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Hello everyone. My name is Scott and I've been involved in collecting coins for about 56 years. My grandmother got me started when I was about 8 years old. Every Saturday, when I was young, my grandmother would watch me, while my mother worked at a greyhound bus station. My grandmother lived close to downtown and we would walk down to do her shopping, banking, etc. My grandmother didn't drive. Our last stop was always Leibermann's bakery, where she would give me a quarter to spend on donuts or cookies. She insisted that I always save at least a nickel and put in my little bank at home.
One day, I spent my donut money and got a Buffalo nickel back in the change. I told her that they didn't give me a "real" nickel. She told me that it was real and she would show me more when we got back to her house. She pulled out a box filled with coins and a 1963 Red Book. She explained enough to get me started and I spent the rest of that day reading and looking at coins.
From then on, my brothers would get crisp, new dollar bills for holidays and birthdays from my grandmother. I get the equivalent of what they got, but mine was always in old coins! She continued this even as I got older, for things such as mowing her lawn or other chores that I did for her.
Eventually, I got a paper route and would spend a lot of my money at the local coin dealer. Eventually, I was old enough to get interested in girls, sports, etc. Alas, the coins were kept but mostly forgotten and hid away. Then came college and marriage and a daughter. The coins stayed hidden away in a closet for decades. I retired after a 40 year career in 2021 and got the coins back out.
Now I look through about 21,000 coins a week from bank boxes I purchase and fill holes or sell on ebay some of my finds.
I hope to learn more here and help when I do have knowledge that will help.
Scott
One day, I spent my donut money and got a Buffalo nickel back in the change. I told her that they didn't give me a "real" nickel. She told me that it was real and she would show me more when we got back to her house. She pulled out a box filled with coins and a 1963 Red Book. She explained enough to get me started and I spent the rest of that day reading and looking at coins.
From then on, my brothers would get crisp, new dollar bills for holidays and birthdays from my grandmother. I get the equivalent of what they got, but mine was always in old coins! She continued this even as I got older, for things such as mowing her lawn or other chores that I did for her.
Eventually, I got a paper route and would spend a lot of my money at the local coin dealer. Eventually, I was old enough to get interested in girls, sports, etc. Alas, the coins were kept but mostly forgotten and hid away. Then came college and marriage and a daughter. The coins stayed hidden away in a closet for decades. I retired after a 40 year career in 2021 and got the coins back out.
Now I look through about 21,000 coins a week from bank boxes I purchase and fill holes or sell on ebay some of my finds.
I hope to learn more here and help when I do have knowledge that will help.
Scott
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