I went to my first coin show on saturday, and it was wonderful. The first thing I noticed was how old the people were, I believe that the mean age was at least 50+ and all of the people around my age did not seem very happy to be there. I was definitely getting a lot of odd looks, most people wondered if I was brought too. We ( I brought my parents) had to drive 40 minutes to get to the Guelph show, but it was VERY worth it. I picked up a 1870 shinplaster, an 1900 shinplaster with what appears to be a cutting error, and my favourite a 1858 20 cent coin in VF, for 150. Back on to the show, it was fairly empty, lots of room to walk around and all of the dealers seemed talkative, most asked me questions and pointed out cool things to me. One let me hold a MS+ 1858 20 cent coin (valued at over 1k) which shocked me. The people there seemed to be very trusting, nurturing and all around good people. Are any cointalker's going to TOREX?? On to the question, one of the dealers there showed me a LARGE american ( probobly a private mint) coin with what appeared to be a bicentinial theme. I may be remembering a little off, but I think the coin was at least 10 centimeters in diameter, any ideas on what it is?
How can you say that without more information? There are mint medals around that size and there was even a gold Bicentennial Medal that was about 4 inches in diameter
Yes, I was referring to the term 'coin'. The US Mint has not made a "coin" that is 100 mm (10 cm) in diameter (or at least not to my knowledge). coin - a piece of metal, usually flat and usually round, used as a form of money and generally made by a government authority and stamped with its value medal - a piece of metal, often flat and round, issued to commemerate a person or event or given as an award
