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Heritage Collector’s Corner: Why, and what, do you collect?

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We’re well aware here at Heritage that our clientele are some of the most interesting, influential people around, and all of you come with a story. Now we want you to tell us just what that story is. Maybe it’s a remembrance of why you started collecting, or a survey of how far your collection has come. We’re looking for stories that can wow, make us laugh or cry, or otherwise remind us why we collect what we do. We would like to share these stories with the rest of the Heritage community, so this is an open call and a chance for you to tell your story.

 

Submission Guidelines:

1. Send submissions to CollectorsCorner@HA.com (You can also send ideas for other topics.)

2. Submissions should be less than no more than 2,000 words

3. Select submissions will be published anonymously by Heritage on the Heritage Blog, in company e-mails and in web promotion. All submissions are subject to editing and proofing. The author’s name will remain confidential.

 

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Just by coincidence, I posted this story elsewhere here today.

 

I have been a collector since 1957 and I remember how I got started. One morning my father only had a $1 for school lunches for his 3 sons, I was the youngest at age 7. Anyway, I was appointed to walk to the nearby gas station and get 4 quarters for the $1. (Back then, school lunch was 25 cents and an extra milk was 5 cents). Anyway, one of the quarters was a very worn 1907 Barber. Well, I got that one for lunch money, but I never bought lunch with it. I was hungry all afternoon but I kept that coin and was seriously bitten by the coin bug...and am still going strong.

 

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