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I am now 39 years old!
lordmarcovan
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Thanksgiving marks my 39th "birthday" as a coin collector. (The big half-century for my actual physical birthday will happen at the end of December, so you can get the black balloons ready.)
I've related the story before, but it basically goes like this: on Thanksgiving Day of 1976, when I was not quite 11 years old, we were at my grandmother's house and I was asked to set the table for the upcoming feast.
Grandmomma pointed out where the silverware drawer was in a huge old credenza in the dining room of her grand old Atlanta house. In that drawer, I found a 1936 Mercury dime! It seemed incredibly ancient to me at the time... forty years old. Now nearly forty years have elapsed since I found it! (I also found a 1948 Franklin half that had been shot with a bullet, and a 1943 steel cent. Grandmomma let me keep the steelie but not the Frankie- that was a souvenir of some uncle's marksmanship and had apparently been shot in the air, Annie Oakley style.)
The 1936 Merc dime won't win any "best coin" competitions, but being the sentimental creature that I am, I kept the coin, and it survived the vicissitudes of the building, destruction, and rebuilding of so many of my collections over the years.
This is the coin that launched my numismatic adventure.
It is one of only two pieces which remain from my original childhood collection.
I received this 1827 Bust half for my 11th birthday on December 28, 1976.
Do you still have any of your "original" collection? Post the "seed" coin that planted your interest in the hobby, if you had one, and still have it!
I've related the story before, but it basically goes like this: on Thanksgiving Day of 1976, when I was not quite 11 years old, we were at my grandmother's house and I was asked to set the table for the upcoming feast.
Grandmomma pointed out where the silverware drawer was in a huge old credenza in the dining room of her grand old Atlanta house. In that drawer, I found a 1936 Mercury dime! It seemed incredibly ancient to me at the time... forty years old. Now nearly forty years have elapsed since I found it! (I also found a 1948 Franklin half that had been shot with a bullet, and a 1943 steel cent. Grandmomma let me keep the steelie but not the Frankie- that was a souvenir of some uncle's marksmanship and had apparently been shot in the air, Annie Oakley style.)
The 1936 Merc dime won't win any "best coin" competitions, but being the sentimental creature that I am, I kept the coin, and it survived the vicissitudes of the building, destruction, and rebuilding of so many of my collections over the years.
This is the coin that launched my numismatic adventure.
It is one of only two pieces which remain from my original childhood collection.
I received this 1827 Bust half for my 11th birthday on December 28, 1976.
Do you still have any of your "original" collection? Post the "seed" coin that planted your interest in the hobby, if you had one, and still have it!
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What a neat story!
I still have the Cent in my sentimental coin collection. I have a small collection of things was given, found, or have some value other than the numis.
Great transactions with oih82w8, JasonGaming, Moose1913.
had...which sparked my interest... and a couple of coins that did not get 'cleaned out'
when I joined the Navy..... Those are special..... Cheers, RickO
He also bought me a nice 1942-S raw AU Walker. VERY sentimental to me.
“I may not believe in myself but I believe in what I’m doing” ~Jimmy Page~
My Full Walker Registry Set (1916-1947)
https://www.ngccoin.com/registry/competitive-sets/16292/
U.S. Type Set
See http://www.doubledimes.com for a free online reference for US twenty-cent pieces
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