Who the heck revived this thread? But even with my MS from URI I am considering returning to the Michigan Institute of Aeronatics this summer for something new to study. TTT
Associates Degree in Forestry from Wayne Community College in Goldsboro, NC. I started collecting when I was 15. No way could I afford to collect while going to college as I was taking every handout I could get.
WS
Proud recipient of the coveted PCGS Forum "You Suck" Award Thursday July 19, 2007 11:33 PM and December 30th, 2011 at 8:50 PM.
CSUF BA- History and Political Science and a Secondary Education Credential that I never used... Started my Masters and quit to become a working class dog and I have never looked back. I collected coins among others interests
Experience the World through Numismatics...it's more than you can imagine.
Valdosta State College (now Valdosta State University) Brunswick College (now Coastal Georgia Community College)
Majored in Art, English, and Drafting at various times. Never finished a degree in any of 'em.
And most of my college days were when I dropped out of numismatics (pretty much completely between my senior year of high school and my first marriage). I had started collecting coins in 1976 but dropped out between '84 and '91.
During my college days, what I really majored in was Dungeons & Dragons. That was fun and somewhat creative (heck, it's where my Lord Marcovan character originated), but overall it was a colossal waste of time and a big distraction from what I really should've been doing.
So now I'm almost forty and I'm still working as a waiter. Ah, well. I'm perfectly happy with that.
Currently attending University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire Still Undeclared, but leaning towards history and education. I'm a Junior Been Collectiong since I was 15 or 16. I'm currently 20 (21 in March)
Jeff
I collect bits and pieces of everything or should I say I ACCUMULATE! I also dabble with the darkside
Ive recently gotten more into currency, especially modern star notes
Northwestern in Evanston, Illinois. Wish I had been collecting back then - but mostly what I had were gift coins (Kennedy dollars, Morgan Silver Dollars without regard to date or grade, that type of thing.)
Wisconsin State U at La Crosse BS chem 1971 Ph.D. chem UW-Milwaukee 1975 Post Doc Iowa State Univ. 75-76 interested as a youngin but was dormant for a loooooong time.
BS: University of Wyoming (math) 1995 Ph.D: “ (organic chem.) 2001 Postdoc: University of Illinois at Chicago Collected during college: Silver proof sets, proof SAEs, and a few Morgans. Other College Coin Memories: I remember a coin shop in Cheyenne that had some nice original proof-like Morgans that I passed up on (that’s more of regret). In Chicago, I used to walk to work on nice days from Schiller down Dearborn Ave and would eventually pass Harlan Berk’s place on Clark Street just to peek in the display windows.
West Virginia University Institute of Technology - A.S. Printing Technology 1998 West Virginia University Institute of Technology - B.A. Regents - Emphasis in Printing Management 2000
Need 12 more hours to complete Printing Management and Business Managment Degrees.
I didn't start collecting until my Dad handed down his collection to me.
B.S. Mathematics - Universrty of Arkansas M.S. Operations Management - Universrty of Arkansas J.D. Law - University of Arkansas School of hard knocks, going on 4 decades.
All a long time ago........ (g)
I did not collect during college, to answer your question, but collected before then and now.... total colleciton time, around 40 years.
I attended Syracuse University for undergrad (B.A. Chemistry) and then went on to Medical School in Buffalo, NY. The year was 1988 and that's when I restarted my obsession with Lincoln cents. Back then, they could be had for a fraction of current prices. There were very few people putting together high end sets. It seems that whenever a high grade Lincoln came available, I was buttin' heads with Stewart for the coin. I managed to come away the winner on very few occasions. Man, those were the days...
Jack
Edited to add: Hey, I just noticed that I replied to this thread long ago. Basically, the same story-back in the good ole days battling my arch rival!!
BS in Soil Science at University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point - '93
The only coins I collected in college were from between the cushions in a friend's couch to pay for beer. They were just as poor as I was and it never added to much.
"Don't talk like an ignarosis."
I specialize in Wisconsin currency! Looking for information on WI national banknotes. Census stands at 12,318 notes.
**"Wisconsin National Bank Notes - 2nd Edition" is out!!!" Only $20PPd!!!
B.A. & M.D. at Yale ('66 &70). Had been collecting for 10 years prior to college and kept it up as best as I could while in school. Frequented local bid boards when you could get nice BU silver coins for less than a buck (including Franklins). Here's a unique way I've celebrated my educational background through the acquisition of an appropriate collectable 25 years ago:
Currently at CSU seeking B.S. in electrical engineering, B.S. in Mathematics, and B.A. in Economics. Will graduate in 2006. Been collecting since I was 12.
B.S. Civil Engineering 1975 U.S. Coast Guard Academy M.S. Civil Engineering 1981 University of Illinois (Champaign)
Go Illini - #1 Men's Basketball Team in Division 1A
Numismatic author & owner of the Uncommon Cents collections. 2011 Fred Bowman award winner, 2020 J. Douglas Ferguson award winner, & 2022 Paul Fiocca award winner.
