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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Penny Lady®, post: 1744111, member: 16948&quot;]I drove down to San Diego on Friday afternoon so I wouldn&#039;t have that far to drive to the show on Saturday morning - plus of course, I was staying at Barona Casino and wanted to make sure I had some extra time to play poker!&nbsp; Barona is a very nice Indian casino, however, they do not serve alcohol on the casino floor, only at the restaurants - which can be a good thing since I ended up winning quite a bit by the end of the night!&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I got to the show about 7:30 am on Saturday morning for set up, which went smoothly, though I was by myself so it took me longer.&nbsp; There was quite a few people waiting in line so the show started out with a strong buzz and was quite busy all day on Saturday.&nbsp; I took a few photos during the show but it was late in the day so the floor looks a little sparse compared to how full it was earlier in the day.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/IMG-20110723-00046.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/SanDiego-20110723-00053.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/SanDiego-20110723-00054.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/SanDiego-20110723-00050.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/SanDiego-20110723-00052.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I saw quite a few forum members on Saturday, including (of course) Wei, some of who were mostly lurkers.&nbsp; I also finally got to meet NoTwilight - a very nice and friendly guy and an avid golfer! (darn, I forgot to take his picture for my report!).&nbsp; Also chattted with Chris/ErrorsOnCoins for a bit, he&#039;s very enthusiastic and I think he really enjoyed doing his first show and is looking forward to setting up at the Long Beach show too.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/IMG-20110724-00057.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Many people were very intrigued by my 9 planchet error that I had on display</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://bluccphotos.com/clients/charmy/sc-11-24-09-errors/Images/17.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>And this little group of raw errors were also very popular.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/SanDiego-20110724-00058.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>A large group of scouts were at the show doing their Coin Collecting Merit Badge so, since I have two Eagle Scouts myself, I was very pleased to see them working very diligently on their merit badge, and even had some of them pose for my report!</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/SanDiego-20110723-00047.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I also had a few customers particularly interesting in finding an 1864-L Indian cent but they were having a really hard time locating the &quot;L&quot; on the coin, so I usually carry this card with me that shows a closeup of the &quot;L&quot; which helps them locate exactly where it is.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/SanDiego-20110723-00048.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>On Saturday night after the show, an Italian dealer friend who lives in San Diego had a BBQ at his house.&nbsp; Leo did an excellent job manning the bbq - all the food was very yummy!</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/SanDiego-20110723-00056.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I contributed this bottle of wine which was appropriately called &quot;Three Coins&quot;!</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/SanDiego-20110723-00055.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>My nephew and his wife live in San Diego and they just had the first grandbaby in my family, so of course I had to stop by and see the little cutey - her name is Aurora and she is absolutely adorable!</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/SanDiego-20110724-00061.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>And some of you may remember my niece who helped me at the Tucson show last year - she also lives in San Diego and was visiting her brother, and made us a scrumptious dinner too!</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/SanDiego-20110724-00065.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Now I&#039;m getting ready to head to Shaver Lake with a large group of our friends for some much needed rest, relaxation, sunning, boating, eating and drinking (ok, these last two are probably not &quot;much needed&quot; but will be much welcomed!).&nbsp; Then it will be off to the Chicago ANA!!!![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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