A good tip for parents/grandparents/other. My Dad gave me my first Whitman cent album in February 1972. I know this because he had me write my name and the date on the inside rear flap. I have this info in all my folders and albums that I received in the first half of the seventies. It's pretty cool to see the info in your 2nd grade hand writing. I had my kids do the same thing when I gave them a new folder or album. Just a thought.
John
P.S. Or my answer could be 1963 because my uncle gave my a '63 proof set in a Capital holder when I was born.
My first real coin was a 1976 Bicentennial Silver Set bought directly from the mint bought the year of issue. But didn't seriously start collecting until 2003.
I would guess it was about 1979. I was 6 years old, and my grandfather would bring home $20 worth of pennies from the bank every Sunday for me to search through for wheaties. Never found any of the really good ones, but that's where a lifelong passion started for me! Thanks, Grandpa!
Wow some serious seasoned vets. I started collecting in 1988-90. Had my danscos almost filled, and then moved to Japan. Didn't get back into it until 2010.
I think shortly before my first ad in Coin World...about 1961.
Trade XF 1911-s cent for 3 silver dollars, no culls. The 3 dollars went to Marks Coin Shop on Lincoln Ave in San Jose. $1.07 each. I traded 1 cent for $3.21 and my mom paid for the ad and the stamp.
I really don't have any ideal but I would guess I've been interested in old coins off and on since about 1961. Had all my old coins stolen by a buddy about 1970 then took a big long break cause I got married and Kids and things. But the passion was always there.
<< <i>I think shortly before my first ad in Coin World...about 1961.
Trade XF 1911-s cent for 3 silver dollars, no culls. The 3 dollars went to Marks Coin Shop on Lincoln Ave in San Jose. $1.07 each. I traded 1 cent for $3.21 and my mom paid for the ad and the stamp.
My greatest moment in the second grade. >>
Was this the same Mark's Coin shop that wound up moving to Los Gatos?
Sincerely,
Stewart Huckaby mailto:stewarth@HA.com ------------------------------------------ Heritage Auctions Heritage Auctions
Regardless of the date, I'll always say that I started collecting a "year or two too late!!".
None of my parents or grandparents or relatives collected coins. I guess a lot of it had to do with the fact that they were original immigrants or 1st-generation Americans with not much money, ekeing out a living without much if any spare change.
However, my grandparents started buying each of us grandsons a Mint/Proof set each birthday, starting when I was 4 (1962).
While not collecing themselves, they were very supportive of my developing interest, and, by the time I was 7 or 8, I was spending time at their home in center-city Philly going thru their change & filling holes in the blue Whitman penny & nickel folders they had given me.
After a while, I expanded into dimes & quarters. But it was already after clad coins had been introduced, so any silver I obtained came either from circulation finds or a few coins my parents had put away & divvied-out to each of us siblings. If I wanted to expand any further, it would have to be thru B&M's (which seemed to be much more plentiful & "small-collector-friendly" back then), rolls from a bank (my best friend's mom worked at one & brought us rolls home. One of mine had an 1876 IHC in it, which got me hooked on THAT variety!). My entire collection consisted of circulation-finds, and pretty much never expanded from that principle until much later in life (out of necessity, when IHC's, wheaties, silver, etc no longer circulated, or to fill that 50D nickel hole, etc).
While I was younger and they were still alive & active, I used to walk with them the mile or two downtown each way to "Smelter's Row" with my grandparents to sift thru large coffee cans full of "junk" silver in an attempt to fill my Merc/Roosie/Wash folders. With no job and a meager allowance, I had to budget my purchases at the time, since silver was an unheard-of FOUR times face!!
Stupid me, I never got into SLQ's or Barbers at all, and Walkers/Franklins/Morgans/Peace WAY later in life, so they are poorly or not represented at all in my collection. And I find most of those to be some of the most beautiful designs on U.S. coins (along with IHC's & 2-cent pieces).
When I look thru all the blue Whitman folders I have since accumulated & attempted to fill, I still think back to the loving support I got from my grandparents as I started my modest set of coins, and I get misty-eyed (which seems quite common among fellow collectors when harking back to their roots....).
For this reason, I try to contribute much of my "extras" and odds'n'ends to the local YN club table every time I go to the local monthly coin show. If just a few additional kids can feel what I felt, I'll be happy!