I have my associates now, I am currently going for a Double major of criminal justice and history with a secondary education minor, and i started collecting when I was 20
For me it was English Writing, Psychology, Communications from the University of Pittsburgh - 1985.
Went back to Pitt to receive my graduate certification in Elementary Education - 1992
I collected Franklins and Lincoln cents as a teenager but college put a halt to that. Jumped back into the hobby in 2000 and began collecting Washington quarters and Morgan dollars.
Northeastern University, Boston, MA College of Business Administration Bachelor of Science in Business Administration Major: Accounting/Marketing Date of Graduation: June 2002
The gold bug did not bite me until Dec 2003; first coin was a 2003 $5 AGE - ICG MS70. I had no idea what that little gold coin would do to my life. NOW I NEED A GOLD OR PLATINUM FIX, JUST SO I COULD GET OUT OF BED IN THE MORNING. That’s some hardcore stuff.
After bouncing from college to college (beginning with Univ. of Vermont in 1984) I got my associates degree in Computer Information Systems at New England Institute of Technology in 1996 at the ripe age of 30.
Notables at our commencement...
Buddy Cianci (then mayor of Providence) Elizabeth Dole (I gave her a big since her husband was running against Bubba) US Rep. Patrick Kennedy
BA - University of South Florida - Business/Spanish LIt MA - University of South Florida - Spanish Lit MBA - Ohio State University - Human Resources Concentration
BA (AB, they call it) University of Chicago, English Lit., 1994 Secondary teaching licensure, Cal State Hayward Currently 3 courses (and nobody knows how many years ) away from MA in Curriculum & Instruction at Johnson (read "Podunk") State College, Johnson, VT
Collector since age 7 Hiatus from buying & selling from sophomore year in HS to after graduation from college, though I would get my collection out of lockup to oogle it when I was home on breaks. Sold some of the better stuff (at the time) the week after I graduated so I could afford decent clothes & shoes to go looking for a job... I still miss my favorite unc 3 cent nickel <sniff!>
Comments
Didn't collect anything during that period - spent free time drinking in Susukino with young co-eds named Yuki and Noriko.
WS
Experience the World through Numismatics...it's more than you can imagine.
Collected since I was 11 and haven't stopped.
<< <i>spent free time drinking in Susukino with young co-eds named Yuki and Noriko. >>
Also, except the names were different.
Brunswick College (now Coastal Georgia Community College)
Majored in Art, English, and Drafting at various times. Never finished a degree in any of 'em.
And most of my college days were when I dropped out of numismatics (pretty much completely between my senior year of high school and my first marriage). I had started collecting coins in 1976 but dropped out between '84 and '91.
During my college days, what I really majored in was Dungeons & Dragons. That was fun and somewhat creative (heck, it's where my Lord Marcovan character originated), but overall it was a colossal waste of time and a big distraction from what I really should've been doing.
So now I'm almost forty and I'm still working as a waiter. Ah, well. I'm perfectly happy with that.
Un of Kansas BS Chem Eng 1980
Wharton MBA 1990
Harvard Exec Ed Manufacturing 1992
Collected coins during the KU days. Stopped then restarted in 1991.
Link to 1950 - 1964 Proof Registry Set
1938 - 1964 Proof Jeffersons w/ Varieties
MBA University of Michigan - '82
Collected as a kid - restarted in 1989.
“In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock." - Thomas Jefferson
My digital cameo album 1950-64 Cameos - take a look!
University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire Still Undeclared, but leaning towards history and education.
I'm a Junior
Been Collectiong since I was 15 or 16.
I'm currently 20 (21 in March)
Jeff
or should I say I ACCUMULATE!
I also dabble with the darkside
Ive recently gotten more into currency, especially modern star notes
MS Electrical Engineering - USC - 1987
Ph.D Computer Engineering - USC, 1990
My sentiments exactly...nice to know I've found home.
B.A. - Accounting Kansas State University Mildcats
J.D. Florida State University Criminoles
Greg Hansen, Melbourne, FL Click here for any current EBAY auctions Multiple "Circle of Trust" transactions over 14 years on forum
The Ludlow Brilliant Collection (1938-64)
Bust halves, baby!
I've been a collector since I was about six or seven years old.
President, Racine Numismatic Society 2013-2014; Variety Resource Dimes; See 6/8/12 CDN for my article on Winged Liberty Dimes; Ebay
Ph.D: “ (organic chem.) 2001
Postdoc: University of Illinois at Chicago
Collected during college: Silver proof sets, proof SAEs, and a few Morgans. Other College Coin Memories: I remember a coin shop in Cheyenne that had some nice original proof-like Morgans that I passed up on (that’s more of regret). In Chicago, I used to walk to work on nice days from Schiller down Dearborn Ave and would eventually pass Harlan Berk’s place on Clark Street just to peek in the display windows.
