Baltimore Whitman Show Pick Ups. Arrived at 1pm today. the show wasn't crowded so had plenty of time to talk with dealers. Bought several foreign currency notes from Daryl Speibring, Banknotes of the World, booth #1003. Daryl and his wife have a great selection that is well organized and priced fairly. Don't remember where I bought the hobo nickel. Will upload the rest of the notes when I get some free time. Costa Rica. I don't believe this note was issued. Hobo nickel by J. Press
Didn't think of that. But my images weren't created in the House gym. I closed down Firefox and Chrome then opened Internet Explorer and was able to delete both of them.
Whew! Don't want the Weiner Thought Police coming after me. I like the bill but some others may been offended. OTOH, I'm sure it would've been a hit with the guy adolescent crowd.
Green18, if you think I can post it and not get Weinered" ie expelled from CT I'll post it again since it's already formatted for CT.
Good point. I'm not so lucky these days. I don't want to be as described on the drudgereport.com this morning - "Weiner Roasted" referring to his resignation.
Attended my first Whitman Lecture today but it won't be my last: MSNA Distinguished Lecture Series: "Buyer Beware," by Anthony Swiatek (http://mdstatenumisassn.org/MSNA/2011/02/13/anthony-swiatek-buying-coins/) He was introduced by Dr Larry Goldman who did an excellent job describing some of Mr Swiatek's accomplishments eg, author of several books, including one on the Walking Liberty half dollar, life time memberships in several prestigious societies, the go to coin guy for the Federal government (he recently testified in a fifty five million dollar coin fraud case resulting in fifteen year sentence for the defendant), past president of several organizations and societies. He started by presenting common sense things to do to avoid getting ripped off, then he talked about some of the big legal cases he's been involved in. Then came the presentation - how to spot altered coins, applying Bondo to cover up flaws. CC dollars where the "CC" has been added and in some humorous cases fell off., dealers adding mint marks, etc. Toward the end of the presentation he had the audience laughing almost continuously. At the end of the presentation, which ran over and only ended because some of the big guns had to do something else or somebody else had to use the room, he was presented a check, honorarium, by the Maryland State Numismatic Society, which he immediately donated to the Society. Netherlands Indies five gulden note. This one is pretty nice, extra fine, I think, everyone one of these notes from three different vendors had problems. This one is crisp, pretty sharp corners, no visible folds, but a small blemish in the upper left hand corner.
"(he recently testified in a fifty five million dollar coin fraud case resulting in fifteen year sentence for the defendant)" Read more: http://www.cointalk.com/t181406/#ixzz1RukgpZhK I saw a recent article in Coin World on a huge fraud scheme that he and Rick Montgomery testified in, but cannot find a link online. Anyone have a link to that case?
Thanks I'm very happy with my purchases this year. got everything on my wish list. "Buyer Beware," presentation by Anthony Swiatek was really worthwhile. >I saw a recent article in Coin World on a huge fraud scheme that he and Rick Montgomery testified in, but cannot find a link online. Anyone have a link to that case?< I'll look for the article.
It was the July 11th issue. The US attorney press release from that area of NY would probably be the thing to consult.
I did a bunch of searching but only turned up limited info. This may be the story: http://www.coinlawfirm.com/blog/pai...ns-the-voss-law-firm-bill-voss-coin-lawye.cfm It's weird that a $30 million plus coin fraud has little in the way of articles or US attorney press releases. I spoke with the Coin World writer on the story this morning. He was heading to court for the 1933 $20 Saints coverage and said he thought the PR from the US attorney would be available.
