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<p>[QUOTE="BuffaloHunter, post: 7972954, member: 5821"]Crikey, it took me long enough to follow up on this. I'll try to keep it short and sweet and add the "show 'n tell" for each day.</p><p><br /></p><p>Friday, Oct.8th: Was at the show all day long - noon to 6PM. The floor was packed for the first three hours or so. Lots of dealer to dealer activity going on. Plenty of people selling junk silver to the dealers as well (including me). The show started slowing down midway through on this day and I was able to sit and talk with a few of the dealers that I have made friends with through the years. All were happy to be at a show again and reported they were doing great business as well. Opposite to the folks selling off junk silver, the dealers I talked to said that they were selling a lot of bullion as well.</p><p><br /></p><p>My purchases this day saw me adding to my type set with a nice example of a Flying Eagle Cent, two additions to my Walker short set, one coin added to my early commems and two to my modern commems:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1383229[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1383230[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Oh, and on this day I also ran into a currency dealer who had a pile of recent hobo nickels that I believe our resident [USER=109300]@Brent hobonickel[/USER] carved. I took a quick glance over their table and was about to walk away but the one gentlemen asked if I had seen the nickels they had because he noticed the shirt I was wearing (see post above for Fridays apparel selection). He must have had a hundred pieces and I sat there and looked at all of them! I picked out these four and added them to my collection:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1383232[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1383233[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Saturday, Oct. 9th: This was a short day for me. I was at the doors when they opened at 10AM but left around noon or so - not making a meet and greet with [USER=26302]@medoraman[/USER] - hopefully some of us can make it happen next year!</p><p><br /></p><p>This day I was able to pick up a piece that is now a prized piece in my collection and an excellent add to my type set. The pedigreed cent below makes me smile. I also was able to obtain my first CWT, a few more modern commems and a reverse proof ASE (have wanted one of these since they first came out and was glad I found one that was reasonably priced - IMO):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1383246[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1383247[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>It was great to take in a show again and mingle with fellow coin nerds. I look forward to the next one...........[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="BuffaloHunter, post: 7972954, member: 5821"]Crikey, it took me long enough to follow up on this. I'll try to keep it short and sweet and add the "show 'n tell" for each day. Friday, Oct.8th: Was at the show all day long - noon to 6PM. The floor was packed for the first three hours or so. Lots of dealer to dealer activity going on. Plenty of people selling junk silver to the dealers as well (including me). The show started slowing down midway through on this day and I was able to sit and talk with a few of the dealers that I have made friends with through the years. All were happy to be at a show again and reported they were doing great business as well. Opposite to the folks selling off junk silver, the dealers I talked to said that they were selling a lot of bullion as well. My purchases this day saw me adding to my type set with a nice example of a Flying Eagle Cent, two additions to my Walker short set, one coin added to my early commems and two to my modern commems: [ATTACH=full]1383229[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1383230[/ATTACH] Oh, and on this day I also ran into a currency dealer who had a pile of recent hobo nickels that I believe our resident [USER=109300]@Brent hobonickel[/USER] carved. I took a quick glance over their table and was about to walk away but the one gentlemen asked if I had seen the nickels they had because he noticed the shirt I was wearing (see post above for Fridays apparel selection). He must have had a hundred pieces and I sat there and looked at all of them! I picked out these four and added them to my collection: [ATTACH=full]1383232[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1383233[/ATTACH] Saturday, Oct. 9th: This was a short day for me. I was at the doors when they opened at 10AM but left around noon or so - not making a meet and greet with [USER=26302]@medoraman[/USER] - hopefully some of us can make it happen next year! This day I was able to pick up a piece that is now a prized piece in my collection and an excellent add to my type set. The pedigreed cent below makes me smile. I also was able to obtain my first CWT, a few more modern commems and a reverse proof ASE (have wanted one of these since they first came out and was glad I found one that was reasonably priced - IMO): [ATTACH=full]1383246[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1383247[/ATTACH] It was great to take in a show again and mingle with fellow coin nerds. I look forward to the next one...........[/QUOTE]
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