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Thirty years ago was my freshman year at UCLA. I bought this half eagle (my first) raw as a junior in high school at the annual Hawaiian Coin Show in Waikiki. Subsequently entombed and beaned.
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Haven’t been alive long enough to have owned anything that long. No pic from me
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I've had this one since 1955 (or thereabouts...)
Here's a warning parable for coin collectors...
I have 11 more years to wait until I reach that mark...and then it'll just be state quarters. Hard to believe they will be 20 next year, isn't it?
Here is the first really nice early U.S. coin I purchased for my collection. I bought it in the early 1970s.
I have a few that I have had for over sixty years... no pictures... will try to get my wife to take one...
Cheers, RickO
I couldn't decide.. the 1938 I found in my grandmother's penny collection. I'm not sure if it's really an S/S West or not.
The 1955-S is one of the few coins my grandfather and I held together on my 4th birthday. I don't remember much except his large, calloused but gentle hands and deep smelling cigars.
The nickel was my first bag find (which I saved up paper route money for weeks for the bag of nickels). I remember running around the house to show everybody and ran next door and showed my childhood friend.
How about just under 32 years, purchased raw in a Stack's auction where it was described as follows "small date, small letters (only) Very Fine and scarce"..... Submitted in February 2014 and now in a PCGS VF35 Secure holder.
it's crackers to slip a rozzer the dropsy in snide
Bought this one in the same Stack's auction as my 42-O and now in a PCGS XF40 Secure holder.
it's crackers to slip a rozzer the dropsy in snide
Here is one I have owned for 50 years. When I bought this 1853 half cent at Gimbels in Philadelphai circa 1965 it was graded "VF." It's now in an NGC MS-62, Brown holder! How times have changed.
I haven't even been alive 30 years so I guess I will sit this one out lol!
Not very many have survived the cut for that long, but here are a couple that have been around since the early 80's:
I bought this one from the original sale in, what, late 1985?
Yes one forgets that the Statue of Liberty coins are now 30 years old. I remember when the three piece Proof set was selling for $450 after the $5 gold sold out from the mint.
I've had this forever, and just recently sent it in, primarily for the variety. 1795 S-76a LC
Got this one in 1964 when I was 16.
United States $5 1846
The first gold coin that I ever owned.
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Purchased on March of '86
Purchased at a mall show in the '80s.
I ordered 3 sets from the mint and if I'm not mistaken I remember selling 2 of them for $700.00 per set shortly after the mint sold out. Sold the last $5 along with another 6 common $5 commems for $415.00 each when gold hit $1800 in 2011.
In my opinion even at todays prices the common $5 gold commemoratives are a great gold play. You can buy them at melt occasionally and sell them at 98% of melt if you need the funds for something else.
edited to correct a couple grammar/spelling errors.
it's crackers to slip a rozzer the dropsy in snide