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FrankHKP7
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Hello all!
As my name implies I'm Frank. I guess I'll share my short experience in coin collecting. I apologize in advance if this bores you guys/gals to death!
I always liked coins, as a matter of fact I've always liked money! I'm the forth generation collector in family. Most of the circulated coins in my posession have been handed down from my great grandparents. I have no less than four Whitman folders filled with wheaties, two with jeffs, one with roosies; all sans the key dates. I presume they were hawked back in the day for indoor plumbing, a color TV or some such thing... Those coins were passed onto my father. My old man collected mainly circulated coins also, although not to fill Whitmans. He had a bit of a everything. Half cents, large cents, three cent nickles, Barber coinage, walkers, again all common dates anywhere from g-vf condition. When I was born, he started a proof set collection for me. I remember every christmas morning there was always the current proof set in the top of the stocking. Quite a thrill for a youngster. Time passed, I grew up got married and it was time to move out and take all my crap with me. Including the collection! As the oldest son of the oldest son of the oldest son; I have become the keeper of the collection to hand down to future generations.
So, to figure out what sorts of treasures were in this 80 pound box, I promptly googled coin collecting. What struck me as amazing was the 2.5 billion hits google pulled up in .2 seconds. So began the drudgery of sorting (weeding) out websites. This one (PCGS) was the 10th or 11th on the list. I liked what I saw so I lurked. It's quite impressive the amount of knowledge of many subjects contained and shared in this forum. After perusing this site for a about a week I picked up enough info to make a list of books that I needed to buy as a start to becoming an educated hobbyist. Red Book, Photo Grade, PCGS Guide to Grading Coins, Coin Collecting for Dummies, numerous magazines ect; I have a voracious appetite for reading. Breen's book is next on the list. Through reading about different collecting methods and types of collections, I decided I wanted to up the ante on the family legacy. As a start, I decided to put together a set of Walkers from 1937 - 1947 in at least MS-64. I chose this set mainly due to the sheer coolness factor of the designs and the nice secondary trait in the difficulty of grading them! I figured So I picked up Swiatek's book and read that! I now own 13 of the 30 coins for the set in grades above 64. The 38-d is going to put a huring on the pocket book! To further my learning also have joined my local coin club and the ANA.
I look forward to interacting and gleaning as much knowledge from all of you after the many months of lurking!
Frank
As my name implies I'm Frank. I guess I'll share my short experience in coin collecting. I apologize in advance if this bores you guys/gals to death!
I always liked coins, as a matter of fact I've always liked money! I'm the forth generation collector in family. Most of the circulated coins in my posession have been handed down from my great grandparents. I have no less than four Whitman folders filled with wheaties, two with jeffs, one with roosies; all sans the key dates. I presume they were hawked back in the day for indoor plumbing, a color TV or some such thing... Those coins were passed onto my father. My old man collected mainly circulated coins also, although not to fill Whitmans. He had a bit of a everything. Half cents, large cents, three cent nickles, Barber coinage, walkers, again all common dates anywhere from g-vf condition. When I was born, he started a proof set collection for me. I remember every christmas morning there was always the current proof set in the top of the stocking. Quite a thrill for a youngster. Time passed, I grew up got married and it was time to move out and take all my crap with me. Including the collection! As the oldest son of the oldest son of the oldest son; I have become the keeper of the collection to hand down to future generations.
So, to figure out what sorts of treasures were in this 80 pound box, I promptly googled coin collecting. What struck me as amazing was the 2.5 billion hits google pulled up in .2 seconds. So began the drudgery of sorting (weeding) out websites. This one (PCGS) was the 10th or 11th on the list. I liked what I saw so I lurked. It's quite impressive the amount of knowledge of many subjects contained and shared in this forum. After perusing this site for a about a week I picked up enough info to make a list of books that I needed to buy as a start to becoming an educated hobbyist. Red Book, Photo Grade, PCGS Guide to Grading Coins, Coin Collecting for Dummies, numerous magazines ect; I have a voracious appetite for reading. Breen's book is next on the list. Through reading about different collecting methods and types of collections, I decided I wanted to up the ante on the family legacy. As a start, I decided to put together a set of Walkers from 1937 - 1947 in at least MS-64. I chose this set mainly due to the sheer coolness factor of the designs and the nice secondary trait in the difficulty of grading them! I figured So I picked up Swiatek's book and read that! I now own 13 of the 30 coins for the set in grades above 64. The 38-d is going to put a huring on the pocket book! To further my learning also have joined my local coin club and the ANA.
I look forward to interacting and gleaning as much knowledge from all of you after the many months of lurking!
Frank
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Time passed, I grew up got married and it was time to move out and take all my crap with me. Including the collection! As the oldest son of the oldest son of the oldest son; I have become the keeper of the collection to hand down to future generations.
That is so cool! I am the first (well second if you count my Mother's hoarding of Morgans in the mid 60's) in the family to get hooked on coins. My two boys are now getting the bug as well. I hope to pass my collection (such as it is) to them and hope that they too pass it on to their children and so on.
Glad to have you Frank!
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Well soon you'll have read more books than all of us.
I'll be looking forward to your contributions
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I must admit, I did enjoy the flame threads!! I actually believe there was some good information on how not to get ripped and an exellent primer of the ethical ramifications involved in the hobby/industry at large.
SanctionII: I have learned much on this forum and continue to enjoy every minute I spend here.
fivecents: No, I have a P7M8. (I bought it for myself on my 21st birthday) I wish I had the bank for a 13 when I was 21... IMHO, HK's will eat any Glock, Beratta, Sig, Colt, ect alive as far as smooth operation under any condition and accuracy out of the box. 8 in a pie plate in 8 seconds at 25 yards = 8 in the cranium @ 15 feet... That's my other passion... GUNS!
Gemini: The collection is nothing spectacular compared the to goods flashed around here! I think the depression mentality of hoarding was passed down to my father. He's 56. It consists of mostly common date stuff. It's neat nontheless!
Bobk: Maybe when I have a couple kids I can put them to bed with the story!!
Very cool story about your family! Why not introduce your Dad to the PCGS web site? Perhaps it will kick his collecting gene back into a higher gear and then you and he can have a LOT of fun collecting together.
Mark