VPhillips's Bio
I'm a 45-year-old Business Manager. I've been divorced for 15 years and I focus on work, backpacking, photography and now finally back to coin collecting.
I received my first collectible coin, an 1887 Morgan Silver Dollar, (that I grade to be EF-40), from my Grandfather Bockman when I was 12 years old. He wrote a note with it that stated, "This coin is made of silver, and its intrinsic value is far greater than its face value." I remember SO many times in my youth wanting to sell or spend that silver dollar and am happy and proud that I always avoided the temptation. I do not ever plan on parting with that coin.
After my divorce 15 years ago, I ran across some hard times and sold my collection. At the time, it included a nice NGC Registry Peace Dollar collection, (which can be seen under the username vphillips), a complete SBA $1 collection, a complete Ike $1 collection, the starting of a Walking Liberty 50c collection, a nice statehood quarter collection I was building, a fantastic Type Set (7070) and a complete Silver Eagle bullion collection in MS and PF.
Now, all these years later, in November 2015, I decided to get back into coin collecting. In my first month back I found myself having an absolute BLAST having at times daily shipments of coins; and even though I crazily spent over $800 my first month back into collecting, I'm actually finding myself looking forward to spending more and more and more!
I'm looking forward to a great experience in the NGC Collectors Society and building my statehood quarter registry set of NGC MS-66 or greater while working on Mint sets, a new Peace Dollar Registry Set and even a fun Type Set again in my Dansco album.
Looking forward to gaining and building upon relationships again in the coin community!