Where were YOU in sebenty TWO?

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topstuf
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This is when I started.

ouch. image

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But who'd pay THREE GRAND for an old penny?
Specially one that featured....CHAINS??

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  • oih82w8
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    Hmph, my Variety (1810/09) was not even listed when I was five years old...according to this page.
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  • TopographicOceans
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    Working on my Lincoln Cent album wondering how I'd ever fill those 1909-S VDB, 1914-D and 1922 Plain holes.
  • DoubleEagle59
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    Three grand was a ton of money back then.

    I remember back in 1969 (I was 10 years old) and my Dad received a family inheritance of 9 thousand and he often said "Son, my ship just came in!!" because 9K back then was HUGE money.

    Interestingly enough, there was another 9K check he received in 1973 and he later told me how that amount seemed very small to the first check because of the huge inflation starting in the early 70's.

    What this has to do with your opening post, I have no idea, but it did rekindle my memory about my Dad's ship coming in.
    "Gold is money, and nothing else" (JP Morgan, 1912)

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  • topstuf
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    Phbbbllltttt on the old penny. Looks like it's damaged. Phooey! image
  • Sonorandesertrat
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    I was buying Austrian-German-Swiss thalers with money I made from yard work (at age 15).
    Member: EAC, NBS, C4, CWTS, ANA

    RMR: 'Wer, wenn ich schriee, hörte mich denn aus der Engel Ordnungen?'

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  • topstuf
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    << <i>I was buying Austrian-German-Swiss thalers with money I made from yard work (at age 15). >>




    Hmmph! An ..esthetics..fan. hmmmphh image
  • Flatwoods
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    ...aesthetics...image
  • Sonorandesertrat
    Sonorandesertrat Posts: 5,695 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    << <i>

    << <i>I was buying Austrian-German-Swiss thalers with money I made from yard work (at age 15). >>




    Hmmph! An ..esthetics..fan. hmmmphh image >>



    Many of them had very interesting designs. Of course, I later stupidly sold them.
    Member: EAC, NBS, C4, CWTS, ANA

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    CJ: 'No one!' [Ain't no angels in the coin biz]
  • Boosibri
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    Didn't exist. My parents got married in 1972, I came along a decade later.

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  • topstuf
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    << <i>...aesthetics...image >>




    Why, you BULLY, you!!!

    "variant"

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  • epcjimi1
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    I was 14 yrs old, collecting some silver coins because of the change to clad, mowing Mrs. Wheelock's corner lot lawn with a reel push mower for $$0.25, she was in her '80s, got milk and cookies after completing the job. She had a carriage house, the reel mower was stored there, there were carriages and an old car in there. I didn't care.
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    Kindergarten

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  • Walkerfan
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    1st grade---I hadn't caught the coin bug, until about 2 years later, when I started out collecting foreign coins and stamps from my dad and uncle. Being a cub scout in '74-75 didn't hurt the cause, either.

    Sometimes, it’s better to be LUCKY than good. 🍀 🍺👍

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  • lkeigwin
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    Jr/sr in college. I hadn't touched my childhood collection in probably 10 years. Couldn't even say where it was.

    I later found it. And then our house was burgled.
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  • koynekwest
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    Just out of the Army. Just married. Just starting my career job. And lookin' for the 1972 doubled die Lincoln.
  • AnkurJ
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    8 years away image
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  • bolivarshagnasty
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    Using the Denver area bus system to visit B&M's with my fellow junior numismatist, Edward Janich. Great times.
  • Walkerfan
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    << <i>8 years away image >>



    From coins or from existence?

    Sometimes, it’s better to be LUCKY than good. 🍀 🍺👍

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  • AnkurJ
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    << <i>

    << <i>8 years away image >>



    From coins or from existence? >>



    Existence!
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  • DennisH
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    In high school and already in love with the girl I'm still married to. image
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  • AUandAG
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    I was making $1,100 a month working for the man in KC.

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    Edited to add: BS in Accounting, married 4 years and no kids yet! top of the world!!
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  • rmpsrpms
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    4th grade. And already a coin collector for one year. Got my first Indian Cent (1903, my paternal Grandmother's birth year) a year earlier. My parents went to Tahoe about once a month, to play blackjack (Dad) and the slots (both Mom and Dad). They would come back with all the silver they saw, including lots of war nickels. Fun times.
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  • SaorAlba
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    Was just about the time I started collecting, my dad came back from 'Nam and brought back a bag full of Viet, Japanese, Australian and Singapore coins from his tour there. Also a wad of MPC that my brother and I used as play money for awhile - thankfully I saved it all.
  • coindeuce
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    I was getting my azz beat by a faculty member (psycho Viet Nam vet) of my Catholic high school for drinking beer in the school parking lot after classes were over. image

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  • VanHalen
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    Turned 8 in '72. About that time I started my first penny board and my dad was still pulling the occasional silver dime or quarter out of his pocket at night.

