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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Penny Lady®, post: 1219278, member: 16948&quot;]Wednesday....</p><p><br /></p><p>During class, we did a lot more large cent later date attribution which is much more difficult.&nbsp; We also saw a lot of counterfeit EAC coins some of which were very difficult to detect.&nbsp; Also, the ANA photographer came in and took our class pictures.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/ColoradoSprings-20110706-00490.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/ColoradoSprings-20110706-00491.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>After class, we went to dinner at the Famous Steakhouse (that&#039;s its name) and were we in for a wonderful surprise.&nbsp; Their food was probably one of the very best we ever had.&nbsp; We each had their bone-in ribeye special which was amazing, but even the side dishes were extremely tasty, including their battered onion rings! We had a bottle of Argentina Malbec, and that too was a wonderful bottle of wine.&nbsp; Though pricey, I definitely recommend anyone coming to Colorado Springs to stop by Famous for dinnerr (reservations are suggested). </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/ColoradoSprings-20110706-00497.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/ColoradoSprings-20110706-00501.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Following dinner, we went to the YN Auction.&nbsp; Boy, was I in for a surprise.&nbsp; I knew that the auction was not meant for people to try and get a good deal on items, but is more of a fundraiser for the ANA Young Numismatist program but this being my first year at the Summer Seminar and YN Auction, I did not know that there are no real &quot;rules&quot; for this particular auction, so I got to be the butt of some cute pranks by my &quot;friends.&quot; At one point, I made the mistake of leaving my &quot;bidder number&quot; on my chair when I went to talk to someone and one of my good ol buddies decided to use my number to bid on some items, including this handmade straw hat with a flying fish sticking out of the top owned by the ANA&#039;s beloved Summer Seminar legend Daniel &quot;Tny&quot; Cross!</p><p><br /></p><p>The auction catalog and my &quot;bidder number&quot;</p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/ColoradoSprings-20110706-00506.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>My new hat!</p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/ColoradoSprings-20110706-00503.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/ColoradoSprings-20110706-00511.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Then my &quot;good buddy&quot; Todd decided to create a counterfeit of my bidder number and began bidding on items &quot;for me.&quot;&nbsp; Here are my real bidder number and Todd&#039;s counterfeit!</p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/ColoradoSprings-20110707-00539.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>At one point, I was even bidding against myself (Todd using a counterfeit of my bidder number) for the Weiner medal that I eventually won!&nbsp; Luckily, someone else chimed in, so Todd dropped out, but I really wanted the medal so I continued to bid against another guy.&nbsp; We both ended up just standing up and continually holding up our bidder number as the auctioneer called out prices.&nbsp; However, at one point when the price got a little too high, we coincidentally dropped back to our seats at the exact same time.&nbsp; So the auctioneer asked who wanted to pay the last bid, and I agreed and won this beautiful medal!&nbsp; Since Todd owed me, he was good enough to photograph it for me this morning!</p><p><br /></p><p>Cathedral Medal depicting Church of St. Genevieve (Pantheon) by Jacques Weiner, 1858</p><p><img src="http://bluccphotos.com/clients/charmy/summerseminar/Images/2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://bluccphotos.com/clients/charmy/summerseminar/Images/5.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Sonny, the auctioneer, and his assistant Brian surprised me and grabbed my hand as I was lead to the podium - they wanted me to auction off a couple pennies!</p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/auction1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>In addition to the Demetrios 1 tetradrachm that Rick won, the other highlight of the auction was this beautiful Hobo Morgan Dollar masterfully carved by Joe Paonessa of Tiny.&nbsp; It sold for $2,300!</p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2011-07-06_19-21-50_602.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/ColoradoSprings-20110706-00519.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/ColoradoSprings-20110706-00518.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/ColoradoSprings-20110706-00517.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>They also auctioned off a chance at a money grab.&nbsp; Two of them were donated back to a YN to do the grabbing and the last one went to Tiny with an extended amount of time to grab all the bills he could.</p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/ColoradoSprings-20110706-00523.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/ColoradoSprings-20110706-00521.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/ColoradoSprings-20110706-00526.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/ColoradoSprings-20110706-00527.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>This was a pile of play money for YN&#039;s to play with</p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/ColoradoSprings-20110706-00507.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>More photos from the auction</p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/ColoradoSprings-20110706-00515.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/ColoradoSprings-20110706-00510.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Then of course, we ended up back at Lunar Lounge!</p><p><br /></p><p>Rick and his alter ego Brian Fanton</p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/ColoradoSprings-20110706-00538.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/ColoradoSprings-20110706-00534.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/ColoradoSprings-20110706-00536.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/ColoradoSprings-20110706-00537.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Our last bottle of wine!</p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/ColoradoSprings-20110706-00533.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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