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First Coin Show Posted 09-20-2009 at 04:35 PM by chip Tags Today I attended my first coin show. The show was held in Rockford which is not too far from home base, so I decided to attend if possible. I mentioned the show to my wife during the week, and she decided to attend with me, since we are both so busy during the week it made the anticipation more exciting to me. One of the strongest pieces of advice mentioned many times by the experienced collectors was to not buy at your first show, instead to walk around, talk to... Continue reading... chip chip

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Words and Pictures Posted 09-06-2009 at 04:35 PM by chip Tags Thomas Nast was a famous 19th century political cartoonist, he is generally credited with symbolizing the republican party giving them the elephant as their parties totem. One of the leaders of the corrupt Tammany Hall political combine remarked that he was unconcerned about editorials and newspaper articles that blasted the ins of the great metropolis, because their voters did not read anyway, but that Nasts cartoons hurt them, because he was able to, using pictures, to convey ideas to the illiterate... Continue reading... chip chip

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