Basics and Beyond

My collecting history has followed a path that many of my readers may identify with. I began as a junior collector when I was in junior high school (today’s middle school), continued collecting throughout my high school years, and put my collection away while I was in college.

My college years consumed the better part of a decade, but when I took my first (and only, as it turned out) major position, I dusted off my albums and resumed the life of a coin collector. Initially, I worked on completing collections that I had begun many years before.