Local coin show gets television news coverage, Concord, California

I have rarely seen coin shows covered on the television news, usually only if an extremely rare coin is shown, or there is some activity like the Kennedy 2014 coin fiascos.

I went to the local coin show on Friday, January 9 (2015), the NorCal show held in Concord, California, at the Clarion Hotel, around 30 miles from San Francisco. This was a small local show with about 30 dealers present.

Later that evening I watched the San Francisco KGO Channel 7 television news, which ran a short feature on the coin show where a dealer showed an Isle of Man silver "coin" weighing 9 lbs, worth $7,000.


The news reporter added "get your coins appraised for free".

This link has the KGO news clip along with others:
http://archive.org/details/KGO_20150110_010000_ABC7_News_500PM#start/1440/end/1500

On a personal note, I found this interesting Franklin D. Roosevelt election token:


Franklin D. Roosevelt US Capitol and Dirigible "Lucky Tillicum" Token
Brass, 32mm, 12.86gm

 

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nice token

 

On that same newscast, KGO also reported that the only traffic light in Concord was malfunctioning, but traffic to and from church would not be affected.

J/K!

Chris

 

I grew up there. Actually lived in the adjacent small town of Clayton, but went to high school in Concord. It is actually a fairly large small city...very spread out suburbia. Population is over 120,000.

Rob

 

Neat! I was there on Saturday. For me, the highlight was holding this coin: http://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/index.aspx?CertNumber=3378448-012 and a mint state 18th-century large cent in my hand.

 

I was there as well attending my first show ever and my first non-internet buy ever. I saw the large Isle of Man coin. That dealer had a whole bunch of large silver.

 

Nice coin the ms large cent sonunds nice too