It was really great seeing and talking with several CT forum members at this show! Stone, Magman, Ahab, Arizona Jack (with his wife Sheila and buddy Mark) and of course Rick Snow. I know I'm missing a couple of others, please forgive me. Fox 11 news was there and filmed Rick talking about that beautiful Carnton Indian cent collection he had at the FUN show. They also filmed my 9-planchet capped die error, as well as my penny on a struck dime and nickel on a penny planchet errors. I haven't seen the news clip but I understand it aired Friday night. I had a very good show, even better than last year. Things were really busy on Friday, I sold several pieces of Early American Copper to another dealer, and made some other good sales to the public as well. Later that day, I even "cherry picked" off another dealer a beautiful 1869 Indian cent in NGC MS65 RB that he hadn't noticed was the S-3 1869/69! That was my best buy in a long time. (Someone on the PCGS forum even mentioned nominating me for a "You Suck" award for that purchase!) Then Saturday I participated in the kids' treasure hunt. They put a little lady bug sticker on my case and the kids had to try and find it. When they did, they got a new 2009 penny! It's so fun watching these kids get excited when they found the ladybug and saw the bright shiny penny they got! I also found a really pretty 1909 proof Indian cent and bought a beautiful 1897 PF67 toned Indian cent from Rick. Can't wait to get Todd to photograph that one for me! It was especially wonderful seeing Arizona Jack again. I was able to buy a beautifully toned Lincoln cent and a nice large cent off Jack. And it was like old times again, going to dinner at the usual great Mexican restaurant, then off to the casino to play poker on Friday night. Only this time his wife joined us too! We played 3/6 limit hold-um where no one ever folds and EVERYONE stays in to the river! Even though I didn't win anything that night, we all had a great time - I think Jack ended up ahead, and even Rick ended up playing blackjack and winning in the end. Then around 6 pm on Saturday, I was finally on my way to meet my husband in Glamis for a couple days camping and offroading in the sand dunes of the Imperial Desert. The weather was perfect, though the time went by pretty quickly. We even stopped at the local pizza/bar joint to catch of glimpse of the Chargers playoff game (since my hubby is a Chargers/Padres fan). We headed back to camp when they were ahead, only to get back to camp and find out the Chargers had lost! Wow, was my husband disappointed! He had to have another rum and coke just to drown his sorrows.... Now we're back home, but wow is the rain coming down and the wind blowing hard! We sure need the rain here in SoCal, but it makes unloading the trailer and cleaning up the buggy kinda tough - that's why I'm able to make this post now, instead of later! And last, but not least, Todd has sent me photographs of all my FUN newps, so look for them to be posted here on CT over the next few days. But for all of you who trudged through this thread, here's a sneak preview of one of my new pets!!!
:thumb: it was good seeing and chatting with you again! That 9/9 was nice, especially because it was quite evident with a loupe! Of course that Proof Toner was a beauty as well. And I can't forget that 1916 matte proof! :high5: It was also good seeing Jack again, I didn't even know he'd be at the show. I also met Stone for the first time, and chatted with Rick Snow again. I forgot to take my camera with me and get a group picture - doh!
Oh yes, and here is a photo of me and a few other "Glamis Girls" in our new Glamis tee-shirts! (That's me on the right.)
Great report on the show PL, can't wait to see some more of Todd's pics. That Campbridgeshire token is a real beauty.
Here's a link I just started with some of my newps with Todd's photos: http://www.cointalk.com/t88494/#post790810
Thanks Penny Lady, I really enjoy your posts on the shows you attend. Up here in the frozen north we don't have the coin show schedules other parts of the country have. Maybe it's just as well, just got confirmation on shipping for three MS64 two centers from Heritage's FUN auction. I'm off to check out the new pics.....
