Unfortunately, it’s a little hazy in my mind as to how it all started for me... Was it when I started finding Buffalo Nickels and Mercury Dimes in change and wondered about them? That’s probably how the seed was planted, but I have so many other great early memories as well, like starting a circulated set of Lincoln Cents with my best friend, and in the process meeting a helpful local dealer who taught us a lot. And I’ll never forget the hours we spent stuffing our new treasures into Whitman folders at his mom’s kitchen table. And, of course, all this lead me to voraciously read everything about coins I could get my hands on. I’ve put my numismatic endeavors on the back burner now and then over the years as life unfolded, but I’ve found that, for me, once the spark was struck, it has never really gone out.