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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Penny Lady®, post: 1847487, member: 16948&quot;]The Exhibit Awards Presentation was held at 4pm on Saturday.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2014%2001%20FUN%20Show/IMG_3753_zpse370a557.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2014%2001%20FUN%20Show/IMG_3752_zpsc6e8784c.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Bill/BillJones who also won an exhibit award</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2014%2001%20FUN%20Show/IMG_3751_zps85fd272c.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Gene (the gentleman who gave me the sticker penny, and his wife)</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2014%2001%20FUN%20Show/IMG_3754_zpsa0810c05.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Once again, I was very humbled and quite surprised to win for my Penny Potpourri exhibit, even more so this time, because on the score sheets we get for the Best in Class judging (only 1st in class winners are eligible for the Best in Show award), one of the judge&#039;s scores was comparatively low.&nbsp; It was evident from his comments on the score sheet that he didn&#039;t read all of the information cards in my exhibit but with all the other great exhibits in my category, I seriously thought my total scores wouldn&#039;t be high enough to win the Best in Class.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>At the awards program, when they announced my exhibit had not only won the Best in Class, but also the Best in Show and the People&#039;s Choice awards, it really did take my breath away&nbsp; and again, being the girly girl that I am, just as at the Chicago ANA, I had to hold back my tears of joy.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The FUN show provides some very nice prizes.&nbsp; Every exhibitor received a beautifully engraved 1 oz. silver round. The prize for the 1st in Class is an even more beautifully engraved 10 oz. silver bar encased in a very nice plaque. The prize for People&#039;s Choice is a smaller plaque containing a gorgeous 1 oz. silver round. The grand prize for Best in Show is an all-expense paid week at the ANA Summer Seminar!!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2014%2001%20FUN%20Show/IMG_3770_zps752d375d.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2014%2001%20FUN%20Show/IMG_3772_zpsebed3d5b.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2014%2001%20FUN%20Show/IMG_3774_zps4493759d.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2014%2001%20FUN%20Show/IMG_3760_zpsc057169e.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2014%2001%20FUN%20Show/IMG_3759_zpse693b608.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2014%2001%20FUN%20Show/IMG_3835_zpsfd068440.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2014%2001%20FUN%20Show/IMG_3836_zpscb6351ba.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2014%2001%20FUN%20Show/IMG_3761_zps71f0e9ae.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2014%2001%20FUN%20Show/IMG_3764_zps19e850d6.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>As much as I have enjoyed “showing off” my penny exonumia, it is definitely a lot of work, tough to travel with it along with my inventory, and is somewhat stressful to set up at the same time as my booth inventory.&nbsp; So after exhibiting this year at the Atlanta ANA, Central States, and one more time at the Chicago ANA, I plan to retire my Penny Potpourri exhibit.</p><p><br /></p><p>After the show ended on Saturday, since we were staying through Sunday and didn’t have to be at the show early, Rick and I decided to drive to Tampa so we could play cards at the Seminole Hard Rock Casino.&nbsp; Even though I didn’t come out a winner playing 1-2 no limit hold-um, I always enjoy playing cards.&nbsp; Rick was luckier than I was, and ended up winning at the black-jack table!</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2014%2001%20FUN%20Show/IMG_3780_zps38c6bc68.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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