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A good tip for parents/grandparents/other.
My Dad gave me my first Whitman cent album in February 1972.
I know this because he had me write my name and the date on the inside rear flap. I have this info in all my folders and albums that I received in the first half of the seventies.
It's pretty cool to see the info in your 2nd grade hand writing.
I had my kids do the same thing when I gave them a new folder or album.
Just a thought.
John
P.S. Or my answer could be 1963 because my uncle gave my a '63 proof set in a Capital holder when I was born.
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Learned alot in 8 years of what not to buy, too bad it took 8 years.....
Too many positive BST transactions with too many members to list.
Wish I still had them..........sold em to buy slot cars.
Herb
<< <i>1964, I received a Kennedy Half Dollar from my Grandmother. She took some fingernail polish and put my initials on the back. >>
It wasn't this coin was it??
Herb
Trade XF 1911-s cent for 3 silver dollars, no culls. The 3 dollars went to Marks Coin Shop on Lincoln Ave in San Jose. $1.07 each. I traded 1 cent for $3.21 and my mom paid for the ad and the stamp.
My greatest moment in the second grade.
<< <i>About 1939 when my father's sister gave me a silver 3 cent piece. >>
We have a winner.
Richard
my car art & My Ebay stuff
“In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock." - Thomas Jefferson
My digital cameo album 1950-64 Cameos - take a look!
Later on it became a disease
<< <i>I think shortly before my first ad in Coin World...about 1961.
Trade XF 1911-s cent for 3 silver dollars, no culls. The 3 dollars went to Marks Coin Shop on Lincoln Ave in San Jose. $1.07 each. I traded 1 cent for $3.21 and my mom paid for the ad and the stamp.
My greatest moment in the second grade. >>
Was this the same Mark's Coin shop that wound up moving to Los Gatos?
Stewart Huckaby
mailto:stewarth@HA.com
------------------------------------------
Heritage Auctions
Heritage Auctions
2801 W. Airport Freeway
Dallas, Texas 75261
Phone: 1-800-US-COINS, x1355
Heritage Auctions
None of my parents or grandparents or relatives collected coins. I guess a lot of it had to do with the fact that they were original immigrants or 1st-generation Americans with not much money, ekeing out a living without much if any spare change.
However, my grandparents started buying each of us grandsons a Mint/Proof set each birthday, starting when I was 4 (1962).
While not collecing themselves, they were very supportive of my developing interest, and, by the time I was 7 or 8, I was spending time at their home in center-city Philly going thru their change & filling holes in the blue Whitman penny & nickel folders they had given me.
After a while, I expanded into dimes & quarters. But it was already after clad coins had been introduced, so any silver I obtained came either from circulation finds or a few coins my parents had put away & divvied-out to each of us siblings. If I wanted to expand any further, it would have to be thru B&M's (which seemed to be much more plentiful & "small-collector-friendly" back then), rolls from a bank (my best friend's mom worked at one & brought us rolls home. One of mine had an 1876 IHC in it, which got me hooked on THAT variety!). My entire collection consisted of circulation-finds, and pretty much never expanded from that principle until much later in life (out of necessity, when IHC's, wheaties, silver, etc no longer circulated, or to fill that 50D nickel hole, etc).
While I was younger and they were still alive & active, I used to walk with them the mile or two downtown each way to "Smelter's Row" with my grandparents to sift thru large coffee cans full of "junk" silver in an attempt to fill my Merc/Roosie/Wash folders. With no job and a meager allowance, I had to budget my purchases at the time, since silver was an unheard-of FOUR times face!!
Stupid me, I never got into SLQ's or Barbers at all, and Walkers/Franklins/Morgans/Peace WAY later in life, so they are poorly or not represented at all in my collection. And I find most of those to be some of the most beautiful designs on U.S. coins (along with IHC's & 2-cent pieces).
When I look thru all the blue Whitman folders I have since accumulated & attempted to fill, I still think back to the loving support I got from my grandparents as I started my modest set of coins, and I get misty-eyed (which seems quite common among fellow collectors when harking back to their roots....).
For this reason, I try to contribute much of my "extras" and odds'n'ends to the local YN club table every time I go to the local monthly coin show. If just a few additional kids can feel what I felt, I'll be happy!
- - Dave