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<p>[QUOTE="Seattlite86, post: 3432985, member: 59737"]It was a pleasure meeting up with you and seeing these awesome coins in person. I love hearing the stories behind them that bring the images to life. I specifically appreciated the connection with Antoninus Pius and the Brittania symbol. I recognized the reverse right away as it looks like a lot of the older British pennies in my collection. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Honestly, the show and tell and sharing of numismatics is my favorite part about the show; I'm very glad we all made it.</p><p><br /></p><p>I enjoyed the show and personally like the smaller ones. Dealers will spend more time talking with you, they will generally have decent costs because they're not trying to make up for the travel and table expenses, and the wares are often varied and interesting. I did see a nice Regensburg Taler that was maybe lightly cleaned, but I'm still on coin probation, so I didn't look too hard at it. I was surprised to see so much US stuff, but being that it was near Wiesbaden, I know a lot of Soldiers frequented the areas.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, I had a lot of fun and hope we can do it again sometime soon. I shot you an email with the article I'm working on. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Seattlite86, post: 3432985, member: 59737"]It was a pleasure meeting up with you and seeing these awesome coins in person. I love hearing the stories behind them that bring the images to life. I specifically appreciated the connection with Antoninus Pius and the Brittania symbol. I recognized the reverse right away as it looks like a lot of the older British pennies in my collection. :) Honestly, the show and tell and sharing of numismatics is my favorite part about the show; I'm very glad we all made it. I enjoyed the show and personally like the smaller ones. Dealers will spend more time talking with you, they will generally have decent costs because they're not trying to make up for the travel and table expenses, and the wares are often varied and interesting. I did see a nice Regensburg Taler that was maybe lightly cleaned, but I'm still on coin probation, so I didn't look too hard at it. I was surprised to see so much US stuff, but being that it was near Wiesbaden, I know a lot of Soldiers frequented the areas. Anyway, I had a lot of fun and hope we can do it again sometime soon. I shot you an email with the article I'm working on. :)[/QUOTE]
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