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joeykoinsjoeykoins Posts: 17,564 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Based on the idea of baseballjeff's baby on the way, did you become a coin collector before your first child's birth or after your first child's birth? (of course,this only pertains to us fathers and mothers). As for me, I became a collector approx. 2 years after my daughter was born (1989). How 'bout you guys?image

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  • Jinx86Jinx86 Posts: 3,710 ✭✭✭✭✭
    No kids yet, and well I collect.
  • BoosibriBoosibri Posts: 12,406 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Before, I recall buying coins on a walk from the hospital room when my son was born from Doug Winter. I think it was this 47-O $5.

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  • AnkurJAnkurJ Posts: 11,370 ✭✭✭✭
    A few years before.
    All coins kept in bank vaults.
    PCGS Registries
    Box of 20
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  • BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I was collecting before I even knew how babies are made image
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  • etexmikeetexmike Posts: 6,852 ✭✭✭
    No kids but quite a few coin purchases. image


    Mike
  • goldengolden Posts: 9,996 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I was collecting before I even knew how babies are made image >>

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  • nwcoastnwcoast Posts: 2,884 ✭✭✭✭✭


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    Me tooimage

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  • lcoopielcoopie Posts: 8,873 ✭✭✭✭✭
    me three
    LCoopie = Les
  • MICHAELDIXONMICHAELDIXON Posts: 6,590 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Whenever I was six years old, I began collecting. LONG before kids.
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  • keyman64keyman64 Posts: 15,540 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I was 8 years old when I started.
    "If it's not fun, it's not worth it." - KeyMan64
    Looking for Top Pop Mercury Dime Varieties & High Grade Mercury Dime Toners. :smile:
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  • CoinZipCoinZip Posts: 3,253 ✭✭✭
    Way before I had children.....I started learning about coins and going to coin shows with my grandfather, he passed away when I was 7 years old.

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  • joeykoinsjoeykoins Posts: 17,564 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I was collecting before I even knew how babies are made image >>

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    "Jesus died for you and for me, Thank you,Jesus"!!!

    --- If it should happen I die and leave this world and you want to remember me. Please only remember my opening Sig Line.
  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 29,258 ✭✭✭✭✭
    i collect and the kids will just get in the way. jmo
  • BullsitterBullsitter Posts: 5,905 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I was collecting before I even knew how babies are made image >>




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    I was 8 when my grandpappy gave me a Morgan back in 1962, I was hooked.
  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Long before...started as a kid with a paper route...... Cheers, RickO
  • UtahCoinUtahCoin Posts: 5,366 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I became a collector approximately 33 years before my 1st child was born....
    I used to be somebody, now I'm just a coin collector.
    Recipient of the coveted "You Suck" award, April 2009 for cherrypicking a 1833 CBHD LM-5, and April 2022 for a 1835 LM-12, and again in Aug 2012 for picking off a 1952 FS-902.
  • fiveNdimefiveNdime Posts: 1,088 ✭✭
    my dad collected coins before i was born. (his dad did not)
    i started before my son was born.
    my son started before he is able to make kids.
    BST transactions: guitarwes; glmmcowan; coiny; nibanny; messydesk
  • BillJonesBillJones Posts: 34,837 ✭✭✭✭✭
    No kids and I have been collector since I was 10 years old. I'm now retired and of retirement age.
    Retired dealer and avid collector of U.S. type coins, 19th century presidential campaign medalets and selected medals. In recent years I have been working on a set of British coins - at least one coin from each king or queen who issued pieces that are collectible. I am also collecting at least one coin for each Roman emperor from Julius Caesar to ... ?
  • OKbustchaserOKbustchaser Posts: 5,546 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I was collecting before I even knew how babies are made image >>



    I started collecting at age 10 when I found a Type 1 Standing Liberty quarter. I might not have known exactily how babies were made--honestly don't remember--but, I definately already knew that I liked naked boobs.
    Just because I'm old doesn't mean I don't love to look at a pretty bust.
  • GeorgeKelloggGeorgeKellogg Posts: 1,251 ✭✭
    This was the last Dahlonega gold coin that I purchased before the birth of my son. Like my progeny, it arrived au naturel. Several years later, I sent the piece (which I had obtained in the Norweb II auction) to our host for certification. The images are courtesy of BluCC Photos.

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    "Clamorous for Coin"

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