard Law
I started collecting at age 6 but slowed down a lot for during the college years devoting what little $$ I had to school and, well nevermind. But the hobby returned in full force a few years later.
B.A. Math Holy Cross 1976 Spent lots of hours every week from 1973-1976 researching coinage and pricing. Attended every New England Rare Coin Galleries Auction(Jim Halperin's company) I could in that time frame and bought some coins along the way. Still regret that I sold an XF-45+ 1802 half that I paid $550 for in one of the 1975/76 auctions in Boston. Those were good times to be collecting. No one knew what anything was "really" worth except a few in the know....and I wasn't one of them! It was nice to still be able to find an 1852-0 quarter in Fine for $20 back then or even an 1870CC half in Fine for $175.
BA - Northwestern University (and no I didn't get a PHd in Numismatics there like Donald Kagin did, but we were both back there for Homecoming two years ago) in Evanston, Illlinois
JD California Western University in San Diego
Not sure if I've graduated to the level of "collector" yet, but have been an "accumulator" since I can remember.
'83 BS in Ceramic Engineering, Univ. Of Ill. '85 MS in Ceramic Engineering, Univ. Of Ill. '92 JD, William Mitchell College of Law
I did not actively collect coins while in undergraduate and graduate school- no money or time. I did actively collect coins, and even attend shows and auctions (on weekends and during breaks) around the country while in law school.
Duquesne University, self-financed. Wasn't collecting because I was broke.
New collectors, please educate yourself before spending money on coins; there are people who believe that using numismatic knowledge to rip the naïve is what this hobby is all about.
I collected Lincolns and IHC's in the 50's and still do.
Ball State undergrad 1971 IU MBA 1983
I was making $1.15 an hour while in college at Ball State, their wasn't much left in the budget after the beer and wine purchases. Most of us were busy worrying whether or not Uncle Sam was going to yank us out of school to perpetuate the Gulf of Tonkin lie. Those not in college were trying to get into the reserves. Coin collecting was way down the list of priorities.
Vassar, 1990; U of Kentucky, 1993; U of Washington, 2002. I started collecting when I was eight but stopped around 13 or so and did start again until about three years ago. Then I went DARK.
BS in math, BS in Physics and Computer Science (music minor), MS in math, all in 2000 from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY Currently pursuing a PhD in math at University of California, Berkeley. Started collecting coins again 3 years ago.
School of be-hinddeebars, time of early for getting two year degree. could not collect coins while attending this place.
“A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly."
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MCIS, University of Denver, Denver CO, 1991
I started collecting in the mid seventies, but it was mostly in remission through the college undergraduate years. Came back in earnest about 4 years ago when I made my first e-bay purchase, an ANACS Bust Half.
BS in math, physics, computer science. MS in math all in 2000! Currently still a student pursuing a Ph.D. in math at UC Berkeley.
<< <i>It would be very difficult for a college student today to try to put together a Lincoln cent set in 65RD or better. >>
Yep, I can only (barely) afford ms64's!
but took a hiatus from coins...
M.S. Physical Oceanography :Naval Postgraduate School
M.S. Meteorology : Naval Postgraduate School
Didnt collect in college... Too busy chasing girls...
siliconvalleycoins.com
My dad was a "hoarder" not a collector and when I retired and came home to take care of my invalid mom, I found his coins and became intrested in them '02'
Dan
M.S. Degree in Geology expected fall '04, from UMD
I only started collecting in 1999, when I graduated.
Collected (or tried to collect) GIRLS!
Oh, and I didn't collect in college. I had no money.
<< <i>Hey Tom (MrDQ),
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. >>
OOPS i meant wheat cents.. I have ignored them ever since they put that building on the back i guess.
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M.D. - SUNY Upstate Medical Center, Syracuse
Internship - Internal Medicine - Winthrop Univ Hospital, Mineola, NY
Residency - Ophthalmology - Univ Of Pittsburgh/Eye and Ear Hospital
Collected as a kid in the 60s. Restarted in '99, first purchase - a bag of unsearched wheaties on Ebay
Bought the Overton bust half book during my junior year in 1991 and that started it for me.
Worked on but didn't finish M.Ed. there in Education 1971-3
J.D. from UC Davis School of Law, 1977
I did collect in college, mostly Lincoln cents at that time-- I bought and sold collections.
Residency/Fellowship: Washington University (St. Louis)
I did not collect coins while in school or training.
B.S. N.C. State Univ. 1986
Not active then, but did still hang on to my collection started as a kid
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Too busy spending all of my coins to collect them.
