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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;V. Kurt Bellman, post: 3167427, member: 71723&quot;]Okay, after six days on site at a summer ANA show, I feel that I have gotten re-centered into &quot;reality&quot;, as opposed to interacting on the Internet.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are some WILD differences:</p><p><br /></p><p>1) I went six days with the finest numismatists on the planet and only ONE TIME did the words &quot;doubled die&quot; even come up.</p><p><br /></p><p>2) I saw only TWO dealers on a 700+ dealer bourse that even DEALT WITH toned coins as a specialty. (I believe I saw every table, but won&#039;t swear to it.)</p><p><br /></p><p>3) Errors are covered anywhere [USER=86437]@Fred Weinberg[/USER] is, but VERY VERY FEW dealers specialized in errors of any kind (Fred is the Mac Daddy, after all), and even LESS of an emphasis was on varieties, per se.</p><p><br /></p><p>4) I won a lot on the Stacks/Bowers internet-only portion of their ANA catalog auction sale yesterday, but I got to examine the lot up-close and personal in ideal lighting conditions last Friday.</p><p><br /></p><p>5) I thoroughly enjoyed myself there, and can barely stand it some days here.</p><p><br /></p><p>6) SIX DAYS WITHOUT TALKING TO A YouTube MAVEN!!!!!!!!!!!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Therefore, Resolved, This is not the same hobby as practiced at major shows as opposed to online - almost nothing in common.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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