edward, was born in the kursk region, the city of shigry, an old city, about 300 years old.still old houses, there were even pre-revolutionary buildings, it all broke down, and we were constantly running there, when we opened the floor, there were coins there , we collected them, they had fallen between the boards, yes, between the boards, i was about 7 years old, i remember walking along the side of the road, the water flowed, well, like a stream after heavy rain, and lay there, apparently washed out, he picked it up from somewhere, it was 1/4 of a kopeck of alexander ii, a rare coin, that is , a monetary unit - 1/4 of a kopeck kilo came from somewhere, i had a neighbor, oleg , he was older than me, he was probably seven years older there , well, he exchanged it for stamps, he obviously liked it, well , i remember he gave me a lot of stamps, and maybe it’s because there was a neighbor who collected coins , he carved stamps on wood there well, he was an artist, although he didn’t study, he generally drew superbly, maybe because of this, what such communication was , collecti