Giveaway for YNs - Red Book and 2003 ANA Auction catalog

Blade

Attention YN's...

I am giving away a couple cool things to get you started. You will get a 2004 Red Book and a brand new auction catalog from the 2003 ANA sale held by Bowers & Merena. This full color catalog is about 1.5 inches thick and includes a DVD where experts from B&M and David Hall review the Top 100 coins in the sale. It is interesting to hear their analysis fo these coins - you can learn a lot! the color pics are great - lots of coins with awesome toning. This would be a great start to your numismatic library!

Here's the deal - You need to tell me what got you started in coin collecting, and what your current collecting areas are right now.

Rules:
Must be under 17 years old as of today.
You can post on your own or someone else's ID on this forum (Dad, Grandfather, friend) but it must be your words in the post.
Must post by Sunday, 11/14 at 6:00pm. I will randomly select a winner from all qualifying posts on Sunday night.

I will mail the books to the winner within a week via book rate mailing, which is kind of slow. Expect to receive them within about 2 weeks.

Good luck! I am looking forward to hearing about your stories.

Gonfunko

I started collecting around 2000. My dad collected coins, and I'd look at them when he took them out. When we were out of town at a hobby shop, he got me a couple cheapo albums for current pocket change coins. I think there was one for Lincolns, Roosies, Jeffersons and Washingtons. For the next couple months I worked on filling them from change and by going through rolls. The roll hunts yielded some other older coins (mostly wheats), and my interest in older coins began. I got a albums for Wheats and filled some holes by going through dad's spares. Around this time, we went to a small coin show, and my interest slowly began to rise. I graduated from pocket change to more difficult series to slabs, and finally to a few key dates. I finished Indian Head Cents about a year ago, buying all of them except for the 1877, which I got some "financial assistance" on. I cherrypicked the 1908-S from Gillio's in Santa Barbara for $1.25 (An incredibly high price for mostly cheapo Indians). At the time, it was worth $37 or something per Redbook. It's been steadily going up since. I also finished a set of Kennedy Halves from circulation (Grading from EF-AU, and relatively mark-free) a while ago. Currently, I'm working on a date set of Large Cents and my proof Kennedy registry set. Thanks for the chance!

coinguy89

For some time I had been collecting numerous things, which I enjoyed but was not fullfilled with. At my 12th birthday party my grandmother, who has alzheimers(hope I spelled that right) couldn't think of anything to get me. She ended up wrapping some old coins in a little box. As soon as I got them I was totally into it, mainly cause I thought they were worth a lot of money. But it soon became much more than that. I bought myself the Red Book and studied it for months. I found out the coins I had were common Mercury dimes. I will never sell them though. If my grandmother was "in the right state of mind", I would thank her for getting me into coins, but if I did I would confuse her. She thinks im a construction worker.
Currently I am collecting Civil War tokens. I've starting many different series within the U.S coins and didn't find that there was much I could do in completing a series. I felt extremely pressured into having to complete a whole collection. After surfing the web I discoverd Civil War tokens. The great thing about them is there are more than 10,000 different tokens out there, atleast. Anyone can set there own theme or guideline of collecting up. There are no set in stone rules and no one has ever completed a full set, and no one probably ever will. The story and history of these are amazing. Strangly I find reading about them just as satisfying if not more satisfying.
I would like to win this contest because I always enjoy reading about the hobby and learning as much as I can. That and i've never won a contest on here. The DVD sounds great, i've always enjoyed David Halls' work. If your wondering I am 15 years old, will be 16 in a little more than a month.

Blade

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YCCY9229

I am using my older brother's account to post this message.

I am a grade 4 student right now. I got interest on coins one year ago when my brother show me some old Canadian coins. One of the coin is a 1859 penny. To me, that coin has very old age, but it looks like new. So I let my brother teach me how to collect coins. Now, I have 13 coins in my collection. 9 are Canadian and 4 are US. They are all common coins, but I really like them. I hope I can have many many coins in my collection when I grow up. I hope I can win this giveaway contest because I can learn from the books, DVD and the catalog.

Thank You!

NumisOxide

I began collecting coins when my dad showed me his coin collection when I was about 7 years old. He has the old blue whitman albums for lincolns, IHC, buffalo nickels, standing Liberty quarters and coins that were in a tin can. I usually looked at the coins every time I went to my grandmas house. I took out the coins after I visited a coin shop because I got really excited and I wanted to see more coins. Then, about last year when I was 14 I really got serious about collecting. I would order coins from the internet every 2 weeks. My grandma decided to give me her coin collection. I put all the coins into mylar holders and labled them. I began buying certified coins only of PCGS, NGC, and ANACS. I organized my collection of raw coins in two coin binders. I have more then 150 raw U.S. coins and about 14 certified U.S. coins. Now I am collecting U.S. Liberty Seated half dollars. I really like them and I'm saving money to buy a nice Uncirclated seated half dollar or proof. I bought my first red book 2005 edition and also have photo grade. I had subscribed to coinage magazine and I am member of the ANA. I really enjoy reading the Numismatist that I recieve from the ANA. I gain a lot information and I know much more about coins then my dad. This message board is the key to most of my knowledge about coins. I'm glad I joined this forum. Thanks for having the giveaway.

Blade

ttt for anyone wlse who wants to prarticipate!

Contributions close at 6:00pm CST (4 hours from now)

Blade

ttt - one last shot!

pursuitofliberty

My name is Tyler, I am using my Dad's name on the forums.

I am a sixteen you old YN who has been collecting for as long as I can remember. My first memories of coins are the Linclon cent set my father and me started to put together when I was little. I was happy with every new coin I got, even if the grade wasn't high. I always liked seeing that album fill up.

As of late, my set focuses around Peace Dollars. I have a solid AU collection of Peace dollars, including a solid AU55 28. It isn't a full set though.

Even though I love my peace dollar collection, my favorite numismatic hobby is finding cool curency in change at work. I f I ever see a gold dollar in the tip jar, I will imediatly switch it out for a bill. I have even found a 2003 issue 2 dollar bill. Current currency is my main collecting point right now.

-Tyler

Blade

OK, time to announce a winner!

Since we had less than 6 entrants, I used dice to roll a winner based on the time of the post.

#3 came up, so YCCY9229 is the winner! PM me your home address and I will get the books out to you later this week.

Thanks to all for participating and sharing your stories!