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Message:: [QUOTE="Cringely, post: 1095589, member: 22271"]Just got back from Long Beach. Attendance seemed typical of the first day. For the first time in over a year, the registration line was short, unlike the last few times where we had to wait 15+ minutes. There were a number of empty booths. The dealers I talked to said it was because a lot of East Coast dealers were delayed by the bad weather back East. Spent most of my time looking for half cents. Saw the usual EAC dealers: Doug Bird, Tom Reynolds, Shawn Yancy, Chris McCawley and Steve Ellsworth (Butternut). Greg Hannigan had a booth, but was always away from it when I stopped by. The offerings at the Heritage Auction seemed lean. There didn't appear to be many eye-poppers when previewing early copper and bust halves. But that's why you go to look in person. One example from the Goldberg/Holmes IV auction was lot 494. Everybody who looked at the actual coin was blown away by the color which just didn't look that great in the printed catalog or on the Goldberg website. My quest for half cents was successful: 1802/0 C-2 in VG-10; 1805 C-3 in F-15+; and a 1808/7 C-2 in VF-25. I've attached pictures taken with my scanner (1802/0 on top, 1808/7 on bottom). Please ignore any color shifts and the fact that the images are too dark (I plan to take good photos with a real camera someday). All-in-all a good show.[/QUOTE]