How I started is not much different than many in the community. My grandfather gave me my start in collecting coins
when I was young. What interested me was just how many coins he had and how consistent he was in pursuing his collecting.
Each week, after cashing his paycheck, he would come home from the bank with a handful of wrapped coins. After dinner, I would head upstairs to my grandparents house, coin books in hand, and we would sit at the table and go thru the rolls. It was during these search-sessions that he explained why he removed all the silver coins and replaced them with the current coins- coins containing lesser metal value. This lesson was one of many that stayed with me to this day.
Here are a couple images of a few of the newest additions to the collection.
The Eagles were random pickups from Ebay (both slightly under spot with free shipping) and the "junk" silver was a lucky find. Going to my son's baseball game, I parked in a residential area and passed a yard sale. $6 later, I added a tarnished 1964 half and two quarters (46 & 50)
The last addition is, IMO, more of a piece of silver artwork... with a political slant. I love SSG's approach to exposing the banksters, government and the behind the scene players. Hopefully, I will have more images of the shiny stuff to share in the next few days.