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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 7911720, member: 19463&quot;]Baltimore, March, 2001, was a good show for me, too.&nbsp;&nbsp; I bought 30 coins (of which I still have about 25) but none of them were from Berk and the total was less than we see on the Spina invoice.&nbsp; He did buy an Eastern Septimius but the invoice does not give details.&nbsp; Berk stopped being a good source for me when he hired someone that knew about the coins I liked and stopped being a good priced source for them.&nbsp; My haul that day was from three &#039;regular&#039; dealers (Kern, Windsor, Zauche) and a few I do not recall having seen regularly but who had coins more &#039;my speed&#039;.&nbsp; I do not recall seeing Berk at most Baltimore shows but could have missed him since, when there, he tended to have a table not near the rest of the Ancient and World dealers.&nbsp; Neither did Jonathan Kern but he was (and still is) worth seeking out when he does a show.&nbsp; The last few Baltimore shows I have been to have not been as good as back then but that may be because I have changed.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>That was the show I commemorated with one of my favorite web pages.&nbsp; Those who have not seen it are invited:</p><p><a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/acmshow.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/acmshow.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/acmshow.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The page was largely a <strike>lie</strike> piece of numismatic fiction since I was actually the buyer of every coin shown but credited them to the three buyers.&nbsp; There were others that did not make the page (I did not there admit to having spent over $500 that day) but all coins shown there were purchased at that show for the prices shown. Those were my favorite times in the hobby. It was fun.&nbsp; What would these coins sell for today?&nbsp; I have no plan to find out.&nbsp; I regret having sold the ones I considered mistakes and will keep the rest. </p><p><img src="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/doug.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/paul.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: left"><img src="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/frank.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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