West Virginia University Institute of Technology - B.A. Regents - Emphasis in Printing Management 2000
Need 12 more hours to complete Printing Management and Business Managment Degrees.
I didn't start collecting until my Dad handed down his collection to me.
Stacy
Started collecting again after an eight year sabbatical in early 1981.
Ambassador Henry and Emory Mae Norweb kept my interest in coin collecting alive as they were my surrogate professors in Cleveland, Ohio.
AS in Criminal Justice - Morris County College, NJ
Started collecting when I was about 6, stopped when I was about 12.
Started again when I was about 35.
Great transactions with oih82w8, JasonGaming, Moose1913.
M.S. Operations Management - Universrty of Arkansas
J.D. Law - University of Arkansas
School of hard knocks, going on 4 decades.
All a long time ago........ (g)
I did not collect during college, to answer your question, but collected before then and now.... total colleciton time, around 40 years.
RR
Jack
Edited to add: Hey, I just noticed that I replied to this thread long ago. Basically, the same story-back in the good ole days battling my arch rival!!
BSBA in Accounting
BSBA in Computer Information Systems
University of Arkansas Class of 1985
I collected coins from 9 until 15. Girls and real life kicked in. Then began collecting again when I was 38. I am now 41.
Collected Silver Dollars, Buffnicks, bought proof and mint sets every year.
The only coins I collected in college were from between the cushions in a friend's couch to pay for beer. They were just as poor as I was and it never added to much.
I specialize in Wisconsin currency! Looking for information on WI national banknotes. Census stands at 12,318 notes.
**"Wisconsin National Bank Notes - 2nd Edition" is out!!!" Only $20PPd!!!
Here's a unique way I've celebrated my educational background through the acquisition of an appropriate collectable 25 years ago:
PhD - Finance - U. of Massachusetts-Amherst (UMASS, aka "ZOO"MASS)
I didn't collect from about '72-'85 - In school and therefore, pretty much broke!
Mike
Lincoln Wheats (1909 - 1958) Basic Set - Always Interested in Upgrading!
Check my ebay BIN or Make Offers!!
M.S. Civil Engineering 1981 University of Illinois (Champaign)
Go Illini - #1 Men's Basketball Team in Division 1A
http://www.victoriancent.com
http://www.FreeMiniMacs.com/?r=14371642
MS, Biochemistry, U of Houston
MD, U of Texas - Houston
Residency in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, UT-Houston
Didn 't collect back then.
'84 - '87, B.S. Industrial Engineering and Management, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND
'87 to present, "Rocket Scientist" degree, School of Hard Knocks, U.S. Navy, Civil Service
Started collecting in 1997, well after I was old enough to know better.
Went back to Pitt to receive my graduate certification in Elementary Education - 1992
I collected Franklins and Lincoln cents as a teenager but college put a halt to that. Jumped back into the hobby in 2000 and began collecting Washington quarters and Morgan dollars.
College of Business Administration
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration
Major: Accounting/Marketing
Date of Graduation: June 2002
The gold bug did not bite me until Dec 2003; first coin was a 2003 $5 AGE - ICG MS70. I had no idea what that little gold coin would do to my life. NOW I NEED A GOLD OR PLATINUM FIX, JUST SO I COULD GET OUT OF BED IN THE MORNING. That’s some hardcore stuff.
Notables at our commencement...
Buddy Cianci (then mayor of Providence)
Elizabeth Dole (I gave her a big
US Rep. Patrick Kennedy
Photos of the 2006 Boston Massacre
MIT class of 2009
MA - University of South Florida - Spanish Lit
MBA - Ohio State University - Human Resources Concentration
myCCset
I've been collecting since I was 7 years old, with just a few times where I lost interest for a while, but never for long.
Secondary teaching licensure, Cal State Hayward
Currently 3 courses (and nobody knows how many years
Collector since age 7
Hiatus from buying & selling from sophomore year in HS to after graduation from college, though I would get my collection out of lockup to oogle it when I was home on breaks. Sold some of the better stuff (at the time) the week after I graduated so I could afford decent clothes & shoes to go looking for a job... I still miss my favorite unc 3 cent nickel <sniff!>
I went through this entire thread and only noted two people who even attended one school in common with me
BS Chemistry: Rutgers
MS Biochemistry and Molecular Biology: Columbia
PhD Molecular Biology, Cellular Biology and Biochemistry: Brown
Edited because I'm an idiot and I forgot to add that I collected as a kid and then took it up again while at Columbia.
In honor of the memory of Cpl. Michael E. Thompson
I have been collecting since I was 10 years old.
Conn. Wesleyan University
Yale University
My circ Morgans was complete in H.S.--- College I collected beer cans.
Glassboro State (Rowan College) 2003 & Yes, I collected.
Tom