Do you still have your original collection ?

lunytune2

I started collecting at age 8 (33 years ago ) . I bought a bunch of Dansco albums and started working on complete sets from Lincoln cents to Peace dollars . Lately, I have been contemplating selling them and buying something bigger and better .... but, that is where it all started, and I can't get myself to let go . Do you keep your original collection around for sentemental reasons ?

TopographicOceans

Yes, I have my first Lincoln Cent collection from as a kid.
I still don't have a 22 plain/weak D though

crispy

I had seven wheaties that I kept in a cheap safe on my dresser when I was a little shaver. I would take them out from time to time and look at them. I really thought they were treasure and lived in mortal fear that my brothers would abscond with them. Sadly, they would get mixed in with other wheaties that I eventually accumulated years later, so I no longer have them dogeared as the originals.

Davideo

Yes I do. Mostly just junk (wheat cents, post '64 dimes, Ike dollars, etc.) but it only takes up a small box.

Lakesammman

Yep - lotto junk - but it seemed valuable at the time.

lasvegasteddy

no...

ctf_error_coins

Still have my childhood collection of circulated cents and nickels.

My first real adult collection was a set of Morgan Dollars. Very boring series, IMO. So I sold it to buy an ocean fishing kayak, best thing I ever did!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

hchcoin

Just bits and pieces are left.

DRUNNER

This thread has appeared before -- and so has my response-------

As I re-entered numismatics, around 1994 or so, I purchased, acquired, and filled holes, as many of us do. The 'thrill' of selling bit me though, and I had an old blue Whitman (Lincoln Cent--Collection Starting 1941 Number Two) folder that I thought would be fun to put on a bid-board at the local shop to make a bit of cash to buy more coins. I did it -- and it sold for the princely sum of $5. It was the first set I had ever put together -- and I put the last coin in there in 1971. Wow -- the 1968-S, 1969-S and 1970-S are proofs too! Big fingerprints on them, but proofs! I was about

I never really gave it much thought, but about a week later, one of the 'old sentries' in our coin shop here, a grandfatherly old man who hung out quite a bit of the time in the local shop, approached me at lunch one day as I looked at the bid board. He pulled out my Whitman folder, which he had purchased, and said...

"I think there might be a time you might want this."

He gave it to me. Refused any money, and that was the end of it.

He was soooooooooo correct. My first complete Whitman folder, done while I was in middle school from 1968-1971 or so. I have it here on the desk in front of me now -- courtesy of him. I am now 57. It was completed when I was about 16.

Still only worth $5 .. but invaluable in other ways. So -- how did he know?

The world works in strange ways . . .

Drunner

410a

No, I do not and I wish that I did. If wishes were horses beggars would ride. Many times life has its way with us hopefully all for the better.

numisma

I do have my original collection. Last year someone broke into my home and stole my collection. A few days later, I got a knock at the door and when I opened it, a guy handed me my coin collection--fully intact--in the shoe box in which it was stolen. He also handed me a $50 bill and said, "here, I think you need this more than me."

silverpop

I started out with 39 coins as my original collection and over some years it has grown

I still have those 39 coins as they make up the core of the collection

sparky64

Yes.

It's actually my grandmothers Whitman 1c, 5c & merc albums.

As well as jars of Wheaties and steelies.

Cameonut

Yes I have mine.
Whitman 1c, 5c, 10c, 25, 50 cent albums from the early 60's. Also a Whitman Canada 1c album as well.

Loose coins were kept in a empty plastic box which originally held two spools of monofilament fishing line.

291fifth

I have the coin that got me interested in collecting. It is an 1843-0 Quarter (VF details, scratched) that was given to me by my grandfather in 1956. He had received it in change in 1933 and had kept it.

mirabela

DRunner, that's a good story. Numisma, yours too -- bizarre, though.

I don't have much from my "original" collection. I kept a few choice pieces as components of the type collection I built later, and I've still got a few handsome Morgans I inherited from my great grandfather when I was seven, but the rest is long gone.

I've found I get less attached than I used to think I would ... in all this time, with hundreds upon thousands of items bought and sold, there are only two or three coins I could actually claim to "miss," and those only a little.

fishteeth

Still have my first set, A mercury dime set. Built it with my dad in the 1980s, piece by piece. .One of my great childhood memories.
Never got the 16-D as a child, I used to contemplate adding the 16-D to the set in the past, but have decided to leave the hole blank to remind me when even a few dollars was a lot of money to me

I have three children now and have three dansco albums waiting to fill piece by piece, perhaps these sets will have a 16-d

COALPORTER

No way. When i was 6 or 7, I would collect from pocket change, but sooner or later I would end
up spending it off.

BillJones

I still have one of the two Lincoln cent folders my uncle gave me for Christmas 1959, the 1941 to 1959 album with the still in it. I still have coins from the first folder (1909 - 1940) it was far from complete when I moved to a Library of Coins album in the 1960s. Beyond the Lincoln cents, I have only a handful of the coins I bought in the 1960s.

