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<p>[QUOTE="The Penny Lady®, post: 846907, member: 16948"]Texmech and ICollect, thank you for stopping by and saying hi - it was very nice to meet you in Ft. Worth. And Ricky, it was good to see you and Robin again, glad to hear you had a good show.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thursday was busier than Friday, and Saturday was well attended, just not many people buying. The Mint officially released the Boy Scout coin and a bunch of boy scouts attended for the coin collecting merit badge. I'm on the kids' treasure trivia tour, so I had quite a flurry of kids stop by my table as well.</p><p><br /></p><p>For me, the show was just ok, not great but pretty good. I had my son Troy with me who was a big help (he says he's my "mule" which is true!) But having him there allows me to run around the show and do some "shopping." </p><p><br /></p><p>I bought some very nice pieces both for my personal set and for inventory, including a couple cool errors from Fred Weinberg that I will post once Todd photographs them. Also bought a beautiful PCGS MS65 1858 FE with neat die cracks for my set - been looking for a nice 1858 for quite a while. And picked up a beautifully toned 1862 S-2 - it is extremely hard to find pretty toned copper nickel cents, and this was has beautiful pastels. I'll post photos in a couple weeks after I see Todd in Santa Clara!</p><p><br /></p><p>Many dealers stayed at the Omni, including us, a very nice hotel with a fantastic steakhouse restaurant and a great wine bar. But we really enjoyed the regular bar there - they had two pool tables that you can play on for FREE! And their happy hour Texas beer was only $2.50! Cheap beer and free pool - what more could you want! </p><p><br /></p><p>Now I'm home, relaxing a bit and catching up on emails and forum posts. My hubby and I are headed to Glamis later this week for some fun and relaxation, then I start a grueling month of back to back shows from Milwaukee to Seattle! Being a coin dealer is a lot of fun and definitely worthwhile, but very tiring as well.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="The Penny Lady®, post: 846907, member: 16948"]Texmech and ICollect, thank you for stopping by and saying hi - it was very nice to meet you in Ft. Worth. And Ricky, it was good to see you and Robin again, glad to hear you had a good show. Thursday was busier than Friday, and Saturday was well attended, just not many people buying. The Mint officially released the Boy Scout coin and a bunch of boy scouts attended for the coin collecting merit badge. I'm on the kids' treasure trivia tour, so I had quite a flurry of kids stop by my table as well. For me, the show was just ok, not great but pretty good. I had my son Troy with me who was a big help (he says he's my "mule" which is true!) But having him there allows me to run around the show and do some "shopping." I bought some very nice pieces both for my personal set and for inventory, including a couple cool errors from Fred Weinberg that I will post once Todd photographs them. Also bought a beautiful PCGS MS65 1858 FE with neat die cracks for my set - been looking for a nice 1858 for quite a while. And picked up a beautifully toned 1862 S-2 - it is extremely hard to find pretty toned copper nickel cents, and this was has beautiful pastels. I'll post photos in a couple weeks after I see Todd in Santa Clara! Many dealers stayed at the Omni, including us, a very nice hotel with a fantastic steakhouse restaurant and a great wine bar. But we really enjoyed the regular bar there - they had two pool tables that you can play on for FREE! And their happy hour Texas beer was only $2.50! Cheap beer and free pool - what more could you want! Now I'm home, relaxing a bit and catching up on emails and forum posts. My hubby and I are headed to Glamis later this week for some fun and relaxation, then I start a grueling month of back to back shows from Milwaukee to Seattle! Being a coin dealer is a lot of fun and definitely worthwhile, but very tiring as well.[/QUOTE]
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