    Nixon was president and the Vietnam War was winding down.
  • EagleEye
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    I started coin collecting that year.

    7th grade. We would skip the school bus and walk four miles to our house. Along the way was Fred's coin shop where we would learn about coins. He would give us 25c for each railroad spike that came loose and were lying around on the adjacent railroad. We'll, we would dig out the spikes that were perfectly fine and trade those in too.

    Whippany, NJ, by the way.
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  • edix2001
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    Looking for doubled die cents
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  • jayPem
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    << <i>Kindergarten >>



    Me too!
  • ElmerFusterpuck
    ElmerFusterpuck Posts: 4,908 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    The year I started collecting! I got a couple of wheat cents from a classmate and the rest was history. I used to have a Coin Prices guide from 1972, I remember red being the main color on my issue. Unfortunately I can no longer find it. image

    Never found a doubled die for 1972 but the search was fun!

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  • jdimmick
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    In a crib
  • CircOnly
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    Negative eleven.
  • PRECIOUSMENTAL
    PRECIOUSMENTAL Posts: 961 ✭✭✭✭
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    Was 12 and also looking for DD cents.
    The $3250.00 cent would be over $18000.00 today.
    Lot of $$$ then, and now.
  • Broadstruck
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    1972... Watching Sesame Street image
    To Err Is Human.... To Collect Err's Is Just Too Much Darn Tootin Fun!
  • BryceM
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    Learning how to walk.
  • CaptHenway
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    In my last year of college, and already had an application in to work for Coin World.
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    Tending bar in Morganville, NJ.
  • mrearlygold
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    Prolly eating falafels on mcdougal st in the village after schoolimage

    Coin's for sale/trade.


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  • mustangmanbob
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    Lamenting my draft number (045) image
  • winky
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    12 years old and stupid. 68 years old and still ,well !!image
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    Half of the year floating around a dark place with my eyes closed, the other half probably crying day and night and driving my new parents crazy!image
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  • StrikeOutXXX
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    << <i>In a crib >>



    Yup, depending on when in '72 I was between 4-16 months old.
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  • AnkurJ
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    << <i>I started coin collecting that year.

    7th grade. We would skip the school bus and walk four miles to our house. Along the way was Fred's coin shop where we would learn about coins. He would give us 25c for each railroad spike that came loose and were lying around on the adjacent railroad. We'll, we would dig out the spikes that were perfectly fine and trade those in too.

    Whippany, NJ, by the way. >>



    And he is still open! image
    All coins kept in bank vaults.
    PCGS Registries
    Box of 20
    SeaEagleCoins: 11/14/54-4/5/12. Miss you Larry!
  • AnkurJ
    AnkurJ Posts: 11,375 ✭✭✭✭
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    << <i>1972... Watching Sesame Street image >>



    You were watching the same thing last week... image
    All coins kept in bank vaults.
    PCGS Registries
    Box of 20
    SeaEagleCoins: 11/14/54-4/5/12. Miss you Larry!
  • Broadstruck
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    << <i>

    << <i>1972... Watching Sesame Street image >>



    You were watching the same thing last week... image >>



    AnkurJ, Don't knock Sesame Street...

    As you could walk away more knowledgeable just watching 1 episode then what you've learned sitting in JA's office for 6 years! image
    To Err Is Human.... To Collect Err's Is Just Too Much Darn Tootin Fun!
  • coindeuce
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    << <i>12 years old and stupid. 68 years old and still ,well !!image >>



    If'n you were 12 in '72, you ain't 68 now. . .but maybe still stoopid in math.image

    "Everything is on its way to somewhere. Everything." - George Malley, Phenomenon
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  • cucamongacoin
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    gettin' married, April 15th 1972
    <a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.ebay.com/sch/cucamo...?_ipg=50&_sop=12&_rdc="> MY EBAY
  • ProofArtworkonCircs
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    I had my 37th birthday that year and spent a lot of time picking up 1972 type 2 Ikes at the local banks.
  • GrumpyEd
    GrumpyEd Posts: 4,749 ✭✭✭
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    I had already been collecting coins from circulation but I think 72 was the first year I bought coins at a coin shop.
    It was at shop called DeNovo in Phoenix, actually in Sunny Slope. The owner was a nice old gentleman that was happy to talk while I bought a few coins. There were plenty of coins in flips but no slabs image
    Ed
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  • VanHalen
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    << <i>I had my 37th birthday that year and spent a lot of time picking up 1972 type 2 Ikes at the local banks. >>



    Becoming an octogenarian this year? image


    It would be interesting to know who the senior poster is on these boards. image

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