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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;V. Kurt Bellman, post: 3030155, member: 71723&quot;]Okay, first, I carefully open the bag with a minimum of coin movement. I then set up four &quot;zones&quot; on my desk: Denver Nice, Denver Meh, Philly Nice, and Philly Meh (which is admittedly redundant). I then take out each coin from the bag and do a quick sort into the four zones. The two piles of Meh coins get tubed up into plastic tubes, for now.</p><p><br /></p><p>The really nice ones then get a VERY close going over. I usually can find serious MS67 and MS68 candidates, and even some PL designation worthy pieces, at least from Denver. I have done so with some regularity on 67&#039;s and PL&#039;s. I&#039;ve only found one MS68 in three years.</p><p><br /></p><p>I take the Meh coins, about half P and half D, with me to all major coin shows I attend, and use them as handouts to kids I see that have an interest in coins, and I add one to any tips I pay to anyone near the show. I have flips and little cards with me, pre-printed to promote the show. The little card goes in the other half of the flip from the Kennedy.</p><p><br /></p><p>I haven&#039;t come up &quot;in the red&quot; on the system yet. I take my responsibility to &quot;grow the hobby&quot; VERY seriously. Unlike many, I&#039;m not all, &quot;ME, ME, ME&quot;, and I need to feed the youngsters with curiosity.</p><p><br /></p><p>The nice, but not slab-worthy, ones slowly get fed into coin club auctions. The slab-worthy go to NGC.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve become convinced that the &quot;Internet Division&quot; of the coin hobby is VERY sadly missing out on some of this hobby&#039;s best stuff. The &quot;Coin Show Attending Division&quot; is where it&#039;s at, for me. Unless you do major shows, you can never really grasp what motivates me in this hobby.</p><p><br /></p><p>I just checked my latest update on &quot;App In The Air&quot;. Since just four years ago, March 2014, I have flown 22,102 miles, 64 air hours, attending major coin shows, predominantly ANA shows, but some others. And if you add Amtrak miles, hours, and meals, it&#039;s far more.</p><p><br /></p><p>And sometimes, I take detours to meet great people like [USER=75866]@Santinidollar[/USER] and [USER=36864]@Kirkuleez[/USER].[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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