I started coin collecting when my grandpa gave me a Morgan dollar. I researched it to find the value and history on the coin and I was very fascinated by it. I asked my grandpa where he got it from and he replied, “I got it from my coin collection”. When he showed me his bag of 500 Morgan dollars, I was mesmerized.
1921 Morgan dollar
Now I buy, trade, and find different types of currency. I collect American, Russian, Belizean and other denominations of coins and banknotes. My favorite coins are silver but I collect coins of all compositions. Some coins I own are rare such as the trime (three cent coin) with less 50 million in the series while other coins such as the steel penny (1943) have a high mintage of over a billion coins.
1853 trime
Sources for mintage numbers:
https://www.usacoinbook.com/coins/three-cents/silver-three-cent/
http://lincolncents.net/lincoln-cent-mintages/