I collected back then but I remember selling a CC morgan to buy a starter for my 429 cobra jet. mike
B.S. Pharmacy - St John's University 81'
Been collecting since grade school.
UC Irvine, MBA - 1983
Started in 1972 when I bought some original GSA's (still own them). Coins safely tucked away during college years (heh, got any beer money?) and pulled back out thereafter!
If I had it my way, stupidity would be painful!
and yes!
didn't collect beer cans or window fans, but lived in the long since departed tin cans
B.S. - Mathematics
M.S. - Operations Management
J.D. - Law
College, about 30 years ago.
Started collecting approximately 44 years ago.
RR
M.S. Pharmaceutics - University of Houston
Ph.D. Pharmaceutics - University of Georgia (Medical College of Georgia)
Post-doc - Oregon Health Sciences University
I have been collecting since 8, but had a slight "slowdown" during all that schooling!
Lane
See http://www.doubledimes.com for a free online reference for US twenty-cent pieces
Whitter Law School -- Los Angeles, CA -- Juris Doctorate 1997
I collected as a kid, stopped when I hit high school and in July of 2002 started up again.
Michael
Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.
Visit the Society of US Pattern Collectors at USPatterns.com.
<< <i>LaSalle College >>
Not only did Lasalle make cars but they have a college too
BA (Economics California State College at Hayward
PhD (Economics) University of Rochester
I stopped collecting when I left high school and didn't start again until 10 years after I had my PhD.
Mark
Casey
M.S. Polymer Science and Engineering from the University of Massachusetts
Currently AWOL from Polymer Science PhD program at UMass.
BBA Accounting---Texas A&M
JD--Harvard Law
I started collecting at age 6 but slowed down a lot for during the college years devoting what little $$ I had to school and, well nevermind. But the hobby returned in full force a few years later.
WH
Spent lots of hours every week from 1973-1976 researching coinage and pricing. Attended every New England Rare Coin Galleries Auction(Jim Halperin's company) I could in that time frame and bought some coins along the way. Still regret that I sold an XF-45+ 1802 half that I paid $550 for in one of the 1975/76 auctions in Boston. Those were good times to be collecting. No one knew what anything was "really" worth except a few in the know....and I wasn't one of them! It was nice to still be able to find an 1852-0 quarter in Fine for $20 back then or even an 1870CC half in Fine for $175.
roadrunner
JD California Western University in San Diego
Not sure if I've graduated to the level of "collector" yet, but have been an "accumulator" since I can remember.
'85 MS in Ceramic Engineering, Univ. Of Ill.
'92 JD, William Mitchell College of Law
I did not actively collect coins while in undergraduate and graduate school- no money or time. I did actively collect coins, and even attend shows and auctions (on weekends and during breaks) around the country while in law school.
New collectors, please educate yourself before spending money on coins; there are people who believe that using numismatic knowledge to rip the naïve is what this hobby is all about.
University of California at Berkeley 1980 B.A. Political Econ
Stanford University MBA 1983
At the Big Game I am still torn as who I want to win.
Later
Ball State undergrad 1971
IU MBA 1983
I was making $1.15 an hour while in college at Ball State, their wasn't much left in the budget after the beer and wine purchases. Most of us were busy worrying whether or not Uncle Sam was going to yank us out of school to perpetuate the Gulf of Tonkin lie. Those not in college were trying to get into the reserves. Coin collecting was way down the list of priorities.
PhD - Finance, U of Mass.-Amherst
I didn't collect in college (10 years!) Too little time and money.
Glad I got back into it after school.
Mike
Lincoln Wheats (1909 - 1958) Basic Set - Always Interested in Upgrading!
I collected nickels out of circulation, to trade at the Albatross Bar & Grill for "Hi-Ho Silver" nights where any 'silver' coin bought any rail drink.
Need more $$$ for coins?
Collect Polish coins and Mercs; really concentrated more on baseball cards!
42/92
BBA- Marketing
BBA-Finance
Totally stopped collecting in college, I needed more money for beer.
Accepted to:
University of Washington
Georgia Tech
Deferred from:
THE MIT (Go Beavers!)
Applied to and waiting to hear from:
Stanford
Cornell
Washington University
Harvard
Princeton
Yale
Johns Hopkins
I'll let you know where I choose to go by May
Jeremy
Currently pursuing a PhD in math at University of California, Berkeley. Started collecting coins again 3 years ago.
could not collect coins while attending this place.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero, 106-43 BC
Aerospace Structures Engineer
Butch