What was Your First Coin?

[JohnA]

I just looked back in my Apmex order history. And I remember this was my first coin I bought anywhere. At least in my current iteration as a collector. Dec 2015

I didn't know what I was doing. [still dont'] Anyway, I sold it a few months later and went to collecting silver. More my budget.

 

 

 

[JunkBond]

May surprise a few people but this was my first coin. Not a half sovereign  : -)  (Can't do Emoji's since the big outage of 2018)

Still have it too.

[ilovesilverireallydo]

Mine was a Maria Theresa Thaler my dad had in his collection of random stuff. I liked how it looked, so researched it and that got me hooked. 

[boon]

mine was a 2017 canadian maple. It's at the bottom of my first (and only!) full tube 

[boon]

Just now, boon said:

mine was a 2017 canadian maple. It's at the bottom of my first (and only!) full tube 

Note- thats since bullion / stacking side of collecting started last year. I did collect weird stuff as a child. It turns out when i checked it all, it's all cupro-nickel 

[JohnA]

We should make this more fun.

Match the first coin to the forum member.

I'll do a few to start

@Numistacker = modern sovereign....easy one

@BackyardBullion = a scrap silver coin to melt

@RegalStacker = a hand-hammered Britannia 

[MickD]

2014 maple was first bullion coin.  A nice William IV half crown from my Dad got me interested in numismatics.

[PansPurse]

A 2018 silver bullion Britannia, I mean I am quite new to this ?

[Bullionaire]

Think I've got a half or full sovereign floating about somewhere that I was given as a birthday present in 2008... 

First silver was this year's Tower Bridge "Landmarks of Britain" coughcoughlandmarksoflondoncoughcough coin... vat and all :D 

[richatthecroft]

A 2010 Sovereign in December 2017.  Starting to think I should have left it there....?

[StackerNoob]

Bog standard 2012 Silver Maple for me. 2 in fact, and 3 2013s. Only now moving to complete a tube!

[BackyardBullion]

@JohnAnsink a good guess for sure...but there are 3 answers technically...

The first silver coin I ever bought was a silver crown

The first ever coin I owned was before I was but a twinkle in the milkman's eye - a half krugerrand bought for me* by my Grandfather

*although technically I only own half of it as it is shared with my brother

The first ever silver coin I got my hands on was a walking liberty half dollar (1944) given to me by my grandfather when I was 5 years old. 

 

 

[JimmyStack]

Canadian quarter 1968, found it in our couch when i was 4 ?

[999magnum]

Mine was a spotted 2016 Canadian Maple, actually 2 spotted ones bought from the same seller.

[JohnA]

21 minutes ago, BackyardBullion said:

 

The first ever silver coin I got my hands on was a walking liberty half dollar (1944) given to me by my grandfather when I was 5 years old. 

 

 

 

That is pretty...a special coin for you, I bet.

[AgD]

Mine was a 2015 panda still have it but may well be moving the pandas on soon 

[SilverTanner]

A bullion sovereign for about £35 - showing my age?

[zeusss4]

1907 sovereign for me. I had wrote silver off looking at uk dealer prices until I had done a lot more research 

[Agpanda]

I belive it was an SBSS round, cant remember witch tho

[MickB]

A 2013 silver Britannia that I bought out of curiosity got me started, then another two and it grew from there.

[BoredGit]

Sovereigns left to me and my sisters (which I bought off of them). 6 coins at once.

[Roy]

1904P Sov

7th May 2015

£192.7

Still with me

[Panda82]

cook island  one dollar, like a crown size 

[sovereignsteve]

58 minutes ago, Roy said:

1904P Sov

7th May 2015

£192.7

Still with me

you noob!

good time to start though

[Roy]

Yep!

It got cheaper and cheaper that year. 

I recorded £22.68/gram in Dec 2015.