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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Penny Lady®, post: 1074783, member: 16948&quot;]So here it is Sunday afternoon, the show is over, I&#039;m sitting at the airport waiting for my flight, having my custom pre-flight beverage(s), watching Baltimore crush Kansas City, so I thought I&#039;d give one last update on the FUN show.</p><p><br /></p><p>Of course, Sunday was slow as expected.&nbsp; However, there were more dealers who stayed than I&#039;ve seen at other large shows, and there was a decent amount of traffic.&nbsp; However, today seemed the day for people to bring in the change that their grandparents threw in a can to see if they had inherited any treasures.&nbsp; I must have evaluated at least 4-5 handfuls and baggies of later date wheaties only to let their owners know what they had was worth a few cents over face.&nbsp; Most non-coin people also believe their crusty old steel cents are especially priceless.&nbsp; I feel bad having to tell them the truth!&nbsp; Usually what I advise them is to get a Red Book so they can learn a little about grading, mintage, and value of the coins they inherited in order to educate themselves on which coins might be of value.&nbsp; It is gratifying to see that most seem very interested in learning, rather than just unloading their inherited &quot;treasures.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Any way, on our last night here in Tampa, a group of us went to Bern&#039;s steakhouse - wow, what a wonderful, high quality restaurant.&nbsp; They have a HUGE wine selection and offer a tour of their various rooms.&nbsp; They even have a separate dessert room, though we were too stuffed to partake!&nbsp; Everything was delicious, and I especially enjoyed their lobster bisque (though it didn&#039;t seem to like me as much this morning!).&nbsp; I took some photos of the lobby and one of the many dining areas since the entire restaurant was extremely elegant and grand looking with beautiful paintings and murals and a huge gorgeous lobby mirror and winding staircase.&nbsp; And they had these neat throne-looking chairs to sit in while waiting to be seated in the restaurant.&nbsp; I highly recommend Bern&#039;s but also highly recommend making reservations well in advance!</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/Tampa-20110108-00061.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/Tampa-20110108-00062.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/Tampa-20110108-00064.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/Tampa-20110108-00067.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>On a concerning note, one of the dealers (Harry Miller) was followed out of the show last evening to a restaurant about 20 miles away and broke into his car.&nbsp; He didn&#039;t leave much valuable numismatics in the care, though they did take some notes as well as his laptop!&nbsp; What a shame!&nbsp; Any way, he passed out a flyer at the show today to remind everyone to be more diligent, and also offered a reward for return of his laptop.&nbsp; I&#039;m sure more information will be posted about this in another thread.</p><p><br /></p><p>Any way, today I had a lot of my new purchases photographed by Todd today, so I will be posting them as soon as I can.&nbsp; I spoke to many dealers who all agreed that this was a really great show, well attended, and most were very pleased with their sales - me included!&nbsp; Though I did enjoy getting to see a little of Tampa, I look forward to being back in Orlando next year!</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks again to all of you who stopped by to say hi, it&#039;s always a pleasure meeting forum members and putting faces with avatars/user names - I really appreciate your support and look forward to seeing some of you again in Long Beach!![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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