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Samuel Cary

Samuel Cary is 13 years old and in 8th grade. He is mostly home-schooled, but he does attend McCook Junior High School for band (trombone) and choir. Samuel enjoys being on the YMCA McCook swim team, mountain climbing, and camping. He is also very interested in cars, specifically newer models. He likes to write stories about his hobbies and he reads a lot of books; his favorite is the series “Ranger’s Apprentice”. Samuel is the middle child of three boys and he has four pets - a dog named Mercy, a cat named Grace, a bearded dragon named Toothless, and a fish named Wilma. His favorite movie is “Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith”. Samuel will be sharing a series of articles about his coin collecting hobby.

How I got into coin collecting (9/12/24)

McCOOK, Neb. - One day my grandmother and I were looking through her box of “treasures”. Most of them only had value to her, but then we came about a tiny sack. It was very heavy and as soon as I picked it up, I knew there were coins in it. I had always been interested in old coins and their value but had never held that many in my hands before. There wasn’t anything special in the sack- just some wheat pennies and dollar coins and such- but it was enough to get me attached to coins...