One final purchase to post, when I get back to the hotel. Whew, I’m spent. Physically and financially.
My wallet finally loosened up a bit, and I bought these three. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Update: graded XF40 at NGC. The last two were from Paul John...
Aha! @ldhair. [ATTACH]
Finally, some CoinTalk faces. @lardan [ATTACH] @messydesk[ATTACH] @ToughCOINS [ATTACH]
Third coin purchase for the show (@$225) [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Meet Hope, an Aussie shepherd I met outside. Pretty baby. [ATTACH] Been there, got one of those. Meet Lucy, in this pic from home. (Note also...
One booth was selling gemstones and stuff. I bought this polished Labradorite heart for Mom (she loved the stuff). Her birthday was January 4th-...
There was only one young gentleman there, and he said Mika was in New York. Sorry.
My second coin purchase for the show, from Karl Stephens. @Chris B ‘s silent influence and “Wildman” obsession made me do it. ;) I bought it,...
Saturday, January 7, 2023. [ATTACH] “Ben” changed costumes. [ATTACH]
Good on you, @AussieCollector - this is a type I’ve been meaning to add, myself. Haven’t got one yet.
… was an ancient, albeit a rather modestly priced one. I liked the patina on it, and had been feeling the lack of any Judaean coinage in my...
Dinner Friday night was at a Brazilian buffet with new friends I just met today. I forgot to take food pix, which is very unlike me.
I looked up the cert on that proof double eagle that they let me hold with my grubby little peasant hands. https://www.pcgs.com/cert/44155911...
Will do my best tomorrow. Sorry I missed a lot of these messages when I got distracted and had to leave my phone at Tom Wood’s table to recharge.
I stayed over in the 100-400 aisles all day, aside from one visit to the PCGS booth. What’s your table number? I’ll visit the other side of the...
I asked why they stuck it in an oversized holder like that. “Because it’s such an important coin, I guess,” was what I recall the dealer saying....
Stuff was piled every whichaway on those tables, so I probably just missed them. I’ll try to remember to recheck tomorrow AM.
This is nice. Don’t think I’m a buyer, but I was semi-tempted. @Jdmern has it. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] So far, not counting a tasty but heinously...
Interesting nonmetallic relics from the famous “Ship of Gold” (SS Central America) shipwreck. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
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