The day you collected your first coin from circulation.

RegistryCoin · May 29, 2005 3:33PM

When you withheld your first coin from circulation making it "collected" and no longer spendable, did you expect its value to rise above its face value. or, did you just put it away because you liked it?

p8nt · May 29, 2005 3:48PM

I did it because I expected value to rise. Of course, now I have $300+ in State Quarters I have gotten and about 2 full rolls of SACs, Bicentennial quarters, and kennedy halves.

Its ok though now, it was like investing. It made sure I didnt spend it on XBOX games when I was in that phase. Now I have $300 dollars from no where

PerryHall · May 29, 2005 7:27PM

Put it away because it was unusual and I liked it. Never thought that something found at face value from circulation was investment material.

Trime · May 30, 2005 12:14AM

Wow! That was a long time ago when Barbers, IHC, liberties were found in change, rare coins were cheap, TPG did not exist, and coins were unc, BU or good, VG, fine and EF and many coins sold in shops were cleaned/ whizzed.
I think for my first coin found in change I thought it was neat and I liked it. I probably then went out anbd bought a red book to see what it was worth.
Shortly thereafter I went to the small town bank bought rolls of coins and was given a booth in the back to look through the coins. I still have the original collection. Mt best ( most valuable now) coin found in that long ago style is probably a 1901-S quarter.

Shamika · May 30, 2005 12:17AM

<< <i>did you expect its value to rise above its face value. or, did you just put it away because you liked it? >>

I was 7 years old trying to fill a Whitman blue folder. I collected for the fun of it. The chance that my coins might be worth a premium was unknown to me until I was 9 years old.

richbeat · May 30, 2005 6:41AM

When I was 9 or 10 years old, while walking home from school in Virginia, I spied something in the dirt path where I was walking. Picked it up and it was a very dirty (but otherwise good shape) 1916 cent. No, at that age I wasn't thinking about it going up in value, but it's what got me hooked on coin collecting.

TorinoCobra71 · May 30, 2005 6:45AM

I got an upper end AU 64-D Washington from a change machine at King Island amusement park in Cincinnati Ohio in like 77 or 78. I have had it ever since in a 2x2...............

TorinoCobra71

PerryHall · May 30, 2005 7:06AM

<< <i>When I was 9 or 10 years old, while walking home from school in Virginia, I spied something in the dirt path where I was walking. Picked it up and it was a very dirty (but otherwise good shape) 1916 cent. No, at that age I wasn't thinking about it going up in value, but it's what got me hooked on coin collecting.

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So it was priceless!!!

MrHalfDime · May 30, 2005 7:08AM

I suspect that what got me into coin collecting is not at all unusual, particularly for my generation - a generation that could easily find interesting coins in circulation.

In the 1950's I had a paper route, delivering the Portsmouth Herald in coastal New Hampshire. In those days, the newspaper cost just 49 cents for the week, and many of my customers gave me a half dollar and told me to "Keep the change, sonny". Collections were on Friday, and I had to turn the cost of the papers over to the newspaper by the following Tuesday. Anything left over was mine to keep. I would dump my bag of change out onto the dining room table and count and roll it. I was fascinated by the different designs, the mint marks, and the occassional obsolete coin that would turn up. A quick trip to J. J. Newberry's 5 and 10 provided the necessary Whitman blue folders, and I was hooked.

I have no idea where those coins are today, although my recollection is that there was really nothing of value there. But that experience planted a seed that would once again emerge after high school, girls, cars, college, marriage, family, and career. In my mid thirties, after my life settled down a bit, I once again turned to coin collecting, and have remained hooked ever since.

richbeat · May 30, 2005 7:30AM

Perry:

You got it!

markglicker · May 30, 2005 7:52AM

I liked the coin. It was a 1964 Washington quarter.

cladking · May 30, 2005 8:00AM

I had been interested in coins for a while when I saved my very first coin. It was a really
nice nearly full horn 1936 buffalo and it was 1957. Very early on profit may have been in
the back of my mind but the primary goal was to complete a set. A few years later I was
sure that the sale of my buffalo collection would pay for my college education. When the
market collapsed in '64/'65 it became obvious that wouldn't happen.

I was the only collector I knew who actually broke even and made a small profit on that first
collection.

It was largely luck that I had one really good coin; a very nice VF '13-D t I.

Nickelback · May 30, 2005 11:47AM

I was six when the silver content changed, and when I was about 10 (4th grade?) I did a report on Australia and got a couple of their coins to show at school. After realizing I couldn't afford to collect (and thought it much more prudent to spend a quarter on a Coke) I gave it up. Then, when my son was about 7 I was walking him to school and we found an 1877 Indian cent (no kidding). It was trashed but when we investigated, we realized the significance of the find.

I'm still looking through change and last week at a conference in Atlanta I found a 1962 Roosie which was still in decent condition. It's still a rush to find them like that. I'll keep it with all my other "pocket change" finds and will continue looking...

morgannut2 · May 30, 2005 11:59AM

A 1891CC in AU-58, that should tell you how long ago!!

mozin · May 30, 2005 12:54PM

I was about six when I first started collecting pennies off the bridge card tables while my mother entertained her bridge club ladies. Sure kept me occupied--and quiet.

oldcameoproofsguy · May 30, 2005 1:48PM

That was so long ago that I don't even know what it was. I remember pulling anything silver from change, I collected wheaties and war time nickels.

mrearlygold · May 30, 2005 2:09PM

Because it was the neatest coin I ever saw at that time and somehow I knew these things were going to become a part of my life. That was 36 years ago.

How time flies!

Tom

sumnom · May 30, 2005 5:06PM

I got a stella in my change last year at the grocery store. I held on to it because it looked neat.

WaterSport · May 30, 2005 8:58PM

I could not tell you what the first Lincoln I pulled from circulation was, but I can tell you it was about 1968. I was walking by a small antique shop/coin shop that had just opened when somehow my friends and I ended up inside by invitation of the proprietor, Mrs. Zitta Lindsey. She got my friends and I hooked on collecting. I know we went through a heck of a lot of rolls as we were darn near banned from every bank within walking distance.

WS

badgrdog · May 31, 2005 12:24PM

Just recently. I was asked to sell some coins from Mother-in-Law's estate and while reviewing the coins I found a 1921 Lincoln Cent with a die crack. I was intrigued and decided to keep it. I now have trumpeted S Mercury Dime set aside and a few newer coins. I am still going through the coins. She must of had 3 or 4 old Jewelery boxes full of pockect change.

I am 55 and staring to fall in love with coin collecting. I guess it is never too late.

centmaster · May 31, 2005 1:59PM

<< <i>I got an upper end AU 64-D Washington from a change machine at King Island amusement park in Cincinnati Ohio in like 77 or 78. I have had it ever since in a 2x2...............

TorinoCobra71 >>

Do you think maybe one of the Brady Bunch kids dropped it when they were running to save their dad's job? Yikes! I must be watching too much TV!

The day you collected your first coin from circulation.

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