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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Penny Lady®, post: 2444909, member: 16948&quot;]This is my booth helper friend Rich and my friend Karl Stephens who is a foreign coin dealer.&nbsp; FYI, I’ll elaborate more later, but Karl is the one who was instrumental in identifying the coin thieves that were literally taken down by the show security on Friday.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2016%2006%20Long%20Beach/IMG_5700_zpskeqg37jn.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Karl’s wife, Joanne, and me!</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2016%2006%20Long%20Beach/IMG_5705_zps6bubx1rp.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Each of us brings a bottle of wine to share with everyone, and of course, we had a great variety!</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2016%2006%20Long%20Beach/IMG_5693_zps1a6zqnla.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2016%2006%20Long%20Beach/IMG_5698_zpsxp0u9x0a.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Joanne and I had our usual delicious goat cheese chicken dish.&nbsp; If you ever get to piccolos, I definitely recommend it!</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2016%2006%20Long%20Beach/IMG_5696_zpsdpefixl9.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Thursday morning began with a bang, it was busy right from the start.&nbsp; I was pleased to see regulars and new customers who stopped by to add to their new pennies to their collections.&nbsp; I was pretty busy for the better part of the day so I didn’t get around to take many photos at the show.</p><p><br /></p><p>One of my regular customers, Buck, stopped by and brought me this very wonderful bottle of Washington wine, which I saved for later!</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2016%2006%20Long%20Beach/IMG_5714_zps2us3kpjg.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>PCGS was giving out these beautiful commemorative medals for submissions of 20 or more coins.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2016%2006%20Long%20Beach/IMG_5751_zpsb8mtcike.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2016%2006%20Long%20Beach/IMG_5752_zpsvrq5bvin.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>They also had a table of “swag” where you could purchase shirts, hats, blankets, and other PCGS accessories.&nbsp; I picked up one of their caps!</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2016%2006%20Long%20Beach/IMG_5765_zpsn9fmxjf7.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2016%2006%20Long%20Beach/IMG_5808_zps4xheohhd.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>After the show on Thursday, I attended a memorial dinner for my mentor, Alan Kreuzer, who passed away a couple months ago.&nbsp; If it wasn’t for Alan, I would not be The Penny Lady!&nbsp; Alan’s daughter, Chaundra, and Alan’s good friend, Don Ketterling, put this event together to celebrate our friend Alan.&nbsp; Alan was also one of my wine mentors and had an extensive “cellar” of wine that I understand he kept in an old Helm’s Bakery truck that had a cooler.&nbsp; So they served several of the wines directly from Alan’s wine collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have had several great wines over the years, but I have to say that this Caymus is at least one of the best, if not THE best wine I have ever had!</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2016%2006%20Long%20Beach/IMG_5717_zpsltxdvf7g.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2016%2006%20Long%20Beach/IMG_5718_zpslejposef.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2016%2006%20Long%20Beach/IMG_5719_zps9dzt13zu.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2016%2006%20Long%20Beach/IMG_5720_zpsetf63mfv.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2016%2006%20Long%20Beach/IMG_5721_zpsv90*****zn.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2016%2006%20Long%20Beach/IMG_5727_zps0akz7lkc.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2016%2006%20Long%20Beach/IMG_5724_zps4u8ib1s4.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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