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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Penny Lady®, post: 1918110, member: 16948&quot;]My BFF Cindi Snow-Rae working the ANACS table – her table was quite busy, especially on Sunday!</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn2/t1.0-9/1465358_10202086246533382_4846347627183174215_n.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Glenn Holsonbake/PonyExpress, Revick Galstan, and his helper, and another collector</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc3/t1.0-9/1904222_10202086246973393_4341138044324253450_n.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>A new customer Kyle and his beautiful wife Natasha – I have a cute story about this sweet couple.&nbsp; Natasha called me a few days before the show because it was going to be her husband’s birthday on Saturday and she wanted to buy a coin for him that he had been admiring on my website.&nbsp; She said they would be at the Tukwila show so I told her I would set it aside for her.&nbsp; She wanted it to be a surprise, so we worked it out that when they came to my table, I would act like I didn’t know her, and when Kyle asked to see the coin, I would tell him it was sold. </p><p><br /></p><p>So they came on Saturday, I saw Natasha standing behind Kyle as he introduced himself and asked to see the 1931-S that he saw on my website.&nbsp; He was so disappointed when I told him the coin was already sold, that I just hadn’t had a chance to take it off my website.&nbsp; By the way, I just happened to also have two other similarly toned 1931-S Lincolns that I had just purchased but weren’t yet on my website, so I had removed them from my case as well, just so he wouldn’t see them and want to buy one of them instead.&nbsp; He looked around at some other of my coins, was mostly interested in ones with pretty toning, but he didn’t find anything else since he was set on finding a 1931-S and wanted to look around at the show.</p><p><br /></p><p>A couple hours later I was at another dealer’s table and ran into them.&nbsp; Kyle told me he had found another 1931-S in a higher grade but it wasn’t as nicely toned as the one on my website, and cost a little more than what he wanted to pay, but he was seriously thinking about buying it.&nbsp; Not wanting him to upset his wife’s birthday surprise that night by buying another 1931-S, I casually mentioned to him that in my experience, he should be patient and wait until he finds one that he really likes in the price range he can afford, that another one would come along.&nbsp; So, fortunately, he hadn’t brought enough money to pay cash for the other 1931-S so he decided to think about it overnight since he would be returning the next day. </p><p><br /></p><p>The next day, Kyle and Natasha stop by my table, and Kyle was grinning ear to ear.&nbsp; He said he couldn’t believe the ruse we had pulled off, especially pretending I didn’t know Natasha, Natasha sneaking back to my table to pick up the coin (she had snuck me the money in one of my information cards when Kyle wasn’t looking), and then my discouraging him from buying another 1931-S.&nbsp; You could tell from the look in both of their eyes how much they loved each other and it really warmed my heart to be part of such a thoughtful wife’s surprise for her sweet husband!</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc3/t1.0-9/1509841_10202086246853390_2424455082196810810_n.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Saturday afternoon, it began raining pretty hard.&nbsp; I was so excited to see a good downpour since we haven’t seen much rain in California this past year.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://scontent-a-sjc.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc1/t1.0-9/10246275_10202086247453405_7459517772087796609_n.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Not far from my table they had a penny press machine where they were handing out PNNA pressed pennies.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://scontent-a-sjc.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/t1.0-9/10174887_10202086247893416_6182679843790923121_n.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://scontent-a-sjc.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc3/v/t1.0-9/10313552_10202086247853415_779370674235595103_n.jpg?oh=49870461a1958684fe6dee564b5de2f3&amp;oe=53DC1F69" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc3/t1.0-9/10264556_10202086248853440_2815866229121363903_n.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The PNNA held their general meeting Saturday after the show closed and since I had an exhibit on display, they invited me to attend.&nbsp; At the meeting, they installed their new officers and gave out several awards, including the exhibit awards.&nbsp; Some of these recipients liked to ham it up a did a little jig when I took their photo.&nbsp; Here are the new board members and award recipients – I hope I didn’t mess up anyone’s name!!</p><p><br /></p><p>Kevin Charboneau</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://scontent-b-sjc.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/l/t1.0-9/10329262_10202086249053445_4964974003087394130_n.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Dennis Reed (ANA President’s award)</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://scontent-b-sjc.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/t1.0-9/10268565_10202086249213449_7973303300465660346_n.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://scontent-b-sjc.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc3/t1.0-9/10277443_10202086254453580_3236893137401010781_n.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Rick Schulz (ANA Points of Numismatics Light award)</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://scontent-a-sjc.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc3/t1.0-9/1904098_10202086249373453_4346594332233670480_n.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://scontent-a-sjc.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/t1.0-9/10292383_10202086252653535_8908676123884200776_n.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://scontent-a-sjc.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc1/t1.0-9/10296848_10202086250213474_1137559288821721784_n.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Dan Vornbrock</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://scontent-a-sjc.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/t1.0-9/10300245_10202086249733462_6197462096924582604_n.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Galvin O’Connor</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://scontent-a-sjc.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/t1.0-9/10252127_10202086250013469_5828299143199717753_n.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>James Reinders (Scout Chair) and Galvin O’Connor</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/t1.0-9/10246329_10202086250533482_5572767300837290579_n.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Bill McKiever (Bob Everett Memorial award)</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://scontent-b-sjc.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/t1.0-9/10168067_10202086256293626_5595645586701515260_n.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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