A $5 penny helped start a lifelong obsession with collecting. 🪙 Carl Sr.’s fascination with coins began with something incredibly simple.

A $5 penny helped start a lifelong obsession with collecting. 🪙 Carl Sr.’s fascination with coins began with something incredibly simple. A coworker showed him a worn 1912-S penny that their boss wanted for his collection. When Carl discovered the boss was willing to pay $5 for that tiny old coin, he couldn’t believe it. That moment made him curious. Why could an ordinary-looking coin carry so much value? Decades later, Carl still describes coins as something bigger than money—they’re physical pieces of history, each carrying a story from another generation. And at 88 years old, his advice to the next generation of hobby shop owners is just as simple: “Take care of your customers, and they’ll take care of you.” Nearly seven decades of Mace Coin and Cards proves there might be something to that philosophy. ❤️ #CoinCollecting #VintageCoins #SportsCards #CardCollector #HobbyShop