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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Penny Lady®, post: 1263367, member: 16948&quot;]Sorry I’m so late in getting this posted but luckily the show was steadily busy, and I haven’t had much time in the evenings to post either.&nbsp; Anyway, the show is now over, and I’m glad to be home relaxing.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>So here’s a recap of the show…</p><p><br /></p><p>Wednesday was set up and unfortunately, it was extremely hot and muggy on the convention floor the whole time we were setting up since the air conditioning hadn’t had a chance to cool off the room until the very end.&nbsp; But one good thing was that PCGS hosted nice COLD free beer and snacks for all the dealers.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>PCGS Folks</p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/LongBeach-Lakewood-20110908-00386.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here’s me!</p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/LongBeach-Lakewood-20110910-00437.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>After set up was over, a few friends and I headed to our “usual” Wednesday night dinner spot (Piccolo’s Italian restaurant) for some great food and wonderful wine (sorry, I forgot to take photos of the wine but it was yummy)!</p><p><br /></p><p>On Thursday we had good public attendance, and I did a lot of wheeling and dealing, buying a ton of new coins, including a large lot of especially nice raw coins.</p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/LongBeach-Lakewood-20110910-00436.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I bought a beautiful 1909-S vdb in PCGS MS64+ RB that was 90% red – it lasted about 4 hours and went to a very good home!&nbsp; I also bought a really cool 1863 Indian cent pattern in copper (J-299) and picked up my lots from the Heritage internet auction.</p><p><br /></p><p>When I had a chance to get away from my table, I checked out all the interesting exhibits on display, including of course Mike/Illini’s 1908-S grading set which I had seen before, but I still enjoy looking at all those 1908-S Indian cents in one place!</p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/LongBeach-Lakewood-20110908-00383.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/LongBeach-Lakewood-20110908-00384.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I also saw CoinTalk member Brad/Acanthite’s young daughter’s beautiful exhibit displaying different critter coins from around the world….</p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/LongBeach-Lakewood-20110908-00382.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Thursday night before we went to one of our favorite Mexican restaurants, we did a little tequila tasting with three different tequilas (Don Julio 1942, Pardiso, and this very nice Deleon, which was my favorite.</p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/ElToro-20110910-00425.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I am thankful to all the forum members who stopped by throughout the show – here are photos of some of them, as well as some of my dealer friends….</p><p><br /></p><p>Ricky/900Fine</p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/LongBeach-Lakewood-20110908-00381.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Lee/19Lyds</p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/LongBeach-Lakewood-20110908-00380.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Chris/ChrisRX</p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/LongBeach-Lakewood-20110909-00388.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>John Ruiz and Larry Shapiro/PQPeace</p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/LongBeach-Lakewood-20110908-00387.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Rick Snow/Eagle Eye</p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/LongBeach-Lakewood-20110910-00435.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Mark Feld – he’s demonstrating how to “endear” yourself to coin dealers – we especially like it when you cover our cases with your drink and bag!</p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/LongBeach-Lakewood-20110910-00427.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Glenn Holsonbake/PonyExpress and Dennis/Dennis88</p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/LongBeach-Lakewood-20110910-00426.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/IMG-20110910-00432.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Logan from VAMS &amp; More and his beautiful daughters</p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/IMG-20110910-00434.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>A forum member who preferred to stay anonymous!</p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/LongBeach-Lakewood-20110910-00449.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>In front of Todd’s table, there was this kind of a vault on the floor that had a loose plate cover and was sunken down about an inch or so.&nbsp; I was walking up to Todd’s table and stepped on the plate which made the lid flip up a little and caused me to trip and almost hit Todd’s table.&nbsp; So I told our hosts about it and they finally had it covered up on Saturday with this bright black and yellow tape – and it happened to match my outfit!</p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/IMG-20110910-00431.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Todd and his floor hazard!</p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/IMG-20110910-00429.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Friday night we went to Madison’s for dinner – that is one of the most beautiful and wonderful restaurants I’ve ever been to.&nbsp;&nbsp; It used to be an old bank building (Federal Bank and then Farmers &amp; Merchants Bank) and looks probably 3 stories high inside.&nbsp; It has a beautiful mural on one of the walls and beautifully carved wood throughout.&nbsp; </p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/LongBeach-Lakewood-20110909-00410.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/LongBeach-Lakewood-20110909-00409.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/LongBeach-Lakewood-20110909-00406.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>We had three different awesome bottles of wine….</p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/LongBeach-Lakewood-20110909-00419.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/LongBeach-Lakewood-20110909-00414.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The food was fantastic, as well as this very sweet “piano” dessert….</p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/LongBeach-Lakewood-20110909-00413.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/LongBeach-Lakewood-20110909-00411.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Our waiter gave us a tour of the basement area which has an underground passage that goes under Pine Street to L&#039;Opera restaurant (another wonderful local restaurant). We saw the “secret” passage ways” as well as this huge old bank vault. </p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/LongBeach-Lakewood-20110909-00405.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/LongBeach-Lakewood-20110909-00398.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/LongBeach-Lakewood-20110909-00395.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/LongBeach-Lakewood-20110909-00396.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/LongBeach-Lakewood-20110909-00397.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/LongBeach-Lakewood-20110909-00394.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>There was even this neat old cash register….</p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/LongBeach-Lakewood-20110909-00393.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Saturday was very slow, and the public seemed sparse.&nbsp; There were many vacant tables near the front of the room, but I can tell you the back of the room was quite full of dealers.&nbsp; I prepared and delivered all my raw coins to PCGS for grading, then finally began writing my show report.&nbsp; Then around 4pm, it was obvious the show was over so we began packing up.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Here’s my good friend Rich who has been helping me at my local shows for several years (many people call him my “show hubby”!)&nbsp; He’s a great guy, loves coins, has a wealth of knowledge on all different denomination coins – and has an amazing and diverse collection of high end coins, but he too especially loves Indian cents.</p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/LongBeach-Lakewood-20110910-00445.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>And here’s me and my cart all ready to roll out - but not before one last sip of wine (note my special customized plastic The Penny Lady wine “glass”!!</p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/LongBeach-Lakewood-20110910-00448.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/LongBeach-Lakewood-20110910-00451.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Overall, it was a really good show, I had some great sales, and bought some wonderful new coins!&nbsp; My next big show will be the Pittsburgh ANA – hope to see you there![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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