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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Penny Lady®, post: 2132998, member: 16948&quot;]Scott Griffin has been working very hard at building back up the Santa Clara Coin Show.&nbsp; It’s in a great location, right of several major freeways, and the convention floor is very roomy and with easy loading right off the back loading dock.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2015%2004%20Santa%20Clara/3489070279_c1d6e4b5e7_zpsgappex5l.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2015%2004%20Santa%20Clara/17315629_zpsdlq7srwe.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>With the new sports stadium being built right behind the convention center, Scott has had additional more work cut out for him to make sure the coin show dates don’t conflict with the sports arena events.&nbsp; Luckily, even though there was the AMA Motocross event Saturday night and the street in front of the convention center was closed, it didn’t seem to interfere too much with attendance at the coin show since the event had their own parking lot and most of the coin crowd dies down in the afternoon.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2015%2004%20Santa%20Clara/IMG_0440_zpsl3smsblm.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2015%2004%20Santa%20Clara/IMG_0454_zpstwqfk7oo.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2015%2004%20Santa%20Clara/IMG_0453_zpsrijqgjp8.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The arena at night</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2015%2004%20Santa%20Clara/IMG_0413_zpszbln0nes.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Set up was Thursday afternoon, and after the long drive to Santa Clara from Southern California, I enjoyed taking my time alternating between setting up my booth and looking at coins that dealers brought to my table.&nbsp; In addition to new coins I recently acquired from consignments, I purchased several great new pretty pennies, including a beautiful bright red 1908-S PCGS MS65 RED.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2015%2004%20Santa%20Clara/IMG_0415_zpskaqxdqri.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2015%2004%20Santa%20Clara/IMG_0419_zps62aybmdr.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>After set up, I headed over to the Matrix Casino to play some poker. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2015%2004%20Santa%20Clara/IMG_0380_zpssr90e03f.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2015%2004%20Santa%20Clara/IMG_0379_zps30fwu54y.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>While waiting for a seat at the no limit table, I played some Ultimate Texas Hold-um which is one of my favorite table games.&nbsp; I ended up doing quite well there!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2015%2004%20Santa%20Clara/IMG_0377_zps5kuyalb2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Friday was slower than usual, but pretty steady throughout the day.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2015%2004%20Santa%20Clara/IMG_0381_zpsqsx0pxul.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2015%2004%20Santa%20Clara/IMG_0382_zpsnxrj9wma.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Steven Schuch stopped by to show me some coins</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2015%2004%20Santa%20Clara/IMG_0387_zpseyd05ug6.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>My gal pal Cindi surprised me with this bottle of Yosemite wine that has a beautiful label – it was a reminder of our girl’s road trip she and I took to Yosemite last year following one of our shows.&nbsp; Yosemite is my favorite National Park, so I don’t know whether I should drink it or just keep it for the artful label!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2015%2004%20Santa%20Clara/IMG_0383_zpsj7t4den4.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2015%2004%20Santa%20Clara/IMG_0384_zpspddxjdvv.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>So when the show died down Friday afternoon, instead of opening the Yosemite wine, I opened one of the bottles I had brought.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2015%2004%20Santa%20Clara/IMG_0385_zpseoa9fc6v.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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