Coins from the Bay State Show - CAR, East India Co, Venezuela & Baden

I took the train to Boston Saturday and visited the Bay State Coin Show. I had charged the camera with the intent of posting some photos at CT. However, I just had too much fun during the 1-day adventure & basically just forgot to take out the camera. I can show you the coins I purchased but you will not see the Boston skyline, Chinatown, or my lobster “clam-bake” dinner.

There were several great dealers in attendance with their great coins. I saw many deals being made between dealers. On more than one occasion I had to wait or come-back later to accommodate the dealer-to-dealer business.

I’m happy with the few purchases that I made. There was plenty of expensive ancient material but I’m trying to save some coin money for an upcoming show in NY and the FUN show.

The first coin I found was this 1858 ¼ Anna from the East India Company. It was offered by Allen Berman. It is quite red which is what attracted me to the piece.

 

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Next, I located this 1831TF Central American Republic 2 Real. Weiss Collectable Sales had this CAR piece and also an 1818 1/4 Real from Caracas Venezuela.

 

Caracas Venezuela 1818

 

I first noticed my final purchase from about 3 meters away. It was bright & glistening in one of Glenn Schinke’s cases. When I got closer, I saw that it was a common 1907 Baden 2-Mark but exceptionally bright & glistening. (My photo does not do the luster any justice at all). This one has the commemorative date 1826-1907 indicating the death of Friedrich I.

Thanks for letting me share & please post some of your coins.

 

Did anyone else at CoinTalk go to the Bay State Show or was I the only one?