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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Penny Lady®, post: 1771602, member: 16948&quot;]So Thursday was the day the exhibit judges gave us our score sheets for the class awards –and this made me very nervous!&nbsp; Also, I had been told that one of the exhibits in my class was prepared by a very experienced exhibitor who usually submits several exhibits at each World’s Fair of Money and has already won several awards, so I had some stiff competition.</p><p><br /></p><p>For the World’s Fair of Money, there are 22 competitive exhibit classes.&nbsp; Initially my exhibit was put in the Tokens category, but based on the content of my exhibit and the definition of the categories, my Penny Potpurri exhibit actually fit better in in the Engraved Coins category so it was moved to Class 7.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Various sets of 3 judges are assigned to each class and each judge prepares a separate score sheet for the class that they judge.&nbsp; There are 10 judging elements for each exhibit, totaling 100 points.&nbsp; During the exhibit class I took at the Summer Seminar, our instructor (Larry Sekulich) had told us that getting 80% out of 100 for a first-time exhibitor was a very good score.&nbsp; Other than viewing exhibits at the various shows I attend, I really had no experience with the judging, scoring, criteria, etc., so my hopes were that I would score at least above 70%.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Well, low and behold, was I in for the first shock of my exhibiting career!&nbsp; Take a look at my 3 score sheets….</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2013%2008%20Chicago%20ANA/IMG_2544_zps6c93f9fc.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2013%2008%20Chicago%20ANA/IMG_2546_zpsb9c5a819.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2013%2008%20Chicago%20ANA/IMG_2545_zpsc3ab8127.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I was standing back in the exhibit area when I first saw my scores, and I think you could hear my yelps of joy all the way to the front of the bourse floor!&nbsp; I was soon told that my scores were extremely rare, not just for a first-time exhibitor, but for any exhibit.&nbsp; One judge even wrote at the bottom of their score sheet that it was the most interesting exhibit they had seen since they began judging exhibits in 1985, and that they thought it was in contention for Best in Show.&nbsp; However, even though I received high scores, this didn’t necessarily mean that I had won 1st place in my class.&nbsp; I would have to wait to find that out.</p><p><br /></p><p>So word soon got around about my scores (probably because I was so excited that I showed them to anyone who walked by), and people began stopping by my table to see my score sheets.&nbsp; I even ran into Joe Boeling, the head judges, on the bourse floor who asked me if I had gotten my banquet ticket for the Friday night awards banquet.&nbsp; I said, “no, why?”&nbsp; He just looked me in the eye and said, “You need to get your banquet ticket.”&nbsp; I said, “ok, but why?”&nbsp; He said he had seen all the scoring sheets and again firmly told me that I needed to go get my banquet ticket.&nbsp; It finally dawned on me what he was talking about, and tears began to flow, so I quickly turned around before he could see my teary eyes and went to get my banquet ticket.</p><p><br /></p><p>Greg Lyon/ANA Board of Governors, was so kind to bring me this wonderful bottle of wine.&nbsp; </p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2013%2008%20Chicago%20ANA/IMG_2548_zpsf934717d.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>He later stopped by my table and casually showed me a photo on his cell phone.&nbsp; At first I was a little confused and couldn’t tell what it was.&nbsp; So I put on my glasses and saw that he had a photo of my exhibit case with TWO ribbons on it!!!&nbsp; One was for 1st place in my class, and another was for Best New Exhibitor!!!&nbsp; WOW!!&nbsp; Again, I’m sure everyone could hear my squeals of joy all over the bourse floor!&nbsp; I very quickly skipped over to the exhibit area to see the ribbons for myself!!</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2013%2008%20Chicago%20ANA/IMG_2622_zpsa3b6c121.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2013%2008%20Chicago%20ANA/IMG_2552_zpscfc4f765.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2013%2008%20Chicago%20ANA/IMG_2554_zps6818f572.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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