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<p>[QUOTE="JoshuaP, post: 26428601, member: 114157"]I don't mean to hog the thread, so I will post just once more. I want to give a shout out to four dealers I found extremely friendly and willing to share their knowledge and experience. </p><p>- Andy Skrabalak showed me his amazing coins and answered a lot of my questions.</p><p>- Coleman Foster was equally amazing.</p><p>- Jon Sullivan (the off-struck seated quarters are his) had an absolutely amazing collection of error coins. He was happy to let me photograph his coins and chat for a while.</p><p>- My absolute favorite table was Michael Bezayiff's. He had an amazing collection of ancient coins. He pulled trays out for me and let me handle any coin I wanted. His knowledge about history could have kept me there for hours. I spent nearly a third of my entire time at the show sitting and listening to him talk. The James 1 farthing is his coin. I almost bought it purely because he was so great. If I had $10,000 to spend and had to spend it somewhere, He would have gotten most of it!</p><p><br /></p><p>I realized as I walked around that there were some really big names in which I felt embarrassed not to know. I believe in giving honor to whom honor is due, but that is hard to do if you only find out later that, "Yeah! He wrote a book on that and is an expert in that area."[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="JoshuaP, post: 26428601, member: 114157"]I don't mean to hog the thread, so I will post just once more. I want to give a shout out to four dealers I found extremely friendly and willing to share their knowledge and experience. - Andy Skrabalak showed me his amazing coins and answered a lot of my questions. - Coleman Foster was equally amazing. - Jon Sullivan (the off-struck seated quarters are his) had an absolutely amazing collection of error coins. He was happy to let me photograph his coins and chat for a while. - My absolute favorite table was Michael Bezayiff's. He had an amazing collection of ancient coins. He pulled trays out for me and let me handle any coin I wanted. His knowledge about history could have kept me there for hours. I spent nearly a third of my entire time at the show sitting and listening to him talk. The James 1 farthing is his coin. I almost bought it purely because he was so great. If I had $10,000 to spend and had to spend it somewhere, He would have gotten most of it! I realized as I walked around that there were some really big names in which I felt embarrassed not to know. I believe in giving honor to whom honor is due, but that is hard to do if you only find out later that, "Yeah! He wrote a book on that and is an expert in that area."[/QUOTE]
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