ARCO

<< <i>I started collecting at age 8 (33 years ago ) . I bought a bunch of Dansco albums and started working on complete sets from Lincoln cents to Peace dollars . Lately, I have been contemplating selling them and buying something bigger and better .... but, that is where it all started, and I can't get myself to let go . Do you keep your original collection around for sentemental reasons ? >>


Just two coins left - sentimental pieces.

Tyler

numisma

DRunner, that's a good story. Numisma, yours too -- bizarre, though.

Mirabela, I was just kidding. The point is that my childhood collection was mostly sold over the years, and the few pieces left are worth only a few dollars. Some cheap, less-than-a-dollar type coins.

In reality, the coins that I did keep have tons of sentimental value. I won't go into it here, but every coin is rich with wonderful memories, and I still enjoy those coins every so often when I take them out for a stroll down memory lane.

Type2

Maybe a coin here and there but not a full set's.

nwcoast

Yes I do. I have the old partially filled Whitman folders of Wheaties and Mercury Dimes, Jefferson's too.
Even have an old framed modern US Type set which has Silver pieces toned almost black! These were put together in 1964....

The Old books were the foundation to my current Dansco's of mostly circulated US series.
I've expanded from there to denominations beyond my prior kid means...

Still have many of the original 2x2's of various kid purchases- staples rusted... Worn half dimes, etc...

Great memories!

pcunix

Yes and no. I have ONE coin from my original collection - it's a common VF Large Cent. However, having regretted selling it, I have attempted to recreate it to the best of my memory. A longer explanation is at Coin Collecting and Genealogy

GrumpyEd

Probably most old coins have already been in several collectors "original collection" and in the future they'll be in someone elses.
That's how fast time goes, we can only imagine who will have the coins in 100 or 200 years.

Those cheapies we pulled from circulation probably end up in bulk lots or hoards. There's only so much demand for circ 57-58 wheaties and beat up common 90%.

I guess we should be happy thinking about our old sets even if they're long gone from us, they're still probably out there doing their job.

JedPlanchet

<< <i>This thread has appeared before -- and so has my response-------

As I re-entered numismatics, around 1994 or so, I purchased, acquired, and filled holes, as many of us do. The 'thrill' of selling bit me though, and I had an old blue Whitman (Lincoln Cent--Collection Starting 1941 Number Two) folder that I thought would be fun to put on a bid-board at the local shop to make a bit of cash to buy more coins. I did it -- and it sold for the princely sum of $5. It was the first set I had ever put together -- and I put the last coin in there in 1971. Wow -- the 1968-S, 1969-S and 1970-S are proofs too! Big fingerprints on them, but proofs! I was about

I never really gave it much thought, but about a week later, one of the 'old sentries' in our coin shop here, a grandfatherly old man who hung out quite a bit of the time in the local shop, approached me at lunch one day as I looked at the bid board. He pulled out my Whitman folder, which he had purchased, and said...

"I think there might be a time you might want this."

He gave it to me. Refused any money, and that was the end of it.

He was soooooooooo correct. My first complete Whitman folder, done while I was in middle school from 1968-1971 or so. I have it here on the desk in front of me now -- courtesy of him. I am now 57. It was completed when I was about 16.

Still only worth $5 .. but invaluable in other ways. So -- how did he know?

The world works in strange ways . . .

Drunner >>



This really sums it up for me too!

messydesk

I have some of it. Proof sets I got as gifts, some cheap coins in 2x2s, and some stuff from an old, leather coin purse my grandmother had, including my favorite:

indeetlib

Still have all the 20th century sets (Barbers on up) in Dansco's that were my dad's original collection when he was a kid in the 60's and that we worked on together when I was growing up. We still upgrade coins in them every once in a while. I plan to never let these go.

Included in the Lincoln Cent album is one of my favorite coins and all time favorite memories - a 1955 DDO in perfect AU58 that my dad and I found in one of the 1000 count wheat bags we used to always get and sort through from a local shop. Our cost...$0.04. Doesn't get more exciting than that

TennesseeDave

removed due to posting in the wrong thread.

And no I do not have any of my original collections.

OnWithTheHunt

Some of it. The Lincoln cents #1 in the Whitman folder that once came within 6 coins of completion, the #2 Lincoln that got transferred to an album when I got back into the hobby in the early 90s, the circulated Franklin set that I filled except for the 48-S when I finally convinced my dad to go through the box of silver halves he'd been pulling from change in the early 60s. Also the Indian cent and 1889-S Morgan that sparked my interest in "old coins" when I found them in my mom's jewelry box as an 8-year-old.

