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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ksparrow, post: 693063, member: 7638&quot;]CU forum= Collector&#039;s Universe= PCGS US Coins forum.&nbsp; The Richmond Convention Center is a huge enclosed space, from the entrance I used it was a good 2 city blocks to the show. I parked in a residential area, if&nbsp; I had used the pay deck it would have saved about a block of walking.&nbsp; They have a show there once a year, and I will be back next time.&nbsp; Here is my Sunday update:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p>Sunday September 20, 2009 4:51 PM&nbsp;&nbsp; (NEW!)&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>()Rich Uhrich explained on the PCGS forum that he was attending a show in Pa. at the same time as the Richmond show, otherwise he would have been there.)</p><p>Thanks, Rich, I hope you had a good show, at least you didn&#039;t have to deal with the I-95 traffic. Maybe next year. I returned today, and the hoped for post-church post-lunch rush didn&#039;t really materialize, although things seemed to pick up a bit after 3pm strangely enough, as people were starting to pack up.</p><p><br /></p><p>My first stop, once again, was at the Reeded Edge table. This time I remembered my list of SLQ&#039;s I need for my circ set (I probably could have remembered the ones I DO have, all 5 of them!). Robbie helped me find what I needed, and I ended up with a nice, natural looking group including a 19-s.</p><p><br /></p><p>I meandered over to Col. Ellsworth&#039;s table (butternut coins) and had a few seconds to drool over the chain cents as they were packed away. While I was looking at the SLQ&#039;s, a fellow walked up to the table and showed the Col. a coin he had dug up near Williamsburg. I had a look at it too. It was a 1794 half dime, and appeared to be in vf condition with nice surfaces and no damage that I could see. It was suggested that he join the PCGS collector society and send the coin in for grading and authentication. He said that he plans to trade it for a &quot;really nice Civil War artifact.&quot; If it were mine, it wouldn&#039;t be going anywhere!</p><p><br /></p><p>I met &#039;Doc&#039; Yancho of Rare Coins of Raleigh, who was nice enough to give me some pointers on SLQ grading, his specialty, and I picked up a couple of more common dates for my set. I may have him keep an eye peeled for some of the tougher coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Larry Engle, of Central Virginia Coin in Charlottesville, showed me a binder with some really interesting US tokens- mainly later stuff- but I couldn&#039;t resist buying one of the large brass tokens from the 1893 Chicago World&#039;s Fair, and one from the 1933 Century of Progress. Both cost me about $55. We swapped some stories about a really bizarre little auction place up on Rt. 29. I look forward to seeing him again.</p><p><br /></p><p>As I left, i caught the electric shuttle car to carry me the 1 or 2 blocks INSIDE the Convention Center to get to the exit closest to my car. The driver and I waited for an elderly gent in a wheelchair and his son, as they needed a lift to the block-away elevator to get to their hotel. The Dad was moving VERY slowly due to Parkinson&#039;s, but was able to get in and out of the shuttle with very little help. His son explained that 3 years ago his Dad was still playing basketball and singlehandedly took down a huge tree right next to their home! Most cases of P.D. that I see are slowly progressive, so to be practically immobilized in such a short time would be devastating, I imagine, yet here was this fine old gentleman having a good day at the coin show with his boy, although now he was the one who needed to be looked after. Isn&#039;t it a fine hobby that can carry across generations like this, and still be accessible to those of fragile constitution?</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks to the Virginia Numismatic Association for organizing such a well-run show, with the accompanying talks and auction, and for providing the indoor shuttle service, which proved to be much more than a convenience in some cases![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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