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6. Pennies!

Fri Jun 6, 2025, 02:05 PM

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I came out of a poor family, Dad was a city bus driver. Think a thin version of Ralph Kramden.

But pennies were a good fit for my budget, plus my best friend Dave down the street would trade with me for the ones missing from our folders.

Still have some of them.

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Name something you collect as a kid or an adult? I used to collect baseball cards as a kid [View all] debm55 Friday OP

Coins, stamps, baseball cards. bif Friday #1

Thank you very much, blf debm55 Friday #4

Coffee cups indigoth Friday #2

I'm bettin' you have a favorite ten. Permanut Friday #3

Wow indigoth. Where did you keep 300 coffee cups. You really thinned the herd. debm55 Friday #5

Pennies! Permanut Friday #6

Thank you very much Permanut. That sounds great. debm55 Friday #24

Buttons Raven123 Friday #7

Thank you very much Raven123. I have glass jars with buttons in friends home. Very decorative. debm55 Friday #25

Mostly bills True Dough Friday #8

Right there with you on that. LoisB Friday #14

HAHAHAHHAHAHHA. Thank you True Dough. That's funny. debm55 Friday #26

Rocks no_hypocrisy Friday #9

Thank you very much, no_hypocrisy. I used to buy fool's gold. Think it was real gold. debm55 Friday #27

Pounds... The Madcap Friday #10

Thank you The Madcap. Me too. debm55 Friday #28

Lint Sneederbunk Friday #11

Small figurines Archae Friday #12

Very sweet, Archae. Thank you for sharing your collection with us. debm55 Friday #29

Also baseball cards. boonecreek Friday #13

Thank you boonecreek. I had the Pirates team from 1965 debm55 Friday #31

Boy, do I remember that team. boonecreek Friday #48

I had a score book for each game also. Wrote up the statistic while watching each game. Back then you could not watch debm55 Friday #49

As a child, comic books and baseball cards; as an adult: books, baskets, rocks. LoisB Friday #15

Great collections LoisB, Thank you very much for sharing with us. debm55 Friday #32

Neat thread k_buddy762 Friday #16

Thank you very much k_buddy762, You have quite a collection. Thank you for sharing. debm55 Friday #33

Started collecting justaprogressive Friday #17

Thank you very much, justaprogressive. I wasn't aware of the the song. thank you for sharing with us. debm55 Friday #34

The souls of my enemies. flvegan Friday #18

HAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAH. Thank you very much, fivegan. debm55 Friday #35

howdi AllaN01Bear Friday #19

Wow , what a collection. Thank you for sharing all your collections.AllaN01Bear, I agree with you , collections are best debm55 Friday #36

I played Magic: the Gathering for 8 years. Morbius Saturday #54

Thank you very much. Morbius. That is quit a sum of money. Thank you for sharing with us. debm55 Saturday #57

Vintage toys and advertising. Wuddles440 Friday #20

What a wonderful collection, Wuddles440. I used to collect vintage banks. Thank you for sharing with us. debm55 Friday #38

BARBIES! Mad_Dem_X Friday #21

Thank you very much, Mad_Dem_X. I thought I was the only one. I had my first Barbie in grade school. The original, blond debm55 Friday #41

I forgot to mention fossils. And I got a bunch of arrowheads from my brother. bif Friday #22

Thank you very much bif. OMG. You have boxes of them? Take some out and display them. They are as unique as you debm55 Friday #42

Baseball Cards, Types Of Rocks,... ProfessorGAC Friday #23

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Actuallly, Yyes! ProfessorGAC Saturday #53

Thank you ProfessorGAC. You can pour over lamb or ice cream. Or leave whear it is at. debm55 Sunday #62

Summer of 1966. I was 12 years old. We moved to another state BOSSHOG Friday #30

Oh, BOSSHOG, I have been there. My cards were kept by teams with a rubber band around each team. When we move, they got debm55 Friday #44

Old baby/childhood photos of my friends.... WVGal1963 Friday #37

Oh wow, WVGal1963. That is so unique and creative. I love what you did. It sounds like everyone enjoyed it. Thank you debm55 Friday #45

Pages and pages of sentences I would have to write JMCKUSICK Friday #39

Thank you John.for sharing. You are a terrific writer as shown on your posts debm55 Friday #46

I collect autographed first editions. Aristus Friday #40

Great collections, and experiences. Thank you Aristus for sharing with us. debm55 Friday #47

MAD Magazine issues. Wolf Frankula Saturday #50

Thank you Wolf Frankula. I was a MAD Magazine too. That is sad they threw it away without asking debm55 Saturday #55

glass telephone poll insulators lapfog_1 Saturday #51

Oh those are so colorful and neat. What a unique collection, Thank you lap_fog1 for sharing with us. debm55 Saturday #56

Comic books and Mad Magazines as a teenager. Also pennies. generalbetrayus Saturday #52

Wow, I would trade with friends that bought different ones. Yes, I remember the 12 cent ones. You made a nice slice of debm55 Saturday #58

Right now I'm searching for this years new female Emile Saturday #59

Thank you very much for sharing with us, Emile. I hope you find them. debm55 Sunday #61

mine have changed over the years but one is constant: books!!!!! yellowdogintexas Sunday #60

OH Wow, what collections you have. Thank you very much, yellowdogintexas. Thank you for sharing all of your collections. debm55 Sunday #63

David Winter Cottages LogDog75 Sunday #64

Thank you for sharing your collection, LogDog75. They sound beautiful.The picture of the cottage doesn;t show up on my debm55 Sunday #66

Various. As a kid baseball cards, shells. Tween - onward rocks, and minerals. Mid teens into adulthood - beads for.... electric_blue68 Sunday #65

OMG, me too. But I go through stages---Painting, Polymer clay Jewelry. crochet lap blankets for the VA..Collage work of debm55 Sunday #67

YW. Batik fabric, weaving and polymer clay! Nice!... electric_blue68 Sunday #68

It's been great :talk to" Go on youtube. The best is clayboytique ---absolutely the best and Jessama Tutorials. TikTok debm55 Sunday #69

I will look at those vids. 👍 Ah, heavy cardboard.... electric_blue68 Monday #71

Foam board works well too debm55 Monday #72

Comic books... B.See Sunday #70

Thank you very much B.See. Mine got lost when we moved. debm55 Monday #73