LindeDad

No.

machoponcho

Bought a pound of Wheat Pennies about 9 years ago at a local community garage sale. Had a ton of fun going thru them with my father. Cleaned the heck out of them a few hours later after we sorted them by date and mint. Got bitten by the bug then and there. Still have them in a quart size Ziploc bag somewhere in my memory stuff. Would never sell them for sentimental reasons. The coins still smell like the cleaner we used that day, and when I get a whiff of that, I am transported back to that day. One of the best days of my life!

GotTheBug

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OldIndianNutKase

I started colecting after I inherited my father's collection when I was 11 years old. It was only a IHC book but it had the 1909-S and 1908-S. He only collected coins he found in circulation. I have kept his collection intact as I could not contribute much to finding the missing holes in circulation. I would never consider selling it and have considered putting it in a trust so that my chiildren cannot either. His colection is not woth so much that it might buy a great night out on the town. But it might transmit the passion just like it did to me.

OINK

ProofArtworkonCircs

I still have everything except for my two Morgan sets.

LochNESS

<< <i>Do you still have your original collection? >>

Yes.

luckybucks

No sadly.

I started in late 1989 at age 12. By the time I turned 24, I had some REALLY nice coins like: 1909S VDB in AU50, 1916D merc in VG8, 1938 merc (nicely toned) MS65FB, 1865 2 cent MS65bn, two $10 indains, a 1912S in AU55 and an MS62 1910, 1933S walker in AU55. Those are just a FEW of the slabbed coins I had. I also had quite a laundry list of other coins and currency.

mrcommem

Yes, I still have my coins from when I was a lad of 7. I have a completed set of Lincoln cents from 1909 to sometime around 1972, excepting the 1922 no mm, as well as complete sets of Franklin halves, Washington quarters, Roosevelt dimes, Jefferson Nickels. I found few Buffaloes nickels, Mercury dimes, or Standing liberty quarters. All of these coins are housed in a Mahogany coin cabinet with many drawers with holes for the coins. My favorite coin was a 1884-0 Morgan Dollar. I still have it housed in a Capital Plastics 20th century type set holder.

TONEDDOLLARS

No, my younger brother found it in the attic after I married and moved out. Spent pretty much all ofit the real old stuff he put in the change machine at the local laundremat after stores questioned him on where he got them.

oih82w8

Yes, Lincoln cent, Jefferson Nickel and Liberty Nickels all in Whitman albums, none are finished.

TwoSides2aCoin

No, but each of my 14 siblings did get X-mas presents that year in '72 when I was 18. Never dreamt 27 years later I would come partying like it's 1999 ( Susan B Anthony & Cheerios dollar joke, I don't expect classic collectors to keep up on the rap ) Oh, but the things we do for "sisters" Like "starting over".

HATTRICK

I still have my original Lincoln Penny collection I started when I was 12. Still missing the D & S mints from 1909 - 1915
and the 1922 & 22 & 24 D's. Will keep that forever and pass on to the grandchildren. Maybe I will try to finish it some day.

Shamika

I still have one Wheat Cent, a 1926-P, from the group of coins my maternal grandparents gave me 41 years ago which started me on my numismatic journey.

lordmarcovan

I still have two.

This 1936 Merc was found in my grandmother's silverware drawer when I was setting the table for Thanksgiving dinner, 1976.

It is the coin which launched my numismatic adventure.




I received this 1827 Bust half for my 11th birthday on December 28, 1976.

jedm

<< <i>I still have two.

This 1936 Merc was found in my grandmother's silverware drawer when I was setting the table for Thanksgiving dinner, 1976.

It is the coin which launched my numismatic adventure.

LordM, I think it's a great thing your Grandmother had that dime in the drawer for you to find. If not this forum would likely not have been nearly as interesting to many of us.

DBSTrader2

That would be my ENTIRE collection, thank you very much!!

Started filling holes in cents/nickels Whitman folders with my Grandparents, and branched-out in both denomination & countries over the years - - always in the blue, tri-fold Whitman folders. Have never strayed/sold/upgraded...... now just try to stay current every year & fill another hole every once in a blue moon..........

It's all abot filling holes & the memories!

jkal

In 1969 I was in Jr. High School and saved silver coins. Back then you had to have exact change to purchase something for lunch so they had change booths. I got to know both of the girls that worked in there, so every nutrition or lunch, as soon as they saw me, they would pick out the silver and sell it to me. Back then I knew that someday I might look back at this so I remember thinking that an average days haul was one silver half, two quarters, and three dimes. Some days way more, other days not that much. My parents would give me a dollar a day for food (which was very generous) and I would make sandwhiches before school. They knew what I was doing, but pretended not to.
35 years later, I told my two boys about this and of coarse one of them asked me if I still had the coins. My 5 & 7 year old boys were impressed when dad dumped $350 in silver coins on an old towel on our bedspread. I also told them the the other kids on my block were into pinball games and would spend all the change they had at the local arcade, instead of saving for the future.
I still have my old brown and blue coin albums, all falling apart.